A “Friday Footnote” posting on my solo agenda for the first weekend of Autumn, 2025!
Road Trip:
As frequently noted here on ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! Aaron, my spouse, is employed as a nursing supervisor at a local hospital. Unfortunately, after a fully engaged work week, he is also substituting as attending both days this immediate weekend.
Following a very busy and dynamic week in the classroom, a “quiet” weekend, at home – alone – is not a welcoming need at this time. Personally, a brief unusual distraction is appealing as an alternative to solitude!
The Friday Footnote!
Aaron’s work involvement was noted at home almost a month previously. All of his fellow supervisors within his department are joining together to cover a co-worker who is coping with a major family emergency situation.
Richmond, my USA residential “home city,” is approximately a 90-minute drive (depending on traffic) from our condominium in Arlington. I’ve made plans with Paul Turner, a Richmond resident, childhood friend, fellow bare practitioner and old neighbourhood crony and we are planning a one-day “reunion” venture together.
On Saturday, 27 September Richmond celebrates its annual GLBTQ+ Pride Festival. Paul and I plan to attend the event, explore the scene and then either share a meal at either a food booth at the festival or at a local restaurant. It has been several years since I have attended a Richmond Pride extravaganza!
Weather predictions for this weekend in Richmond aren’t that promising. Rain is forecast – why this particular weekend? Paul and I have agreed to meet no matter the precipitation possibility. We can always enjoy a long luncheon in a restaurant!
Regrettably, municipal laws banning nakedness will prohibit us from exploring the Pride event naturally! Perhaps next year? We can always hope!
Have a happy and safe autumn weekend!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Tuesday, September 30, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Bottoms-Up! September, 2025!”
An Examination and Exploration of Our Community and Our Culture of Same Gender Loving Nakedness! #3
Identical Twins: Double the Nakedness, Double the Fun!
Preliminary:
As promised at the beginning of this series, this final offering for this publication was guaranteed prior to the end of the summer season as my personal perspective. Just a reminder that this post entry also includes that of my own identical twin brother, Alex. Sometimes, the sharing of our ideas, inspirations, memories, reactions, recollections, thoughts, etc., become blurred and riddled with questions. However, the experiences are shared and together as they involve us both – guilty and innocence – together!
We, Alex (Twin) and I, are identical; our births barely two hours apart. Therefore, we share our personal experiences in nakedness – the comfort, joy, and preference for living, as much as possible, our lives without the burden, duty and/or obligation of clothing/concealment!
Footnote: For this series, I use pictures of identical twinsfrom online. Our brothers prefer I not use any from our childhood.
Identical and Serious: together!
Introduction:
Our family name is Poladopoulos and we are identical twin brothers born almost two hours apart. Alex – the “first-born” – is also Deaf, same gender loving (SGL) or gay and frequently confused with me, Roger, the author of this blog and the “second-born” of this twin team!
Our parents were born in the Kingdom of Greece during the time of the German invasion and occupation during World War II. They married and began their family there before immigrating to this country in the early 1950s. Neither of them became citizens here and they returned to Greece in the 1990s. We (Twin and I) have three (3) older brothers and three (3) younger brothers. That makes the both of us the exact “middle-child” in our family.
Our family household being predominantly male has caused many to assume our nakedness wasn’t a major issue.
A very false and unreal assumption!
Our infancy and early childhood progressed along the same pattern as that of our older siblings with the exception of our diagnosis of being Deaf. Otherwise, we were “normal” until our parents and older siblings decided to teach us to properly adorn (wear clothes) ourselves. Our “moment” to establish our true identity! Our joint (shared) “declaration of independence” was upon us!
Bottoms-up! to yardwork!
Reality:
Our initial opportunity to proclaim our self-determination (identity) happened when the decision was made to instruct us on the process of how to dress – put on clothes. At last, a chance to demonstrate (show) precisely who we really are! Twin and I are unable to exactly recall the experience, so this episode is best described by our surviving parent (mother) and older siblings.
The miraculous fascination that Twin (our familiar reference name for ourselves) and I had for learning how to decorate our bodies with clothes was that it also gave us the knowledge of how easy and simple it now became for us to remove (discard) our clothing!
The proverbial adage, “practice makes perfect” was the result of this lesson. Easy to put on, easy to take off! Our parents were amazed at the both of us getting dressed in garments and then removing them immediately! The essence and introduction into our world of “guys without boxers!” No underwear equals no clothes!
