Bare Facts Copyright 2013 Lake Edun Foundation, Inc. Official Publication of the Lake Edun Foundation, Inc. April 1, 2013 Box 1982; Topeka, KS 66601 ! e-mail: [email protected] ! Website: www.lakeedun.com 38N 58' 7" North; 95N 47' 56" West From The Board Sneak-Peek At Our Schedule Spring has come and still we have snow on the ground. As it “Pack the Place” featured surprisingly high on our annual melts, we are eagerly anticipating the good effects of coming survey. Our first Pack the Place will be June 22. Conveniently out from under the drought. We are looking forward to good this corresponds with the Summer Solstice. W we will seek changes in the waterline, as well as to activities we have to surpass previous attendance records with maximal partici- planned for the season ahead. pation from members and visitors alike. Activities will feature We are still looking for more participation in Board activities past proven activities available as well as some new ones. If from active members. Two or three more members are sought there is something you would like to see, please let us know. to be on the Board of Directors. We know you have ideas and Begin now to let your friends know about this very special solicit your input and reactions to our changes. event we have planned. At its last meeting, the board put the final touches on this A very special event is planned for our June Open House. season’s schedule. See the accompanying article for details. Frances will lead a Women’s Issues group for the “fairer Throughout this process, Board considers input from the gender”. We are told this women-only session will address annual survey as well as attendance at activities last year. concerns most common to women when considering partici- pation in any Naturist activity. Be sure your significant other A ‘Pack the Place’ event scored extremely high in the survey knows about this. Because it will be held during an Open and appears on the schedule June 22. We have also scheduled House, participants may remain clothed. If there is interest, a few educational seminars. Francis and her husband offered to schedule another session Other activities include , Tye-Dye, , for men on “How to talk to your spouse about ”. Wine and Cheese tasting, and the Drum Circle. Two days of Other new activities include Archery and Music Jams. Carl is Astronomy are planned including an Astronomy Campout. planning these and hopes to generate a lot of enthusiasm to Telescopes and binoculars will be available. make them regular events throughout the season. We are still looking for an instructor for Swimming Safety A “membership” campout is planned for July 20 and should class as well someone with an interest in teaching Yoga or garner interest in returning to old camping activities of Fitness. Interest has been generated in having a cookouts, sing-a-longs, and maybe telling GHOST stories. Fitness/Exercise Path that could be combined with a “Walk Someone even brought up the idea of a “Liar’s Contest” to Around the Lake” area. see who is the best prevaricator in the group. Two activities that have not been included this season are Annual favorites: visits by the Arborist and Dermatologist, Movie Night and the Chili Cook-Off. These labor intensive are in the plan. These are always been well attended. There is events have been poorly attended and generate less interest the possibility of “Name the Tree” based on what we have than in other group activities. and will learn about our natural flora at Lake Edun. As you can see, this coming season will be very full. How- One of the best rated activities we had last year was the ever, we respect and are cognizant that a great majority of our Photography Class. This is again planned with a professional supporters come to do absolutely nothing but relax. Thus, we teaching us about light balance, depth of field, and the fun of have left many weekends open. With our wide open facility, nature photography. More than one day of photo class are even if something is planned, there is maximum opportunity anticipated during the season. to do – NOTHING (but relax). DON’T FORGET For those who share our desire to enjoy Nature and have the possibility of Nature Fellowship, we open our arms to greet Apr 6; Sat; 12-4; Work Day you at the first Open House, Saturday, May 18. The Board of Apr 6; Sat; 8-10; Directors greets you and hopes you want to be a part of our Apr 12; Fri; 8-10; Sauna fellowship. Join or renew today. Apr 14; Sun; 12-4; Work Day Apr 14; Sun; 4-6; Board of Directors Spring Work Days Critical Apr 24; Wed; 7-9; Sauna Our first Work Day got clobbered by Spring weather. Not May 4; Sat; World Naked Gardening Day that this is unexpected. We usually plan more work days than May 4; Sat; 12-4; Work Day we expect to need. However, we will need lots of help at the May 8; Wed; 8-10; Sauna remaining work days to get everything set up for this season. May 11; Sat; 8-10; Final Sauna May 12; Sun; 12-4; Work Day Please check your schedule and plan to help at one of the May 18; Sat; 12-3; Open House remaining work days. There are tasks for everyone and our May 19; Sun; 12-4; Work Day good fellowship makes it fun for all. May 19; Sun; 4-6; Board of Directors First Time Report I plan on returning to Turtle Lake with some of my friends in the summer. We could either set up a tent