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Naturist Resources => Blogs, Videos, Articles about Naturism/Nudity => Videos => Topic started by: tomhere on January 13, 2012, 09:53:25 am
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On first viewing, what stuck in my mind was Darren being shown having hair removed from his rear end. That was unexpected :879 an ooouch moment for me. We thought Darren's cousin was a true star and a good sport :123456 but thumbs up :e4444 to everyone who took part.
I learn't some stuff and was gerenerally encouraged. We'll need to watch it again before being able to comment properly.
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Twas entertaining! Not the best I have ever seen. But I think the story of Mollie was amazing. How easygoing she was and how she got all of her friends to come along - some of them tried nudity while others kept the clothes on - and either way it was good. I think that for me, that was the main message!
Oh, and the Abbey House Gardens looked fantastic. Anyone of our members have been there?
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I'm currently being mean to objecters on the comments under the Telegraph article. I don't usually, but I just felt like it :P
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9011160/My-Daughter-the-Teenage-Nudist-Channel-4-review.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9011160/My-Daughter-the-Teenage-Nudist-Channel-4-review.html)
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Which is right where I found that... description...
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I downloaded other release (C4TV), which has a much better description:
Documentary following Mollie and Alex, who are part of a growing group of teenagers and twentysomethings embracing public nudity away from designated places. Their aim is to normalise naturism and question the media's apparent obsession with perfect bodies. The programme asks why this lifestyle is gaining in popularity and finds out what parents think about their offspring revealing all in the most public of places.
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Me, too. I do not need HD for informational content. The SD release is for those that do not require hi-res ogling. Which I hope applies to most of us.
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That was a really interesting one, thanks for the link!
Go the Naked Vegan Cooks!
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Just watched it. Thought it was pretty good. I am going to give it to all my open minded friends and see what they think.
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If you download Expat Shield, that is available from CNET, you can watch it from outside the UK right from the source on Channel 4 Video On Demand.
Thanks.
I just finished it. I thought it was great and was the first of the naturist documentaries I felt gave a good picture of the modern youth push in the naturist movement since it didn't focus too much on camps like docs on the subject tend to do.
A few things I found interesting were:
-Mollie's friend not being comfortable topfree in front that young boy. Goes to show you how ingrained that attitude is even with people that (apparently) would otherwise go nude.
-I was glad to see the police officer didn't react like police here would likely react to Alex going topfree.
-It was weird they described Daryl's grooming habits as being more appealing to the people he hopes to recruit. The narration sends mixed messages.
And that great line in the skinny dipping part at the garden "what would your mum think?" "Who gives a shit?" :786
All in all I thought it was very well done. I would've expected more focus on Mollie with the title being what it is, but there's time limitations to deal with.
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I rather loved this. Vegan dudes and dudettes you were great in it!
It has made me really want to get proactive in my part of England...
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I watched it last night. To be honest, it was okay, not that crash hot but still painted out naturism in the UK as it currently is in an accurate light - namely the established organised naturist movement (i.e. the clubs, Abbey House Gardens and the BN), and the 'free range' naturism such as the boat cruise, the naked arts show and tea party, and the bike rides.
So far, I've found the critical reviews for the doco in The Metro and The Telegraph to be far from positive and encouraging, and even The Guardian doesn't seem to be all that fussed on it.
There were a few issues I had:
1) The guy barging in on Alex's protest when she was being told to put her shirt back on by the cop. Badly timed. She should've asked him "If I was a guy right now, would you still ask to take a photo of me".
2) Clare and Greta. Both of them are adults, they shouldn't have to go seeking consent or reassurance from anyone to be naturists. I don't think Greta had anything to worry about with being sexualised in the doco as it was all done above board. I think it was The Guardian who called Clare a 'free thinker' for being a square peg in a round hole. Say what??!
3) The hair waxing. Body hair is natural, and it is given to us for a reason. I think young people need to stop worrying about it and accept it as being natural if they want to be 'naturists'. Body hair serves to keep the body warm in cold climates.
4) The older naturists. I think that there could've been a scene with them and Mollie and her friends as a round table discussion as to the direction that naturism should take in Britain. Did the film crew not think about having something like this to make the documentary more interesting?
At least, the documentary drives home the point that nudism and public nudity is slowly beginning to get more acceptance in Britain, but it's going to be still a while before it comes into line with the likes of Germany, Holland, Denmark and the south of France where nudity en masse becomes the norm.
