Welcome to Every Body Nudity
Now sit back and relax. Find yourself in one of these stories.
You clicked.
Bold move. Possibly accidental. Either way, welcome.
EveryBodyNudity started with one simple idea:
Nudity deserves an honest conversation.
Nudity is part of the conversation here.
But it is not the whole conversation.
Think of it as the door we walked through, not the only room in the house.
And before you back slowly toward the exit, let me be clear: I am not here to recruit you into some naked army.
This site will not pressure you to visit a nude beach, join a resort, attend a drum circle, or make awkward eye contact with strangers while holding a paper plate of potato salad with raisins.
Nudism may not be your thing.
Maybe you only like being nude at home. Maybe you sleep naked. Maybe you enjoy the thirty-seven seconds between the shower and getting dressed. Maybe you would rather wrestle a bear than be naked around another human being.
All valid.
There is no test to pass here. No membership card. No secret handshake. No clipboard person asking, “So, when exactly do you plan to take your pants off?”
This is not a cult. For one thing, we are far too disorganized. Also, cult robes would defeat the entire purpose.
Because nudity brings up everything: shame, gender, race, trauma, family drama, aging, confidence, desire, fear, identity, and belonging.
It brings up what we were taught about our bodies, what people said when we were young, and the bullshit many of us still repeat to ourselves years later.
This is not really about convincing everybody to get naked.
It is about asking why bodies make us so uncomfortable in the first place.
This is a place for stories first.
Stories about stretch marks, scars, body hair, soft bellies, aging faces, awkward moments, brave moments, and people trying to make peace with the skin they live in.
Some stories will be funny.
Some will be uncomfortable.
Some will be strange.
Some may make you say, “Well, damn. I thought I was the only one.”
Good.
That is the whole point.
Being seen by everyone else is not the goal.
Being a little more honest with yourself might be.
If you are curious, welcome.
If you are tired of shame acting like it pays rent in your head, stay.
If you are trying to understand your body, yourself, nudity, or someone you love, there is room for you here.
EveryBodyNudity is not here to make bodies acceptable.
Bodies were never the problem.
Shame was.
Start reading. Find the early posts. Follow the story series. Read the pieces that make you laugh, pause, squirm, nod, or whisper, “Damn. That sounds like me.”
You do not have to be a nudist.
You do not have to be fearless.
You do not have to love your body every second of every day.
You do not have to have it all figured out.
You just have to be willing to look.
Welcome to EveryBodyNudity.
We are still getting started.
Neville Tulloch Jr.
Writer and Founder, EveryBodyNudity
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