in the camping We all love first time reports. In this case a student from areas, or rent a room. Either way, it is sure to be a wonderful Central Michigan University writing in Grand Central Mag, time! an online magazine. The author once again proves your editor’s hypothesis that nine times out of ten, if there is going Read the full report here. to be a favorable news story about naturism, it will be written Is The Sun Good For Your Heart? by a woman. The short answer is YES! The writer doesn’t explain the reason for her decision to visit the Turtle Lake naturist club whether as an assignment, Dr. Richard Weller of the University of Edinburgh is a curiosity, or a lark. As it turns out, we’re glad she did. research dermatologist who has released his research into nitric oxide, or NO and cardiovascular health. The crucial Obviously she has been a textile-ist all her life, so baring all factor in the mechanism for releasing forms of NO in the to immerse herself, (literally) for a water volleyball game blood is the presence of sunlight. Specifically, UVA. You presented a challenge she admirably met. Additionally, she may recall that UVB is the form of ultraviolet light that is took the time to become acquainted with and welcomed by essential in the formation of vitamin D in the skin. naturists. There is a marvelous online video in which Dr. Weller It is notable that the author comments on the friendliness of describes his research and how he determined the mechanism those she met which helped her feel at ease. I believe this is of NO release and its relationship to cardiovascular health. the crucial component that engages first timers so that they The link is at the bottom of this article. have the feeling that they want to come back. Certainly it appears from the author’s last statement she plans to return Dr. Weller addresses the conflict between the harmful effects and bring friends this summer. of ultraviolet light and skin cancers and the demonstrated benefits derived from sunlight exposure. Dr. Weller notes that Who says twenty something’s are turned off by the presence deaths from heart disease are 100 times those from skin of older adults or that the staple naturist activities have no cancer. Furthermore, this pattern is most evident in Northern appeal to them, or they are no ‘joiners’ anymore? I can’t help latitudes when winter months greatly diminish the amount of but believe people have never changed. We all want to be sunlight people receive. He suggests we have to examine the accepted, appreciated, and integrated into a welcoming social cost/benefit ratio to determine how much sunlight exposure group. Couple that with the incredibly freeing experience of is safe. social and you have a formula for success. For those interested in a more technical explanation, go to the The follow is an excerpt of the author’s article. [Ed.] website. He states that nitric oxide, (actually NO2 and NO3) When I first told some of my friends and family that I would obtained from the foods we eat is then made and stored in the be spending the weekend at a nudist resort, most just seemed skin. Exposure to ultraviolet A then releases these chemicals to roll their eyes and assume that I wasn’t serious. Why into the blood would a 24-year-old college student want to go to a nudist “Ultraviolet-A (UVA) is known to induce nitrite photolysis, resort? Aren’t they just for weird old people? forming nitric oxide. Recent studies have shown that UVA During my three days at Turtle Lake Clothing Optional irradiation of human subjects reduces blood pressure and Resort, I spent a lot of time both reflecting on myself and generates increased circulating nitrogen oxides. These may getting to know some of the people who regularly spend time arise from nitrite/nitrate photolysis or from de novo synthesis at nudist resorts. by nitric oxide synthase enzymes. We wished to identify the But why would I want to go in the first place? Many people source of this NO rise, and measure the extent of UVA are afraid that the residents at a nudist resort would be induced vasorelaxation.” voyeuristic or overly concerned with looking at other I am delighted to bring this huge added health benefit derived people. But even though I am a single 24-year-old female, I from the naturist lifestyle associated with whole body never once felt unsafe or uncomfortable there. exposure to the sun in sensible exposure times. Obviously, The main, and arguably only, difference between nudists and avoiding sunburn is crucial to the prevention of skin cancer. people who live in the textile world, is in the idea of open- Use of full spectrum sun screens is highly recommended. ness. All of the traditional resorts, vacation condos, and even Gradual sun exposure to build up a good base tan is the family weekend getaways I have been to in the past had a proper procedure. For most people of Northern European different social-atmosphere than at Turtle Lake…. descent, starting with about 10 minutes on front and back for One activity that I found to be very popular and fun is water initial sun exposure, followed with application of sunscreen volleyball. I had never played water volleyball before, let is recommended. alone naked, so I was nervous when I first walked into the As the tan develops, increased exposure times can be toler- nudity-required