Nevertheless, well done to all who took part, and I especially found the NVC scenes to be very inspirational. I've got a life drawing artist friend who is a nudist and has been talking to me about having a gallery this year featuring our work. I'd like to make it a clothing optional event with some nice herbal tea and vegan snack foods. :-)
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I rather loved this. Vegan dudes and dudettes you were great in it!
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3) The hair waxing. Body hair is natural, and it is given to us for a reason. I think young people need to stop worrying about it and accept it as being natural if they want to be 'naturists'. Body hair serves to keep the body warm in cold climates.
Are you saying shaving/waxing stops you being a naturist?
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3) The hair waxing. Body hair is natural, and it is given to us for a reason. I think young people need to stop worrying about it and accept it as being natural if they want to be 'naturists'. Body hair serves to keep the body warm in cold climates.
Are you saying shaving/waxing stops you being a naturist?
Naturism is about freedom, if you want to wax/shave it's personal, and to me it doesn't mean you're not a naturist. I tolerate both.
Great show by the way! :)
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3) The hair waxing. Body hair is natural, and it is given to us for a reason. I think young people need to stop worrying about it and accept it as being natural if they want to be 'naturists'. Body hair serves to keep the body warm in cold climates.
Are you saying shaving/waxing stops you being a naturist?
Naturism is about freedom, if you want to wax/shave it's personal, and to me it doesn't mean you're not a naturist. I tolerate both.
Great show by the way! :)
I do some grooming in those areas. But as comfortable as I get with myself, I don't think I could ever be comfortable getting on my back/all fours and having some stranger wax those areas. Props to him for being that comfortable.
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3) The hair waxing. Body hair is natural, and it is given to us for a reason. I think young people need to stop worrying about it and accept it as being natural if they want to be 'naturists'. Body hair serves to keep the body warm in cold climates.
Are you saying shaving/waxing stops you being a naturist?
Naturism is about freedom, if you want to wax/shave it's personal, and to me it doesn't mean you're not a naturist. I tolerate both.
Great show by the way! :)
As the title implies, naturism is about respecting nature and what is natural. Body hair is natural.
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This looks to be amazing! I have the link saved and will be watching it when I have the spare moment. I've watched the entire second season of "walking dead" so i'm a bit worn out on internet videos right now.
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I showed my girlfriend and she loved the vegan cooks. She is even considering having her own little tea party with all our friends to promote body positivity.
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I showed my girlfriend and she loved the vegan cooks. She is even considering having her own little tea party with all our friends to promote body positivity.
That sounds awesome Robin. Nice work!
I take it your girlfriend is a nudist too then? Or was this as a result of watching the doco?
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As the title implies, naturism is about respecting nature and what is natural. Body hair is natural.
I wish you wouldn't continually attach socio-political agendas to naturism, especially ones you don't live up to yourself, as in this case.
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I showed my girlfriend and she loved the vegan cooks. She is even considering having her own little tea party with all our friends to promote body positivity.
That's really cool. If this doc gets more people trying it out and feeling good about themselves, then that's a great thing.
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My girlfriend was also pretty impressed with the documentary. She's already made the decision that she wants to go to naturist places and events with me but I think the film did help to show her that young naturists are no different to young textiles, except in attitudes to nudity.
Some specific thoughts:
Much has already been said on Channel 4's choice of title (obviously they were going for the "lonely masturbator" demographic...) as it really didn't fit the film that well. But Mollie did seem to be the core of the film.
Mollie came across as probably more typical of youth generally than of youth naturism. There's lots of young women who see nothing wrong with topless sunbathing and skinny-dipping; these aren't activities exclusive to naturism. She seemed to mostly draw the line at full nudity but maybe that was down to her choosing to disrobe in pretty public places in the company of people who weren't willing to be naked. She came across well with her body-positive attitude but I don't think she was actually as unique as the film maybe wanted her to be.
Alex topless in Manchester highlighted as usual that there are some problems governing the enforcement of public nudity laws in this country - while it is not illegal to be naked in public, you can be arrested by police who seem to be unaware of exactly what is acceptable and so feel that they should err on the side of caution and let the courts worry about what behaviour is and isn't allowed under law.
The person who said that promoting body-positivity was easier for those with conventionally-attractive bodies had a point but someone having a "good" body should be no barrier to criticising the notion that there are "good" and "bad" bodies in the first place. Sure, it might be more encouraging to others so see people of all shapes and sizes being confident naked but anyone being confident naked (even if society tells them they should have no reason not to be) is a positive step.