Needless to elaborate, but this basic logistic created an enormous amount of frustration within our family household. Our desire for freedom from clothes soon reached epic proportions that continued throughout our childhood. This conflict in nudity versus textile (clothes wearing) was compounded by a communication issue: our being Deaf against the fact that everyone else was verbal (hearing). At the time, the tensions in our family, along with the births of our younger brothers, made happiness and tranquility seem impossible!
Luckily, Twin and I shared a bedroom. Perhaps “identical” is synonymous with “shared!” Soon, our parents conceived of a compromise: we could be naked inside our bedroom if we agreed to wear clothes while elsewhere in our home. Our older siblings joined in this project, and while some awkward occurrences happened, tranquility returned to the Poladopoulos residence.
Footnote: Now, today, as a family, we all laugh when remembering this drama in our lives!
Calm and peaceful!
As we matured, our late Father eventually acknowledged to us all that the “bedroom nudity compromise” was initially considered only a temporary adjustment. Both parents believed we would grow away from this behaviour and the nude insistence was a developmental “phase” of our lives that would eventually disappear.
Our oldest sibling, Nick, (who “came out” as gay while at university), readily admitted to our family that at his young age, he briefly thought Twin and I were “double trouble!” At the time of this incident, he viewed our being Deaf as synonymous with our penchant for nakedness!
Sometimes, a “temporary” compromise affords a very rewarding and significant solution!
A doorway of twins!
As to the communication concern: our family all learned to manually share (sign language) – both in English and Greek! A process that remains underway still today with the addition of in-laws (sibling marriages), nieces and nephews!
Summary:
Life experiences provided Twin and I with an opportunity to explore, firsthand, the world of nakedness. It afforded us a chance to examine and explore our perspectives, reactions and involvement! These same life experiences reinforced, both internally and in reality, our identical appreciation and commitment to nakedness that we both share!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, September 22, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Autumn Adaptability!”
A brief and happy reminder of the visual delight and joy that the now rapidly evaporating Summer of 2025 (for those of us living in the Northern Hemisphere) and a planning guide for our next summer season!
For those residing in the Southern Hemisphere, a brief view of the upcoming seasonal adventure along with some thoughts. Enhance your summer and enjoy your “natural” nakedness in the sand and surf!
A shoreline with incoming surf!
A bare embrace!
The above images of the Summer of 2025 were taken from the internet this very summer to illustrate the season of sun, surf and simple pleasure the beach brings to the majority of bare practitioners the world over! As a reminder that the concept of “summer fun” isn’t a recent phenomenon, other nostalgic pictures are offered below!
Many “fashionable” clothes-conscious people always seem to be completely baffled as to why there are those who enjoy and thrive in the act of skinny-dipping (swimming naked). It isn’t anything “new!” As a matter of fact, swimsuits didn’t actually appear until the reign of Queen Victoria in the 1800s! They gained popularity and became an aspect of “fashion” in the early 1900s. For centuries, humanity would engage in the sport of swimming in the same way they had for centuries – in their skin!
They may have segregated themselves by gender after various religions entered the picture but for the purpose of aquatic activity, covering wasn’t considered a necessity. Swimming was for fun and relaxation, not a showcase for fashion!
A couple of bare practitioners, early 1950s!
Sicilians, late 1800s!
Vulnerable feet!
Therefore, before we accuse, alienate and assign blame, we should remember a little of our history and remain calm. Accept what we are unable to change; after all, we are powerless to alter what has already happened.
Our bold spokesmodel, Phoenix Fellington, flaunts himself and the incoming surf!
Thoughts:
Those of us who are bare practitioner advocates and enthusiasts have often encountered situations where we were criticized for our memorable shoreline involvement. Too often we are confronted and judged by how we relate among ourselves and to how we react and recollect our “day at the beach!”
There exists within our broader society a common ideal that “patience is a virtue.” Similarly, tolerance is considered exemplary!
The same reminder is applicable to those who harshly degrade us because of our appreciation and preference for our nakedness! Their “flair for fashion” predilection is in no way superior to our status. All of us are equally entitled to our own expressions. If our choices aren’t identical and/or compatible, we should all respect one another and our differences and move forward together.
Our acceptance and recognition of what we share – the beach – is paramount. How we engage in it is relatively unimportant!
Tranquility!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, September 19, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Bare/Dare Series, 2025! #3.”