pool and hot tub area. But I was immediately ated, but continue to use sun screen until your maximum tan welcomed and invited into the game. Even though it took me potential is reached. Even then, play it safe and don’t allow several attempts to hit the darn ball or even score a point, your skin to burn. This can be involved but is important. everyone was incredibly supportive and inclusive…. Those wanting more information will find it here. [Ed.] Being Body Positive Obviously naturists are human and our culture influences us powerfully. Subjective judgments of what constitutes beauty Living in a culture in such flux as ours regarding the meaning vary greatly around the world. This is a fact of life that has to of the body leads to confusion. The nineteenth century was be taken into account. The following observation speaks to dominated by Victorianism which extended far beyond the this reality, but from a naturist perspective. [Ed.] English speaking world. This sensibility held that anything pertaining to sex and the body was shameful and taboo. Not Being body positive doesn’t mean you have to find every altogether new, our heritage of Puritanism preceded it. body type attractive. It’s okay to not find thin girls attractive, or only be attracted to meaty boys. It’s also okay to not find The twentieth century was marked by an ongoing rejection of fat girls attractive, or to only be attracted to skinny boys. Or the mores of the nineteenth century and seeking to become anything in between! Just as long as you recognize that it’s modern and liberated. However, nothing as compelling as only your personal preference and not some kind of funda- Victorian values has come along to supersede and unify us as mental flaw in people you don’t find attractive, you’re a culture beyond rejecting Victorianism. golden. Learn more about being body positive here. On the whole, mass culture as typified by the rise of consum- Advice On Becoming A Naturist erism and pop culture with one fad after the other over the course of the century set the tone. At the same time, the I think a lot of people have had the fantasy at least once in legacy of the nineteenth century body phobia continued to their lives to want to be naked and free with no discomfort. exert a powerful influence in much of society both in the However, they quickly give themselves a brisk mental shake legal system and in the social consciousness. and rejected doing something so silly, so outlandish, so Early twentieth century naturism staked out a gymnosophy shameless. That’s too bad. They don’t know what they are that was directly counter to the prevailing Victorianism. That missing and fear the worst if they had been foolish enough to is, the body is good. Simple nudity between the sexes was actually take off their clothes. They would feel this way even demonstrated not to automatically lead to sexual chaos. Quite if all alone far from another human being. It just isn’t done the opposite; naturism promoted the equality of the sexes in outside the confines of your own home! honest appraisal of one another as persons fully regarding the Still, there are others that have a streak of daring that nudges body as innately wholesome. them to give it a try. They just haven’t found the right time or As a corollary and essential part of early naturism there was place. Such folks are potential naturists just waiting for the a compelling promotion of practices designed to improve right opportunity or excuse to actually remove their clothes health. This involved a regimen of exposure to air and for a skinny dip with others. sunshine, exercise, abstinence or moderation in the consump- Sadly, it’s difficult to make contact with this latter group even tion of meat, alcohol and tobacco. if they are all around us. You see, they keep this wish as a At the same time, within naturism as it developed there has deep dark secret, fearful that if others knew about their secret been the imperative to promote body acceptance for all, longing, they would be considered weird – or worse. The regardless of body type. However, the earliest naturists default decision is to maintain the taboo as the fear of being gathered to restore to health as far as possible the bodies of shamed is a very strong human motivation. Germans who had been harmed by the cities and the factories Those of us that have crossed the divide separating us from in which they worked. society’s rigid body phobia and clothes freedom know almost Today naturists don’t rise at dawn for calisthenics and eat immediately our fear had been misplaced. The fear had been communal vegetarian meals. In fact the emphasis on health unreasoning and exaggerated out of all proportion to reality. has largely faded away. However, we still believe in the value What we did discover was an experience of joyful liberation of soaking up fresh air and sunshine. As a movement we also from a burden that was so natural we hadn’t realized we believe in the principal of body acceptance for all. Naturists carried it. reject any compromise of the principal of body acceptance What was this burden? Body shame! Unclothed we finally we with whatever the current standards of physical beauty were able to gain new self knowledge that indeed our bodies happen to be in society. We believe in people and their value are