Something that was emphasised less in the film was interaction between the older generation of naturists and the younger one. We were told that BN were desperate to recruit new members (which was where Daryl came in and did his job well) but the real test for encouraging young people to get involved in the more traditional aspects of naturism (social events, clubs and spas rather than skinny-dipping on holiday and riding in the WNBR) is in ensuring that when they come into those situations for the first time they don't encounter an "old person's world" with nothing offered to encourage them to stay involved beyond the opportunity to be naked without worry.
So it would have been nice (and potentially more encouraging to young people interested in naturism) to see more of YBN and the activities they put on, rather than just focussing on the recruitment of new members (although the Bristol university society Jesse has started is impressive, especially given that most universities require around 6-10 interested people before they will grant a society official status - so by the time of the fresher's fair shown in the film, they must already have managed to drum up some significant interest by themselves!)
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The person who said that promoting body-positivity was easier for those with conventionally-attractive bodies had a point but someone having a "good" body should be no barrier to criticising the notion that there are "good" and "bad" bodies in the first place. Sure, it might be more encouraging to others so see people of all shapes and sizes being confident naked but anyone being confident naked (even if society tells them they should have no reason not to be) is a positive step.
:3145 Very well said.
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great documentary! i'd like to get involved
if the same company was making a doc about naturism!
the daily telegraph was really mean about naturism and the documentary!
show support to the naturist way of life in their comments section:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9011160/My-Daughter-the-Teenage-Nudist-Channel-4-review.html (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9011160/My-Daughter-the-Teenage-Nudist-Channel-4-review.html)
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I showed my girlfriend and she loved the vegan cooks. She is even considering having her own little tea party with all our friends to promote body positivity.
That sounds awesome Robin. Nice work!
I take it your girlfriend is a nudist too then? Or was this as a result of watching the doco?
We are both new to it. Her more so. But we are exploring it together which is great.
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I showed my girlfriend and she loved the vegan cooks. She is even considering having her own little tea party with all our friends to promote body positivity.
Thats great! Let me know how it goes :D
I rather loved this. Vegan dudes and dudettes you were great in it!
Thanks! and thanks to everyone who have said lovely things. Its all been a bit overwhelming and nakedveganHQ...
2) Clare and Greta. Both of them are adults, they shouldn't have to go seeking consent or reassurance from anyone to be naturists. I don't think Greta had anything to worry about with being sexualised in the doco as it was all done above board. I think it was The Guardian who called Clare a 'free thinker' for being a square peg in a round hole. Say what??!
Nevertheless, well done to all who took part, and I especially found the NVC scenes to be very inspirational. I've got a life drawing artist friend who is a nudist and has been talking to me about having a gallery this year featuring our work. I'd like to make it a clothing optional event with some nice herbal tea and vegan snack foods. :-)
Greta didnt take part because her mum basically threatened to cut her off. Harsh, I know.
Let us know what happens with the art exhibition! :D x
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Greta didnt take part because her mum basically threatened to cut her off. Harsh, I know. [/quote]
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Whaaaat??! What kind of a mother is she to threaten her daughter with that? That is one highly dysfunctional mother!!
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"We cannot form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us." - Johannes Von Goethe
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I think her mother has every right to say whatever she thinks is fit. And Greta can respond to that in every way she wants. I think it's fairly harsh to call her 'a dysfunctional mother'. I atleast am not aware of the background and the context she has said this in and I dont think you are either. Part of naturism for me is the mutual respect. I would not feature on a documentary like this if my mother would advice me not to.
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Whaaaat??! What kind of a mother is she to threaten her daughter with that? That is one highly dysfunctional mother!!
Greta's mum is, on the whole pretty cool. Like most mums I think she has had some problems with how her kids have turned out, but on balance is ok - although i dont know how much I should talk about that sort of thing cause its not my stories to tell.
To provide a bit of context, Gretas mum used to work for the BBC, quite high up before she had to give up her job. I think she is pretty used to seeing how the media can screw people over. Whilst it was a pretty extreme reaction, it understandable. My parents werent exactly happy with me going on the documentary, but after coming out as queer, and seeing me be arrested at protests, and talk openly about doing drugs and stuff, I think they have pretty much learned that I'll just do what I want - I listen to their advice, of course, but dont give them special vetoing powers!
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Great vid!
And it's very nice to see what our friend Jess and his company are doing! Keep up the good work!
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Meh, The video was kinda depressing.
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Meh, The video was kinda depressing.
Care to elaborate? :p :)
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i didn't find that depressing at all, cause i really related to it. kinda gave me a fresh perspective on it all a little bit.
