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Why I'm done with swimsuits!

Corin wrote a piece about swimsuits that started funny... the parking lot nipple tuck, the post-lake adjustment choreography, the seaweed situation... and it ended up somewhere more uncomfortable.

The part that stuck with her: the swimsuit doesn't cover insecurity. It manufactures it. It takes your body and turns it into a fit problem requiring a solution. Too much here, not enough there, wrong shape for this cut. The suit becomes the standard and your body becomes the variable that either measures up or doesn't.

She gets to a place at the end that some people will push back on, and others will completely recognize from their own experience. Either way, it's worth the read.

The swimsuit is uncomfortable, anxiety-inducing, and philosophically incoherent. Corin makes the case for leaving it on the beach where it b

nudiarist

Nudist Lifestyle Is Great For Body Confidence | Stuff.co.nz http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/wellbeing/9621592/Being-nude-Great-for-confidence

“It’s really nice being with a group of people, in particular with a group of women, who accept you the way you are, with your lumps and bumps and everything else. It’s quite liberating and very confidence boosting. If people can accept you regardless of how you look, that’s a big deal for most women.”

lettucetryagain

I wish I could convince my wife that this really is true.

elenasiddal

On being naked.

People have such strange reactions to nakedness - and one of my least favorite is the concept that by revealing your body, you are somehow ‘giving too much away’ or ‘not leaving enough to the imagination’. Along with those phrases comes the implication that by letting others see your body, you lose some of your mystery, and thereby some of your allure.

To those of you who feel that way, I ask this:

What have you learned about me by seeing me naked?

If you think about it, you’ll realize that there are very few substantial answers to that particular question. Seeing my naked body may tell you things like how much I moisturize (a lot), or how much time I spend in the sun (none), or whether I’m a natural redhead (obviously)… but that’s just about where it stops.

And if that, my friends, is as far as you’ve let your imagination wander when it comes to other human beings, I would venture that you don’t have much imagination at all.

Looking at a naked body can’t tell you a person’s dreams or motivations. It can’t tell you what someone is like when they’re in love. It can’t tell you about their fears, or their heartbreak, or their loneliness. It can’t tell you of their triumphs or their failures. It can’t tell you about family histories or past loves. It only gives the barest hint of what it might be like to touch their skin, or how it would feel to hold their hand, or kiss them. It cannot tell you how you might feel waking up in their arms.

What I look like naked is an insignificant detail next to these things. I am not giving anything of myself away by revealing that. Knowing the shape of my breasts tells you nothing of the shape of my heart.

naturistchristians

tattooedmonk

be-naked-be-free

It's really that simple! Most people think that naturism has to involve some kind of elaborate, planned out activity, when in reality you can get started with something as simple as making a cup of coffee (or tea) and drinking it naked.