He’s an exemplary and talented artist and author of his blog/site here: Yorgos KC. I’m currently making his acquaintance and am remarkably impressed with his efforts that are aptly available to all,
Please click the above link for your grand tour of all the treasures available there. In exploring and researching my current Bare/Dare Series, 2025!, one of his recent postings, The Discomfort of Being Real, is an honest and in-depth observation of the challenges and myths of nakedness in our world and our right of self-determination. Click on the title to link directly to this awesome post! We’re both of the same mindset in being bare and our same gender love!
Yorgos is not only an accomplished artist as the above image conveys, he’s also doubly gifted as a writer of both fiction as well as issues that we face during the course of our lives. His site contains many of his works and books that relate to both fantasy and reality. A multitalented mastermind who’s sharing his literary and visual gifts to us all!
Yorgos KC wordpress gravatar
The above gravatar (imprint) represents Yorgos KC and appears with his works, both artistic and literary here on wordpress. This seal contains an art rendering of his face as well as a bunny (lower right corner) with a rainbow heart! A proud member of our gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer+ (GLBTQ+) community and culture!
I highly recommend his blog to all bare practitioners and their friends! His art alone celebrates our body and clothes freedom through colourful imagery and also our same gender love and the beauty and tranquility it affords us in the frantic chaos of life. His compositions extol equality and fairness in contrast to the harsh realities that confront us. There’s something presented there that pertains to us all!
A fellow Greek cohort, Yorgos hails from Thessaloniki, Greece. I urge everyone to investigate his offering and endorse following his site as a way of communicating and sharing our nakedness and our same gender love (SGL) sexuality.
Please unite with Aaron, my spouse, and I as we embrace with a naked hug in welcoming Yorgos KC into both our bare practitioner community and culture! Our shared dedication to body and clothes freedom and our sexuality joins us all together!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, September 8, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “September Routine!”
It seems like only yesterday that we were bidding Bottoms-Up! July, 2025! Yet here we are again offering the same for the month of August! This entire season appears to have developed a skill in flying away no matter where we live! This is also the finalBottoms-Up! post entry here for the Summer of 2025! We all join together to thank our individual pairs of buttocks for the wonderful experience!
Bottoms-up! flotation device!
Our body and clothes freedom comrade (above) has no qualm about posing his buttocks while floating in his local lake. Why should he? It involves nothing complex, he’s just sharing his skin!
A rooftop pool? Ideal for bottoms-up anyday!
Bare buttocks! Bare feet! All bare all over! If we can “do it” on bottoms-up! day, we should enjoy the possibility of sharing ourselves with all every day! All year long!
All within reach!
Body and clothes freedom is our joy and pleasure, not only during the month of August and the season of summer, but throughout the entire year – every – year!
Open arms!
The bromantic couple above open their arms together in order to embrace one another and the entire month of August and all year!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for tomorrow, Monday, September 1, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Canada/USA: Labour Day!”
An Examination of Our Community and Our Culture of Same Gender Loving Nakedness!
As bare practitioners, we are same gender loving (SGL). Essentially, we are bisexual or we are gay. We also include persons who are transgender. We are all advocates and enthusiasts of our nakedness!
Prologue:
Before we begin an examination or attempt to explore, it is usually a known method to establish a clear and concise understanding of the subject matter (terminology, vocabulary). This is the routine we’ll undertake here. Our goal is for comprehensive and effective communication.
Naturist, naked, nude, nudity and nudism are all words referencing the absence of clothing or garments to conceal, cover, disguise, or hide a person’s body. Unfortunately, for many, the usage of these words delivers a negative (bad, derogatory) connotation (image, message). It may not be intentional, yet the subtle implication is present.
In an effort to avoid judgmental errors, I prefer bare practitioner instead of bisexual nudist or gay nudist. Nakedness is the state of being without any concealment or covering one’s body, hence clothes free. Of course,
Background:
One serious project as the author of ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! is to constantly identify new issues/topics to address concerning the same-gender loving and/or nakedness community and culture. This also includes the revisiting of previously presented ideas/topics and encouraging or offering a new perspective (point of view). It is indeed easier and simpler to calmly repeat over and over subjects already covered in previous post entries here. However, that quickly becomes boring and repetitious for everyone.
In trying to keep informative, interesting and thoughtful, creative and new ideas need to be explored. This search presents experiences and opportunities to broaden our horizon, help us to grow as members of the GLBTQ+ community and culture and as proponents of the nakedness community and culture. Variety is the “spice of life!”
