Ep13: Free and Natural: Nudity and the American Cult of the Body; Mandy from the Skinny Dippers Club

Listen to this episode from New Nudist Podcast on Spotify. In today’s show, we’ll hear from Mandy, a nudist / naturist / nudie in the Seattle area who started the Skinny Dippers Club, a non-landed nudist club. We’ll hear about her journey to nudism and how she came to found Skinny Dippers. We’ll also hear Evan Nix’s interview with Sarah Schrank, Professor of History at California State University, Long Beach and author of the book “Free and Natural: Nudity and the American Cult of the Body.“ Then for Nude in the News, we’ll hear an article on Medium.com: “My Parents Are Nudists, Learning About Body Confidence Living in a Nudist Community” where the author says she learns about body positivity and freedom in a way that she never expected. LINKS: Free and Natural: https://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/15974.html Skinny Dippers Club: https://skinnydippers.club/ Medium: My Parents Are Nudists: https://medium.com/random-awesome/my-parents-are-nudists-14d301115e45