On National Nude Day, and for me, it has very little to do with being…

On National Nude Day, and for me, it has very little to do with being nude. It has everything to do with what happens when you stop seeing the human body as something that should automatically be judged, hidden, compared, or sexualized. Naturism has taught me that a body is just a body. It isn’t an invitation. It isn’t a statement. It isn’t something that determines a person’s worth or character. We spend so much of our lives attaching shame to things that every single one of us has. The moment we begin se