{"id":4237,"date":"2019-07-10T14:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/?p=4237"},"modified":"2019-06-28T15:00:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:00:26","slug":"naked-activism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/2019\/07\/naked-activism\/","title":{"rendered":"Naked activism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nudity as a lifestyle as most of us practice it isn&#8217;t the only way the naked body is &#8216;used&#8217;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The World Naked Bike Ride is a prime example of this. You probably know about it; a world wide event where, at a certain day per location, as many people as possible come together to ride bikes through a city naked, to protest car and promote the safety of cyclists. London is a famous location, as is Bristol and Brussels. Many more towns have a similar event, which is good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"World Naked Bike Ride - WNBR London 2019 on The Mall\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2A0kQPiC8zo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>WNBR London 2016<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But there are other ways as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"352\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Selection_643.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4239\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Selection_643.jpg 352w, https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Selection_643-204x300.jpg 204w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 85vw, 352px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Here, women are protesting against bullfighting, using their bodies to attract attention for their cause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can only applaud this kind of <g class=\"gr_ gr_5 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation only-del replaceWithoutSep\" id=\"5\" data-gr-id=\"5\">action,<\/g> since these ladies are making themselves vulnerable &#8211; even when they aren&#8217;t entirely naked. There will be plenty of people with cameras and smartphones around to take pictures. As long as that&#8217;s for the right reason<g class=\"gr_ gr_11 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation multiReplace\" id=\"11\" data-gr-id=\"11\">s..<\/g>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"619\" height=\"430\" src=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/nudeactivist.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/nudeactivist.jpg 619w, https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/nudeactivist-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This naked protester clearly is against war and <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_spell gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim ContextualSpelling ins-del multiReplace\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">pro nudity<\/g>. I find it striking that there is this one naked man in the image and half a brigade of policemen who don&#8217;t seem to know what to do about the situation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also our good enemy Facebook hasn&#8217;t gone without nude protests. We all know that the microcosm of Mark Zuckerberg isn&#8217;t the most welcoming place for nudists and naturists. They have even banned images of nude artwork, after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"660\" height=\"332\" src=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Selection_644.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4241\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Selection_644.jpg 660w, https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Selection_644-300x151.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption>2019. Anti-Censorship Activists Strip Nude Outside Facebook HQ to Fight Nudity Ban .<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I found this gem on <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"RollingStone.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/culture\/culture-news\/anti-censorship-activists-nude-protest-facebook-instagram-843779\/\" target=\"_blank\">RollingStone.com<\/a>. And this was published on June 3rd of this year. I didn&#8217;t even know it had happened. The event had been organised by the National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC) together with Spencer Tunick. More about this on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"NCAC website (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/ncac.org\/we-the-nipple\" target=\"_blank\">NCAC website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So yes, nudity can be used for many purposes. As long as those are positive, uplifting, I am quite alright with those. No people should be hurt by such activities though. And I mean physically. There is no way that we, the nude people, can avoid &#8220;offending&#8221; others with our naked lifestyle. People are offended too quickly as it is, these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By the way, if you want to be counted as a proponent of more realistic nudity on social media, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/ncac.org\/we-the-nipple\/join-we-the-nipple\">sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nudity as a lifestyle as most of us practice it isn&#8217;t the only way the naked body is &#8216;used&#8217;. The World Naked Bike Ride is a prime example of this. You probably know about it; a world wide event where, at a certain day per location, as many people as possible come together to ride &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/2019\/07\/naked-activism\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Naked activism&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[95],"tags":[93],"class_list":["post-4237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-naktivism","tag-naked-activism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4237"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4243,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4237\/revisions\/4243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zjuzdme.org\/old\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}