International Young Naturists Organisation
Naturist Resources => Blogs, Videos, Articles about Naturism/Nudity => Topic started by: nakedisnatural on September 11, 2021, 11:56:35 pm
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I was checking out the FKK Museum, a website that I had discovered through a post here on IYNO and at the bottom of the page, found something that piqued my interest:
https://fkk-museum.de/kurios/protest-02.html
(https://fkk-museum.de/kurios/usa/protest-13.jpg)
Gypsy Taub is a Russian-American activist located in the San Francisco area. She started activism back in 2000, when her oldest child was born. She has participated in many protests, including the Nude Summer Love Parade in San Francisco during the third quarter of 2016, which you can watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs8tWojXcfE
note: you will need to be signed-in with any age restriction disabled to watch this video as it (by no surprise) contains nudity.
I see Taub is very dedicated in legalising public nudity in San Francisco. As far as I know, she isn’t a naturist, but obviously does partake in body freedom rallies along with her three children. Personally, I do think she has a certainly interesting way of fighting for it. For example, on November 20th 2012, Gypsy Taub publicly undressed in San Francisco City Hall at a meeting about a bill passing the ban of nudity.
(https://fkk-museum.de/kurios/usa/protest-16.jpg)
(https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2017/08/GettyImages-156776034-800x559.jpg)
(Gypsy Taub, who disrobed inside City Hall during a meeting, is escorted away on November 20th 2012)
What do you think about this? Do you think she could have gone about it differently?
https://fkk-museum.de/kurios/protest-02.html
Gypsy Taub also has a blog website: (mynakedtruth.tv (http://mynakedtruth.tv))
After note: Apologies if this post doesn't exactly make any sense, doesn't necessarily have a reason be posted or has been posted in the wrong place.
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she's definitely an... interesting... character.
while i'm at it, today also might be a good time to mention her, uh, questionable ideas about a certain major event that occurred 20 years ago
edit: oh god and also all the other things
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I was on the fence about her for a long time. I wish we had more militant nudism activists, to really push the envelope. But then I read about her trying to have a "relationship" with one of her son's friends who was like 14 at the time... so yikes there.
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@renecc here is something else that can pique your interest
https://www.alcoda.org/newsroom/2021/aug/people_v_oxane_taub
"On Aug. 26, 2021, a jury found defendant Oxane Taub guilty of 20 counts-- from felony charges of stalking, dissuading a witness, and attempted child abduction to misdemeanor counts for violating protective orders and child molest.
The defendant, a 50-year-old woman, became fixated on a 14-year-old boy in 2018. Over the course of 14 months, she sent him numerous obsessive emails, created blogs directed at him, used his friends to send him messages and eventually tried to abduct him a few blocks from his school in Berkeley. While the case was pending, Taub also tried to dissuade the victim from testifying.
DDA Lori Mullins prosecuted the trial, with assistance from Victim-Witness Advocate Erica Chavis.
Taub is expected to be sentenced on September 23, 2021 in Department 5.
Posted on Aug 27, 2021"
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I think she is a nutter surrounded by nutters. I feel for her childrem.
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I think at one time she was an inspiration but now I think she's giving nudism a bad reputation. I think the people that are against it they will categorize nudists as pervs
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I came across her activities years ago. While I didn't doubt her passion for what she believed in, I thought she was a complete loon.
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Regardless of her criminal charges, I found overzealous nudism distasteful in general.
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I was on the fence about her for a long time. I wish we had more militant nudism activists, to really push the envelope. But then I read about her trying to have a "relationship" with one of her son's friends who was like 14 at the time... so yikes there.
@renecc here is something else that can pique your interest
https://www.alcoda.org/newsroom/2021/aug/people_v_oxane_taub
"On Aug. 26, 2021, a jury found defendant Oxane Taub guilty of 20 counts-- from felony charges of stalking, dissuading a witness, and attempted child abduction to misdemeanor counts for violating protective orders and child molest.
