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The American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) is a naturist organization based in the United States. The AANR is the largest and longest-established naturist organization in North America. It was founded in 1931 under its previous name, the American Sunbathing Association.
During the National Socialist era, there was also a "racial nude culture," the best-known representative of which was the sports campaigner and author Hans Surén, [1] who glorified the body ideals of the National Socialists [14] and later became an honorary member of the Deutscher Verband für Freikörperkultur (DFK) (German Association for ...
Many BDSM organizations of the social/community variety will require prospective members to attend an orientation meeting, where among other things, the organizers will attempt to screen out the obviously unsafe people and those whose interest in BDSM is professional (for example as journalists or law enforcement personnel) rather than personal.
Richard Ungewitter (December 18, 1869 in Artern, Province of Saxony – December 17, 1958 in Stuttgart) was a German naturist and pioneer of the Freikörperkultur (free body culture) movement and one of its first organizers. There was a völkisch element in Ungewitter's ideas.
The English Gymnosophical Society was founded in 1922 and became The New Gymnosophy Society in 1926. One of the first members was Gerald Gardner , who in 1945 established the Five Acres Club, ostensibly as a nudist club , but as a front for Wiccans , as this was illegal in England until 1951.
Body culture studies describe and compare bodily practice in the larger context of culture and society, i.e. in the tradition of anthropology, history and sociology. As body culture studies analyse culture and society in terms of human bodily practices, they are sometimes viewed as a form of materialist phenomenology .
America Ferrera rose to stardom at just 17, but these days, the Barbie star, now 39, is looking to shed the expectations that Hollywood has placed upon her. In Elle's 2023 Women in Hollywood issue ...
In the body culture (Körperkultur), it aimed to provide people with plenty of fresh air and sun to compensate for the effects of industrialization and urbanization. Some areas of the Lebensreform movement, such as naturopathy or vegetarianism , were organized in associations and enjoyed great popularity, as reflected in their membership numbers.