wholesome in all its parts and functions. This truth of and as persons just as they are. about our true self in the flesh liberates us from fear. This is Naturism isn’t about “sex appeal.” Communal nudity isn’t the testimony of naturists. about “who we would want to see,” as is said by some Still, everyone is not ready for this. It’s long been said that detractors. Attractiveness so called, as defined by the larger naturism isn’t for everyone. It may be the fear factor, or it culture isn’t a consideration. Naturists believe that everyone may be due to such a deeply ingrained linkage between nudity can benefit from our philosophy and lifestyle and delight in and sex that some simply cannot or will not break this habit anyone who comes seeking what naturism has to offer. of mind. Naturists seek camaraderie among all. Personal preferences All naturists can do to assist non-naturists come to social of what constitutes “attractiveness” are just that, personal. nudity is report on the benefits they have derived and offer What counts are inner qualities of personality, and character, advice to those contemplating a first visit to a naturist park or with appearance being a minor consideration. In an atmo- a . The following attempts to address this real sphere of acceptance, it is hoped that individuals will flourish concern. It is offered here as food for thought should you try and grow in confidence and health to persuade a friend to visit Lake Edun. [Ed.] Many new to ask how to prepare themselves : One Woman’s Experience to become a naturist. The usual advice is to “just do it.” That’s all well and good, but it doesn’t address if social It seems yoga and naturism are natural partners. Yoga nudity is right for them. However, the following method may promotes good health, is non competitive and generally fun work for some to acclimate them to nude recreation. to do at any age. There is minimal risk to injury and doesn’t require a team for its performance. First of all, you must realize that nudity is not sexual. This must be a conscious thought process. Being nude is not an The following news story from England about nude yoga invitation for sexual activity. You may have to keep remind- illustrates a universal experience naturists know well. First is ing yourself about this. Think about it as a form of meditation great fear of being undressed in front of others. Second, body on nudity. Yes we are all sexual beings, but mere nudity is acceptance must be addressed. Third, after a few minutes the not titillating or solely sexual. tension of being nude mostly fades away. Finally, there is the invigorating experience of feeling liberated and natural. The next step may sound crazy but it will gauge whether you should be a naturist in the first place. Get nude and look at All in all, whether with a capable instructor or with a group photos of non-sexual nudity. This does not mean porn! This of amateurs copying the poses in pictures, I believe nude yoga is NOT an excuse for exploitation, sexual activity, stupidity, would be a great addition to the activities at Lake Edun. or illegal activity. When you’re nude and looking at nudity, Anyone want to try? [Ed.] what is your reaction? Are you turned on? Could you be nude It’s not as gimmicky as it sounds: if you think about it, around others and see other people nude as well? Could you naturism and yoga go hand in naked hand. Apart from feeling interact with people on a respectful level? Question your great and being healthy for the body, yoga is, in essence, intentions on being a naturist. Why do you want to be in about a deep acceptance of who you are – so naked yoga social nudity? furthers this by encouraging acceptance of your naked body. After awhile you should start to see your nudity and the …the class instructor, has been a practicing naturist for 22 nudity of others as normal. You start to realize that people are years, and says: ‘From the time that I was a child I was aware all different, but the same. Your nudity becomes normal as basically that people’s bits come in two models, and once does the nudity of others. However, if you cannot differenti- you’ve seen both models I really can’t see what the issue is’. ate nudity from sexual activity, than you have no business Like many young women who are fed airbrushed images of being a naturist. perfection…I’m insecure about my body. The idea of experi- Starting off new in naturism can be difficult but rewarding if encing something which encouraged body acceptance was you’re in it for the right reasons. If you can remember one therefore very appealing to me. thing about nude recreation let it be this: naturism is about ‘Part of what yoga encourages is accepting yourself,’ the respecting others, and respecting yourself. There is much instructor says. ‘That means accepting you don’t have the more information available about becoming a naturist on the kind of body that will get you on to the front page of a web. fashion magazine. It means accepting who you are and Picasso vs. Scotland embracing and celebrating who you are both physically and mentally’. Recently the airport at Edinburgh displayed a nude painting by Picasso in the arrival area. The print of the painting, Nude As I stood at the beginning of the class about to take my Woman in a Red Armchair, promoting a Picasso exhibit