The defendant, a 50-year-old woman, became fixated on a 14-year-old boy in 2018. Over the course of 14 months, she sent him numerous obsessive emails, created blogs directed at him, used his friends to send him messages and eventually tried to abduct him a few blocks from his school in Berkeley. While the case was pending, Taub also tried to dissuade the victim from testifying.
DDA Lori Mullins prosecuted the trial, with assistance from Victim-Witness Advocate Erica Chavis.
Taub is expected to be sentenced on September 23, 2021 in Department 5.
Posted on Aug 27, 2021"
Holy shit that's nonce behaviour, that. I was completely unaware that was a thing that she did. If Taub really actually is expected to be sentenced nearing the end of this month, then her recent post on her blog at mynakedtruth.tv must be giving her readers false hope.
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She’s a total whack job. Years ago I saw a video of her making allegations against a man who attended her events for making sexual advances towards her then 12yo daughter referring to emails sent to the girl from the man. She even brought it up in a speech to one of her events while that man was present, so we’re her children including the daughter you’d think she’d be keeping safe! I thought then there was a distinct smell of BS because if the allegations were all true particularly regarding emails then she’d have kept them to show police and the man would be sent down.
Then this whole case against her came to light and she was accused of stalking and attempting to kidnap a 14yo boy who went to school with her son. If I remember rightly, before this kicked off she led people to believe her children were home schooled. Then there’s the utter hypocrisy of dragging someone through the mud while committing the same crimes herself. Emails! On her blog she claims these emails simply contained music. If emails are being used as evidence against her then there’s more to them than simply sharing music. There’s a message contained inside the music that demonstrates her desire for him if not a body of text with it with such messages or she was outright sending more than just music!
But hey I’m just playing arm chair lawyer, the only people who know what is really going on are the people involved ie her, the kid (possibly her own too) police, lawyers, judge and jury! All in all though this is a serious shit stain on naturists everywhere. Thanks, psycho bitch!
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the only people who know what is really going on are the people involved ie her, the kid (possibly her own too) police, lawyers, judge and jury!
I would go one step further. The only people whom I trust to know the full story are Gypsy and the kid. And the only person I would trust to be able to give an accurate account is the kid, and even then only under very specific circumstances (off-the-record conversation with a trusted individual). Gypsy would obviously be biased to save her ass and her narrative (that her "kidnapping" plans were here trying to rescue the kid from an abusive situation), and any external investigators may be biased by her blatant flaunting of social norms.
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the only people who know what is really going on are the people involved ie her, the kid (possibly her own too) police, lawyers, judge and jury!
I would go one step further. The only people whom I trust to know the full story are Gypsy and the kid. And the only person I would trust to be able to give an accurate account is the kid, and even then only under very specific circumstances (off-the-record conversation with a trusted individual). Gypsy would obviously be biased to save her ass and her narrative (that her "kidnapping" plans were here trying to rescue the kid from an abusive situation), and any external investigators may be biased by her blatant flaunting of social norms.
Yeah, can’t disagree with that
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According to her blog, she "should be out of jail in the next few months". I wonder how long that will last if the case with the 14 year old is true.
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According to her blog, she "should be out of jail in the next few months". I wonder how long that will last if the case with the 14 year old is true.
I think she’s been saying that from the start :rotfl2:
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According to her blog, she "should be out of jail in the next few months". I wonder how long that will last if the case with the 14 year old is true.
I think she’s been saying that from the start :rotfl2:
I just feel bad for her kids with what she'd done and her limited contact with them. I highly doubt she'll be leaving prison any time soon.
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Holy shit that's nonce behaviour, that.
the classic english phrase
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Holy shit that's nonce behaviour, that.
the classic english phrase
Another one, can I smell weed?
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Yeah, I think I agree with the consensus here that she seems nutty that gives a bad name to nudism/naturism. Which is sad, as she seems to play a big role in the scene in San Francisco. I also find the militant nudism a bit odd. Maybe this is a minority position here, but just as the world is now, I don’t think allowing full public nudity outside of naturist resorts is a good idea. Too many perverts would take advantage of it IMO.