Acknowledgement: This background section was originally published here when this series was first announced several weeks ago. It is posted again in case anyone needs a reminder of the purpose of this series.
“Coming out” bare!
Bare/Dare Series:
The results of my most recent search for different and resourceful postings to offer here is the title of this particular post entry here today: Bare/Dare Series. The purpose of the series is to examine our nudity and how it is influenced by our attitudes, life experiences and social factors. We’ll explore how we personally determine our limitations (if any) on our being bare and how that decision impacts our lives. Then we will focus on different ways our lives are subject to our individual life history.
We all know that there are absolutely no determined procedures or protocols as to how one goes about entering the nakedness community and culture. For many, the simple removing of one’s clothing is the sole necessary action. For others, the process is somewhat more complex and involved. Hopefully, this new series here on ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! will introduce us to different reasons that people have for pursuing living clothes free!
A modest selfie image!
It is important to note here that the majority of people evolve (change, progress) throughout their lives. Few, if any of us, remain the same on a permanent basis. This holds true for a person’s “level of comfort” with their body and clothes freedom. What was viewed as acceptable and reasonable several years ago may be envisioned as juvenile and prudish today. At times, the opposite may be true.
Hopefully, the Bare/Dare Series will offer sundry thoughts on how persons deal with their evolution of nakedness and the social consequences of this life experience. For some new to the bare practitioner lifestyle this situation is chaotic and confusing while for others it is an acceptable and anticipated option. There exists no standard or set reaction/response to baring ourselves while in the company of others. The results may vary as often as the number of persons involved. Everyone has their own ideal of what is appropriate or not.
Genital visibility!
For a significant number of men, the visibility of their male anatomy – genitalia – is a major source of concern. The reasoning for this issue varies from man to man based on a number of experiences and factors that may or may not be readily open for sharing. For some, the topic itself is traumatic and unpleasant. For others, it can be as simple as size and/or style (circumcised or not).
Exiting the pool!
Levels of Comfort:
Throughout our lives, all of us, whether bare or not, have a myriad number of decisions that must be made. What type of job interests me? Where do I dine tonight? What athletic team is my favourite? My next trip abroad, where do I go? An endless list of choices that occupy us for every day that we’re alive.
In our nakedness, decisions continue to confront us. Few are aware of their option while considering clothes freedom. In their minds, all that is involved is removing one’s clothing and then you’re nude! Now, what’s for lunch? I’m famished!
As bare practitioners, one of the basic determinations necessary are our Levels of Comfort regarding our nakedness. What makes me comfortable? What makes me feel uncomfortable? What do I like to do when I’m clothes free? What makes me feel happy? These and other questions need our attention when we’re not wearing garments or when we are wearing garments.
Modest selfie: no genitalia visible!
There are some among us who’d rather to be bare only when they are alone. Interactions with others isn’t needed, their contentment is based strictly on the fact that no one else is involved. In summary: I’m naked so please leave me alone. These persons are sometimes identified as “solo nudes.” Similar to introverts only without wearing clothing! They are at their optimum level of happiness when they are just alone and away from others.
Footnotation: There are no actual or established guidelines or sets of practices that automatically identify a person’s standard or status of nakedness. For many, combinations of levels (variances) often occur frequently and in no regular pattern. Levels of Comfort and Conditions of Visibility vary among individual bare practitioners due to attitudes and/or situations.
Landon (left) and friend comparing their genitalia!
The differences in our life experiences as bare practitioners are often topics of discussion that we share with one another. Many times they induce laughter until followed by tears. Every person has their own story to share and though the tales may be similar, they are also rarely identical. This series here on ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers! will conclude with my own personal experience which also involves my identical twin brother, Alex.
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The nest post entry here is planned for Monday, August 11, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Summer Reading, 2025!”
In the previous posting here, August Play-Day, 2025!, I broached the topic of referring to August Play-Month rather than “play-day” as the entire month of August appeared to be “fun oriented!” The higher the outside temperatures rise, the instances of excitement and playfulness climb (rise), too!
Aaron, my spouse and I both agree that there is simply no time for us to sit back and complain of “nothing to do.” It is, after all, summer and there’s always a body of water – somewhere – to remove all clothing and to dive into! Not only is the month of August here; it is also time to skinny-dip (swim naked) as a means of celebration! Skinny-dipping is relaxing, refreshing, rejuvenating and f-u-n!