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Meh, The video was kinda depressing.
Care to elaborate? :p :)
how few young people joined. And how many only went topless.
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i thought it was okay :34567 to them ,young people are the future
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I watched this with Chris and I found it very interesting It seems that more and more teenagers are trying nudism out, but i suppose that theres always going to be the judgemental ones :)
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I watched this with Chris and I found it very interesting It seems that more and more teenagers are trying nudism out, but i suppose that theres always going to be the judgemental ones :)
well there will always be people that say 'nudism is gay' or things like that but to be honest I don't even care! I'm enjoying it so I will keep doing it! we just need to get the others who actually enjoy it to join and stay nude!
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I watched it last night, and I liked it very much.
Like everyone said, the title is very misleading, implying that Molly's mother would be a great part of it (and their realtionship), but it isn't. Instead, the chosen focus really interested me. How the younger generation seems to embrace nude activities, but not necessarily wants to take part on naturists organizations and/or that environment of the naturist clubs. They are occupying other places, like protests, bike rides, parties, skinny-dipping, and organizing by themselves.
Of course, it's not a matter of right and wrong, and it was very important to have someone like Daryl, young and involved in a bigger naturist organization, participating. Everyone one of the main characters (Molly, Alex and Daryl) had differences in their approach/view towards naturism, but they are all very positive in their own way.
Congratulations to everyone involved on it!
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I just finished watching, and from the point of view of someone who hasn't been socially nude much it seems like they focused a lot on the gawking and creepy guys...Did they? Or am I imagining it because that's what I expect them to do?
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What?! Huh? No, that was not the main feeling I had after watching it.
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I just finished watching, and from the point of view of someone who hasn't been socially nude much it seems like they focused a lot on the gawking and creepy guys...Did they? Or am I imagining it because that's what I expect them to do?
I did think the camera crew had a penis fixation sometimes. Mind you, they were a bit hypnotic the way they swayed back and forth when they took up half the screen...
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I just finished watching, and from the point of view of someone who hasn't been socially nude much it seems like they focused a lot on the gawking and creepy guys...Did they? Or am I imagining it because that's what I expect them to do?
Are talking about this one? http://internationalyn.org/forum/index.php/topic,10150.0.html (http://internationalyn.org/forum/index.php/topic,10150.0.html)
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I don't think so...I used the link Danee posted higher on this page.
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I did think the camera crew had a penis fixation sometimes. Mind you, they were a bit hypnotic the way they swayed back and forth when they took up half the screen...
Imagine if they had filmed this in IMAX. :786
I did think that part of the anatomy was a lot more noticeable than it usually is, but I think a lot of that has to do with how other docs make an effort to hide it or not make it so prominent whereas here they obviously didn't bother.
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I actually got to watch this today and I found an excellent and well presented reprisentation of nathrist youth. It was nice to see that naturists were not presented as excentrics but as everyday people. I have also signed up to the naked vegan blog and I look forward to trying some of their recepies. I am not a vegeterian but I do like to eat healthily so it is nice to see a blog like that
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I finished watching this documentary yesterday It was pretty good . Think it portrayed naturism in a very positive light :234567
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I might get round to finally watching this this weekend as it's my first free weekend since New Year!
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Just watched it and it was totally worth it :e2w.
I really like to way it was presented, gave a very good idea of what naturism is about from a youth perspective ! I :e4444 it.
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Very beutiful doc. Thanks for posting about it!
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I watched this the other night. It was really good!
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Too bad they can't make a USA version. that wouldbe interesting. no this is no slight to those in the UK.
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I absolutely loved it, and have already recommended it to a aprehensive young woman, who has a 5 year old who is displaying Nudism :p
But I found the link I don't think the topic had one
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Not bad. Hope that they make a squeal
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definitely worth a watch
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I was up late last night as I couldnt sleep and this doco came on at about midnight here in NZ
I had already seen it through this site but wad great to see it again!
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I think its a great document for naturism.
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The whole not wanting to be naked in the front of the kid. Reminds me of the fact as a kid when saw younger kids running/walking around naked without a care in the world, made me think that it our parents that made us ashamed of being nude and I hope for myself that one day I could be like that and view it as less sexual, which I figured out was because we saw such little nudity. As I said previously it was an on and off attempt until this year when I decided to take the full plunge and found this place through link on a tumblr page.
So its interesting that really, but I guess its pretty ingrained we censor nudity for "the children" that it's pretty hard to shake.