School Project and How Naturism Supports Feminism

As many of you know, for over a year now, I've been a regular guest on the Bare Oaks podcast, "The Naturist Living Show." And I Will remind you, he has the only naturist podcast on the planet. Given that fact as well as no doubt the quality of the show, he brings an enormous worldwide audience.
Most naturist living show episodes are around 60 minutes or longer. But Stephane just pronounced on the most recent episode that he'll be reducing the duration of each show from now on. An hour long episode takes lots of editing, and with all the jobs he's going on, I can't blame him for cutting back. Future episodes may be as brief as 20 minutes, based on what the subject is.
Given my engagement and the interesting discussions of the podcast, we're going to allocate a fresh section of our site to posting about the latest episodes.
Stephane speaks to a university student about her very first time attempting naturism at Bare Oaks and how her family, friends and boyfriend reacted to the idea of it. She also talks about her photography endeavor involving naturists there.
He then speaks to Alexis Beckett, a former summer employee at the park. You may remember her name from her recent article on the Bare Oaks blog, "My experience in naturism as a woman and a feminist." I also mentioned it in our Nude News Roundup. On the podcast, Alexis goes into more detail about why she was drawn to naturism and how she ended up working at Bare Oaks.
Alexis starts with her story about being groped by a random dude at the Toronto World Pride Parade. She had just been thinking about going topfree at the parade, til one self-entitled creep got her reconsider that idea. I could totally relate to her story. Every time I consider going topfree someplace in public, I've to think about street harassment and my own security. I have to think about how much unwanted attention I will draw to myself.
It's sad that this even has to be said.
At the same time, I do not mean to indicate that covering up is a remedy to prevent road harassment. This can be the common "solution" offered by society, and it's less about stopping road harassment and more about controlling women's conduct. In Alexis' instance, she was still completely dressed when she was sexually harassed. I'm looking forward to the day when people stop asking, "What was she wearing?" when stuff such as this occurs. It's victim-blaming and it's immaterial, as it happens to women no matter their state of dress or undress.

So Alexis finds naturism and Bare Oaks, a safe place that seems to embody her feminist values. She works in the office sans clothes, just like the remaining staff. Yet she finds that catcalling, sexual harassment, inappropriate touching, objectification, all these dilemmas that girls (and other genders) face, are all just about absent from her new surroundings. Now it is an exclusive club, so obviously there is quality control and rules to be enforced. But the worth of respect and gender equality are commonly overlooked when people talk about the naturist movement and philosophy. In growing up at a naturist club myself, these values were current, but never said to me. It was just in starting FKK (and teaching myself about feminism) that I actually began to highlight such ideals as an important factor of naturism.
Alexis also talks about how she doesn't feel pressured to wear cosmetics or make herself look sexually attractive at Bare Oaks. click feels accepted as she's. An environment where women do not have to worry about beauty standards, where they're defined by their heads over their bodies, is a feminist one really.
It's possible for you to hear the rest of Alexis' story by listening to the podcast, but I also need to share the last paragraph of her printed website:
"I find feminism in naturism. I locate equality. I find a location where I'm not obligated to look the way anyone else looks, because it's very clear, when it comes down to skin, that we have been all different and there's no use comparing. I find a place where sexualization and sexual harassment are not tolerated. http://link.q-mc.com/ps_search.cgi?act=jump&access=1&url=http://nudist-young.com find a spot where folks look out for each other, take care of each other, and respect each other's individuality and individual life experiences. All of these are things I hadn't expected to locate in naturism, but I've been pleasantly surprised. When we loosen the grip of obligatory sexualization for a little while, amazing things can blossom."
My section is at the conclusion of the episode, where I briefly introduce the Kingston-Frontenac Free Body Society (KFFBS).
Listen to the entire episode under, or visit the episode's page on the Naturist Living Show.
http://www.bareoaks.ca/podcast/School-Project.mp3
This post about the Naturist Living Show and the Naturist School Project About Feminism and Naturism was released by - Young Naturists and Naturists America FKK
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