Blue water skinny-dipper!
The phrase, skinny-dipping (swimming naked), is an American colloquialism that the author, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens, 30 November, 1835 – 21 April, 1910) popularized with his literary characters Tom Sawyer and also Huckleberry Finn in the days of Southern rural communities in the middle 1800s.
The term skinny-dipping is relatively new as it didn’t emerge for many until after World War II ended. The enormous numbers of young men enrolled in the armed services against Germany, Italy and Japan brought together millions from all geographical areas of this country. The traditional rural Southern term, skinny-dipping, began to gain and grow in comprehension and recognition once they were discharged from defence service and returned home. The majority of young men entering the armed forces once the war began grew up reading Mark Twain’s novels. Thus the nickname (slang) for swimming naked became popular.
Celebrity spokes-model Phoenix Fellington at a clothing optional beach!
The exact origins of the slang term, skinny-dipping, is unknown. The popular conjecture is that skinny is used to denote “naked” to describe the swimsuit (skin). Dipping is thought to refer to the entry into the natural body of water a person would dive (dip) into. Hence skinny-dipping instead of swimming naked.
Few, if any, of the rural Southern areas had the financial resources to construct (build) an outdoor pool. This resulted in the early post-war skinny-dippers only having access to natural bodies of water (lakes, oceans, rivers, etc.). Skinny-dipping was affordable for everyone. The only “cost” was the effort necessary to remove one’s clothes and jump into the natural body of water!
A contemporary “pool” skinny-dipper!
Marvelous Monday Mentality!
An aspect of skinny-dipping that is too frequently ignored and/or overlooked is the attitude that accompanies the pleasure! It is a mindset evolution the naked swimmers absorb that produces positive energy and perspective! A POV (point-of-view) that is almost exclusive to skinny-dipping enthusiasts and their outlook!
Throughout our modern world, there can be found an almost universal bemoaning and dread of the arrival of Monday and in particular, Monday mornings! It represents a “return to the routine,” especially regarding the “work week.” The mundane life is back into place with little or no chance of any change.
A mundane Monday morning!
Yet in the lives and the perceptions of the swim clothes free population, quite the opposite is the reality. Their Monday is of the happy arrival of another full week – seven glorious days – skinny dipping! A repeat of all the aquatic antics and pleasures a person can enjoy minus the nuisance burden of wearing swimsuits! Among this community, naked swimming is in place for an “instant replay!” A substantial day in, day out existence to highlight their summer season!
A bonus for all of us who engage in swimming while bare, weather isn’t a major concern. If it happens to be a day of rain – no problem! Bodies of water, whether natural or man-made (pools), are both wet – as is the rain. Skinny dipping remains doable even during a rain shower. However, thunderstorms remain hazardous. Lightening and wetness are most definitely not compatible!
We are now living in our 21st century, some progress has been made regarding the skinny-dipping world. Man-made bodies of water – pools, whether enclosed or outside – are now possible locations for clothes free swimming activities!
We now have the option of removing our swimsuit once we gain access to the pool. Just take it off! Skinny-dipping is not a difficult chore to master!
The discarded swimsuit can be placed along the pool edge and now let all the “naked-fun-in-the-sun!” commence!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, August 8, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “The Bare/Dare Series! #1”
One serious project, as the author of the ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!, is to constantly identify new topics to address concerning bare practitioners as well as subjects relating to our being same gender loving (SGL) – bisexual or gay – in addition to our preference for nakedness. It is indeed far easier and simpler to complacently repeat over and over concepts, ideas and topics already covered in previous post entries here. However, that quickly becomes boring, lackluster and very repetitious!
In trying to keep informative, interesting and thoughtful, one must also be both creative and imaginative while pursuing newer aspects of being a bare practitioner in today’s world. This search presents challenges, experiences and opportunities to expand our knowledge, help us to grow as members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and queer+ (GLBTQ+) community and culture and as proponents of the nakedness community and culture.
The respected ancient adage: “Variety is the spice of life!” is applicable and current today as it was centuries ago!
Jason Vario (left) and Daymin Voss (right)!
Introduction:
The result of the most recent research for different and resourceful items to offer here is the title of this particular post entry here today: The Bare/Dare Series, 2025! The intended purpose of this series is to examine our nakedness and how it is influenced by our life experiences, attitudes and social factors. We’ll explore how we, personally, determine our own limitations on our being bare and how that decision impacts our lives. Then we will focus on the various ways we adapt our levels of expectations and tolerances of our levels of nakedness, both individually and/or socially.
