Vital liberation movements
Civil rights, civil liberties, and the consumer-driven nudist movement
“A naturism which separates from other vital liberation movements in society, and fixes only upon the external forms of its differentness from majoritarian values, is already a sect, a curiosity, and on its way to extinction.”
—Lee Baxandall, 1981
Working to protect the civil rights and civil liberties of others—even when these struggles seemingly have no impact on our own lives—is the morally correct approach. It’s just the right thing to do. We should not speak up only when our own rights and liberties are threatened. Looking out for one another is a cornerstone of a healthy, functional society.
Unfortunately, this is a controversial subject among many nudists who argue that nudism has no voice in a broader liberation movement, even as our own way of life continues to confront stigmatization, a lack of meaningful public acceptance, and legal challenges. But it’s both irresponsible and dangerous to view nudism and naturism as nothing more than a leisure activity, diminishing it to recr…
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