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Yeah, I think I agree with the consensus here that she seems nutty that gives a bad name to nudism/naturism. Which is sad, as she seems to play a big role in the scene in San Francisco. I also find the militant nudism a bit odd. Maybe this is a minority position here, but just as the world is now, I don’t think allowing full public nudity outside of naturist resorts is a good idea. Too many perverts would take advantage of it IMO.
I see it as a human right. We shouldn't have to pay for the privilege of being nude in some special, cordoned off area.
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Yeah, I think I agree with the consensus here that she seems nutty that gives a bad name to nudism/naturism. Which is sad, as she seems to play a big role in the scene in San Francisco. I also find the militant nudism a bit odd. Maybe this is a minority position here, but just as the world is now, I don’t think allowing full public nudity outside of naturist resorts is a good idea. Too many perverts would take advantage of it IMO.
I agree with you to an extent. I don't think it should be limited to resorts, because that makes it something you have to pay to do which is already a massive problem, but I do think there's a lot more people than we like to admit that are using nudism/naturism for less-than-pure reasons. Gypsy Taub might serve as a wake-up call to that end.
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Yeah, I think I agree with the consensus here that she seems nutty that gives a bad name to nudism/naturism. Which is sad, as she seems to play a big role in the scene in San Francisco. I also find the militant nudism a bit odd. Maybe this is a minority position here, but just as the world is now, I don’t think allowing full public nudity outside of naturist resorts is a good idea. Too many perverts would take advantage of it IMO.
I agree with you to an extent. I don't think it should be limited to resorts, because that makes it something you have to pay to do which is already a massive problem, but I do think there's a lot more people than we like to admit that are using nudism/naturism for less-than-pure reasons. Gypsy Taub might serve as a wake-up call to that end.
Unfortunately that wake up call is more fuel to the anti nude campaigns fire
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Yeah, I think I agree with the consensus here that she seems nutty that gives a bad name to nudism/naturism. Which is sad, as she seems to play a big role in the scene in San Francisco. I also find the militant nudism a bit odd. Maybe this is a minority position here, but just as the world is now, I don’t think allowing full public nudity outside of naturist resorts is a good idea. Too many perverts would take advantage of it IMO.
I agree with you to an extent. I don't think it should be limited to resorts, because that makes it something you have to pay to do which is already a massive problem, but I do think there's a lot more people than we like to admit that are using nudism/naturism for less-than-pure reasons. Gypsy Taub might serve as a wake-up call to that end.
Yeah that’s a good point. I’m pretty sure there are some nude beaches in Florida that are free like Blind Creek Beach (at least I don’t remember seeing them paying) but I’m sure that isn’t an option for a lot of people, and I’d hate for naturism to have a price tag.
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I have actually met her and her family once. I feel like she isn't a bad person, but she does questionable things.
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What a weirdo
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I have actually met her and her family once. I feel like she isn't a bad person, but she does questionable things.
Is there a good story there or did you just see them in a protest or shopping in a store?
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Not really. We know them through a friend. I've only met them once.
I have actually met her and her family once. I feel like she isn't a bad person, but she does questionable things.
Is there a good story there or did you just see them in a protest or shopping in a store?
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While I appreciate her enthusiasm, I think that Gypsy Taub is a complete nut who only does harm to the naturist community.
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on one hand she is definitly a whack a do.. but...at least she had the grapes to stand up for nudism. I kind of admire that part. I personally am the kind to "work from within" but its not bad to have a "bomb thrower" as part of the mix
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My take on this, and also on cases like this (https://internationalyn.org/forum/index.php/topic,31922.0/topicseen.html (https://internationalyn.org/forum/index.php/topic,31922.0/topicseen.html)) or this (https://internationalyn.org/forum/index.php/topic,31918.msg315197.html#msg315197 (https://internationalyn.org/forum/index.php/topic,31918.msg315197.html#msg315197)) is to put humanity before nudism.
I can go at length about it, but I leave a room for discussion.
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I know activism is a good way to get things done, but I also always look at the people who get that into things as a little eccentric.