this clothes off, this ‘acceptance’ of my body was about to be put month at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, had to the test. My heart was in my mouth. Was I really about to triggered a few complaints. take all my clothes off and spend an hour and a half contort- ing my body into unflattering stretches? Could I really go True to form, the complainers had their way and airport through with this? authorities at first had the breasts covered, then the print was removed altogether. …as the class went on and I focused on the yoga, I almost forgot I was naked. Once again there were complaints, this time from those supporting the display of the Picasso print. Authorities again It’s the most liberating, invigorating and yes, natural, feeling bowed to pressure, apologized and reinstated the print. in the entire world. The feeling of being simultaneously vulnerable and empowered and of moving your body in the John Leighhton, speaking for the National Galleries of open air is something I’d recommend to anyone – especially Scotland noted that, “All kinds of images of women in those with body confidence issues. various states of dress and undress can be used in contempo- rary advertising without comment. But somehow a painted Ultimately, naked yoga felt liberating. While it would have nude by one of the world’s most famous artists is found to be been better to experience it with other women – and to disturbing and has to be removed.” experience my lumps and bumps with other women in a non- judgmental setting – being free and naked in a non-sexual This is a rather amazing story. It illustrates how conflicted our situation with other human beings was an extraordinary society is when it comes to issues of body acceptance and experience. public display of the nude form. This is a particularly enlight- ening article. If you have always wanted to know more about yoga, particularly naked yoga, check this out. The People I Want To See Naked

Reprinted here with permission, Chelsea Fagen explains her judgment of my character, or a reflection of who I was as a beliefs about the value of nudity in the context of the contra- person. Other people have learned to get past what we’ve dictory positions taken toward nudity in society. She explores been taught, and I like seeing them do it. the yearning we as individuals have to see nudity, but at the Even in the domains of nudity which seeks to be different and same time our inheritance of prudishness arouses widespread liberating, there seems to be a fairly constant theme in what opposition within our culture toward all . is “acceptable” to show in its natural form. We like pretty This unresolved tension gives rise to the unwholesome people, we like young people, we like able-bodied people, we fascination and disgust dichotomy toward the human body. like thin people, we like white people. We may put tattoos on We are impatient as naturists to be done with this conflict and them and call them Suicide Girl, or allow them to roll around move on to acceptance of public nudity as a non issue. The in their own bed sheets and call it Me in My Place, but it struggle to realize this goal has been going remains a more digestible kind of nudity. on for over 100 years and we feel it will This is the depiction of nudity that has in never end. We wish naturism had been as ... none of us should some ways been spared from the shaming rapidly adopted as has some pieces of mod- look at our own bodies rhetoric that surrounds what it means to ern technology such as the digital camera or and think they are take your clothes off, especially for women. the cell phone. Still, when we compare the We deem it attractive (and pleasing to the mores of dress in the 1890’s regarding deeply unlovable, or nothing anyone would male gaze) and let it slide. It is sexy where nudity to those of current times a lot of a breastfeeding mother or wheelchair- change has occurred. The current setbacks ever want to see ... bound grandfather would be offensive. we observe such as loss of nude beaches are likely temporary, (we hope!). I want to see them naked, though. And they don’t need to be erotic to be enjoyed, though there is no limit The fact is society in general isn’t dissatisfied with clothing. to what kind of bodies can be sexy if they choose they want There is no clamoring for fewer clothes. Body shame contin- to be. I want to see the inherent dichotomy we make in nudity ues at a very high level. Nudity people do see is “the beautiful between “erotic” and “ugly” to become a spectrum which we people” which both fascinates and intimidates. Such high can all make the rubric for ourselves. I want the idea that a profile nudity sets up an impossible standard. Rather than woman choosing to take her clothes off automatically makes promoting body acceptance and simple nudity, it discourages her less deserving of respect to be as outdated as the old it by narrowing what is desirable rather than expanding what cameras we used to photograph them. I want to see naked is normal. The “normal” body most of us have is regarded men with big beer bellies and hair in odd places and a large with shame and is to be hidden. Couple this with the assump- bald spot on the top of their heads. I want to see naked tion nudity is sexual and therefore immoral, and you have an women of