This The Bare/Dare Series, 2025! will consist of three (3) post entries here. The plan is to publish all three postings before the end of the current summer season in the Northern Hemisphere. This deadline serves two purposes: a) those in the Northern Hemisphere who wish to “sample” the bare practitioner experience will be able to do so before the external weather evolves and b) those living in the Southern Hemisphere have the chance to incorporate any new concepts/ideals into their routines prior to the advent of their summertime.
In both hemispheres, regardless of the season, anyone curious about nudity can use the presentations in whatever manner they desire/prefer.
Felipe Ferreira: a sandy profile!
A reminder to all that there is, to the best of our knowledge, no official “rule book” or guideline for engaging in nakedness. Both Aaron, my spouse, and I know of many persons and/or organizations who consider themselves in an authoritative capacity or position but we are unable to determine what entitled that distinction.
It remains the responsibility of each person to decide their personal level of comfort with their nudity!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Thursday, July 31, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Bottoms-Up! July, 2025!”
A visible tan-line around his waist and genitalia!
Background:
The prosecutor mounted the steps in order to address the Court. She immediately had everyone’s undivided attention…yet, she had not uttered one single word!
Excessive evidence! Extensive and extraordinary proof that a major and serious violation of the ancient and historical legal traditions had been ignored and repeatedly dismissed. Arbitrarily cast aside without remorse or shame! A complete disregard for our system of justice!
The crime? Tan-lines! The positive confirmation that the laws against the wearing of any type of swimsuit while in public had been deliberately and intentionally broken.
Tan-line from his briefs!
Among those of us who consider ourselves bare practitioners, there are an innumerable number of jokes regarding the appearance – existence – of the tan-lines and the reason they often re-appear, year after year!
A line-up of buttock tan-lines!
Bottoms-up! Buttocks lined up on a rooftop! Easy to see that all five of them have worn swim briefs more than they have skinny-dipped this year! Pass the word along, they need to double-time it in order to even up their tan-lines! Erase the evidence and there is no need for prosecution!
The Tan-Line:
Tan-Line: refers to the visually clear division on the skin between areas that have been darkened due to sun exposure and areas that remain pale (natural skin tone) due to being covered with minimal sun exposure (if any). Certain parts of the skin surface are covered while other areas are exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation through sunrays.
Leaf covering!
The appearance of tan-lines on human skin surfaces has existed since the species (humanity) began utilizing fig leaves (magnolia leaves, palm leaves or oak leaves; among possible others) to conceal gender defining anatomy. The absence of sun exposure darkening skin tone is indicative of covering (protection) from ultraviolet sunlight. This covering presents the contrasting skin tone that causes the tan-lines.
In today’s post entry, there are several references to the illegality of tan lines and the criminal status of those persons in possession of actual tan lines. Most of us are aware that in our clothing-dominated, fashion-conscious world, there is no existing sanction against tan-lines (although there probably are statutes against publicly displaying one’s tan-lines as that may involve public nudity)!
The referring of the illegality/legality of tan lines is alluding to the humourous nature that the condition affords both bare practitioners and the textile (clothes wearing). Both groups offer stereotypical humour as to the situation regarding tan-lines and those who have a different clothing routine.
A tan-line varies from swimsuit designs!
There is no set standard for the type of tan-line a person exhibits. The determining factor is the type of covering. The actual tan-line will reflect the style of the concealing garment.
Thong brief swimsuit!
If the same or similar style swimsuit is worn consistently, the tan-line will have little or no variation. If instead a variety of different style swimsuits are worn, then the tan-line will reflect the differences in varying degrees based on the frequency of the wearing.
Swimsuit minority!
If there is a minimal tan line discernible, then obviously there are opportunities for nakedness available, and the person takes advantage of those chances. It is also apparent that the person is knowledgeable about the use of sunscreen.
Visible tan-line!
A warning sign that accompanies the actual tan-line itself is the need for careful sunscreen monitoring. Too often, people who habitually wear clothing generally are the ones who forget the importance of sunscreen. One of the resulting serious conditions from the failure to use sunscreen is sunburn.
A severe sunburn on his back!
