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"The opposite of body shame is not body pride—it is body anonymity. Naturism provides anonymity in exposure." — Unattributed, Naturist Federation Congress, 2022 For years, I practiced conditional body positivity
Body Positivity is a socio-political movement advocating for the acceptance of all bodies regardless of physical ability, size, shape, skin color, or scars. Naturism (or nudism) is a lifestyle practice of social nudity, emphasizing harmony with nature and respect for self and others. That is until I stumbled into an unlikely