every color, speaking every language, at every age. enormous burden to overcome in promoting naturism. I want to see people who have lost their breasts to cancer With patience, persistence, and pluck naturists must endure proudly showing their chests and refusing to acquiesce to a until the winds of change produce a climate more receptive slogan as offensive as “Save the Boobies.” I want to see to naturism. Ms. Fagen’s essay speaks to the age in which we people covered in wrinkles or freckles or sunspots or cellu- live and her vision of what could be. [Ed.] lite, naked and incredibly happy to be in front of the camera. Nudity is an odd thing. It seems as though we are at once I want this because we have come so far from what is, at the surrounded by it and shielded from it, oscillating between end of the day, our most natural state. I want it because none offended and titillated. We can’t show a breast on television, of us should look at our own bodies and think that they are nor should a mother take hers out in a public park to give her deeply unlovable, or nothing that anyone would ever want to child its afternoon meal. But breasts are everywhere — on see, or all that we are good for. I don’t want some girls to feel our computers, on our movie screens, in our fantasies — both that they are uniquely sexual while others feel that they will in full reveal and implied under a sheer tank top. We play at never be seen as erotic. I don’t want us to scoff at a Playboy prudishness, but we long for full-frontal. It’s hard to under- ’s thoughts on politics simply because we have seen stand what the real significance of nudity is anymore. her vagina, because none of this matters. I like nudity. I don’t always enjoy it in an erotic way, but I Our bodies are a mode of transport for our personalities, our almost universally enjoy seeing it, provided that it is consen- intelligence, and our collective memory. They are as mallea- sual and adult, of course. I like it because there is so often an ble and as subject to change as any other physical entity in element of liberation, a feeling of “Finally, it is all in the this world. They are not who we are. Being naked should be open.” And maybe that’s me projecting, because I wish that beautiful, and liberating, and a state in which we all feel I had the courage to show myself naked with impunity. I wish represented — not something that most of us hide away that, aside from the obvious self-consciousness I hold about because we assume that being natural is something reserved my body — something most of us struggle with on some for a certain caste of beautiful people. level — that I hadn’t internalized all the rhetoric surrounding You can learn more here. what nakedness means. I wish I didn’t feel that it would be a Proud To Have High Self-Esteem

Project Naked is the blog brain child of two Australian is truly horrifying). Secondly, that most women I know are women. It is generally aimed at women. They want to locked and loaded with their answer. As soon as the question promote comfort with the body just the way it is. They want is asked it’s like a bomb goes off and body parts are suddenly women to learn to love their bodies as they are and become flying across the room. I hate my thighs. My boobs are too comfortable in their own skin. small. My arse is so flat. When did hating your body become The following is one of their posts. [Ed.] a hobby? And third, why does loving your body now equate to narcissism? This may be a cultural thing, I’m not sure – in Hi, I’m 23, female and I suffer from high self-esteem. I love Australia we have a national case of Tall Poppy Syndrome my body, I just can’t help it. and if you value any of your natural assets, you are swiftly I’m really very lucky – I have 20/20 vision, all my natural deemed “up yourself.” teeth, a fairly strong constitution, ten fingers and ten toes. In any case, when will women start giving themselves and When women ask me, “What do you hate most about your each other a break? The girl who loves how she looks is not body?” or “If you could change anything, what would it be?” an egocentric maniac and the girl who hates how she looks is I really have to think about it. After a lengthy pause I usually not digging for compliments. We are not a threat to each shrug and say, “My feet are pretty big?” Truth be told, if I other! We live in a hostile, media-saturated environment and could change anything it would probably be my body clock, are constantly told we’re not good enough. We are so good so I could survive on 6 hours sleep and not be a moody bitch. at being down on ourselves and consuming, (make up, Either that or change my digestion so I would take a dump at clothes, anything to attain an unrealistic ideal) that we 7 every morning and not have to go when I’m on a bus or at perpetuate the cycle and convince others to do the same. The a party. system is rigged. We’re actually doing advertisers’ jobs for them! Let’s not make it so easy for them. Let’s reframe the But back to the body stuff: There are several things wrong question… What do you love most about your body? with these kinds of situations. For starters, they happen waaaay too frequently for my liking, (that they happen at all See how others answer this question here.

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