Sunburn:
Sunburn is caused by the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) radiation and not heat. Heat is produced from capillaries close to the skin surface, causing the affected areas to feel warm when touched. It is important to remember that skin can and will burn even on overcast or cloudy days, cold winter days and while under shade (shelter from direct sunlight). Sunburn damages or destroys the skin, which controls the amount of heat our body retains or releases, holds in fluids (hydration) and protects us from infection.
Reactions to sunburn range from mild irritation to serious and severe pain. Sunburn may cause fevers and nausea (depending on the severity of the burn) and makes the dead skin peel away. Sunburn may lead to serious health complications later in life.
Sun protective measures like the use of sunscreen and sun protective clothing are widely accepted to prevent sunburn and some types of skin cancers. Special populations, including children and the elderly, are especially susceptible to sunburn and protective measures should be engaged to prevent damage.
Unfortunately, a large number of people make choices that are harmful to their health. Ignoring the need for sunscreen protection is one of the primary messages that many people “conveniently” fail to remember. For whatever reason, they feel their tan-lines need little or no protection from UV radiation. This deliberate or undeliberate disregard for sunscreen often causes undue suffering and possible severe health issues in the future.
The importance of sunscreen is a fact that all of us are aware. It becomes an unpleasant chore that those of us who know the benefits have to continually remind others of the need for sunscreen.
Tan-lines and sunburn aren’t the only two conditions that remind all of us of the need to regard our physical well-being during the summertime. Another factor that many people manage to forget is our need for hydration!
An empty glass: liquid consumed!
Hydration:
Maintaining our hydration (body moisture level) is another critical summer issue that often is overlooked or intentionally ignored. Yes, liquid beverages are very popular during this season of the year, but water is the most essential liquid that needs consumption. Other beverages, juices, soft drinks, alcohol, etc., are welcome but none of them can replace the vital role that water has in keeping our organs and systems functioning and sustaining life.
The increase in activity during the summer season increases our perspiration rate which depletes our water level. Regular indulgence in the drinking of water enhances our seasonal pleasures and social experiences.
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Monday, July 21, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Bare/Dare Series!”
The purpose of this post entry here on ReNudePride: Guys Without Boxers! is to provide the history leading into the celebration of National Nude Recreation Week.
This week-long festival of body and clothes freedom recreational (leisure) activities is jointly co-sponsored annually by the American Association of Nude Recreation (AANR) and The Naturist Society (TNS). As summer is the “season-in-the-sun,” it is only logical (natural) that two major naturist/nudist advisory organizations proclaim and promote an event in honour of clean, healthy bare (nude) living. The recent tendency over the last several years is to observe this occasion the week following the 4 July holiday.
Celebrate the occasion naked!
National Nude Recreation Week involves an emphasis on the numerous activities, leisure services, and pastimes, both active and passive, that people may engage in or undertake while clothes free. In essence, almost identical to what can be enjoyed when wearing garments. This isn’t to imply this special week is the only time we bare our bodies for fun and games. We do that quite frequently!
The race to the beach!
The history of National Nude Recreation Week is recent with the earliest documented date of 7 August, 1976, as being Nude Beach Day. It was first observed at Truro Beach in southern California and at the Head of the Meadow Beach in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
The Nude Beach Day was continued at the same locations and by the end of the 1970s decade, it soon expanded into the National Nude Weekend in order to expand the time of the clothes free event. As many traditional naturist/nudist camps, resorts and other facilities weren’t located with access to a clothing optional beach it soon became apparent that another name change and another expansion of the theme was necessary.
A memorable Nude Recreation Week!
Many existing clothes free businesses, facilities and properties were first-hand witnesses to the rapidly growing numbers of people now taking advantage of the weekend event. They sought to grow their own markets by affiliating with the already established destinations. This new interest helped the popularity of the event to grow even more and added additional incentives for development and growth.
In the early 1980s, the weekend then evolved into the current event known as National Nude Recreation Week. This extended time period encouraged even more people to explore social nudity and to try new opportunities.
Expand horizons!
Author’s Advisory:
Rest assured that even without an “officially” declared National Nude Recreation Week, the ever-resourceful bare practitioner community and culture would need no excuse to strip out of clothes and stroll about in proud nakedness. After all, our nudity is firmly implanted in our DNA! Besides, none of us would ever want to change!
Strolling together!
Naked hugs!
Roger Poladopoulos/ReNude Pride: Guys Without Boxers!
Author’s Note: The next post entry here is planned for Friday, July 11, 2025, and the proposed topic is: “Nude Recreation Week #2!”
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