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Saturday, June 5, 2010
No NIFTY swim in June 2010
Due to issues beyond NIFTY's control (pool maintenance), there will be no NIFTY swim in June 2010. Sorry! The next NIFTY swim will be 2010 September 25th. Please pass this info on to all your NIFTY friends.
Posted by gregd @ 11:06 PM PST [Link]
Monday, May 24, 2010
NIFTY 2010 Annual General Meeting
NIFTY's annual general meeting for 2010 (meeting #23) will be held at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, June 9th, 2010. It will be held at 321 Ninth Avenue, New Westminster, BC. Please send agenda items to mail@niftynude.org. All NIFTY members are urged to attend.
Posted by gregd @ 11:02 PM PST [Link]
Sunday, May 16, 2010
Introducing Threadbare Adventures
Threadbare Adventures is a new organization which arranges clothing-optional activities in the Vancouver area. Their first foray is into yoga; click "more" below to see their poster, which has all the details. Please come out and support this endeavor, and spread the word! More Threadbare Adventures haps will be announced soon. [more]Posted by gregd @ 10:18 PM PST [Link]
Sunday, January 24, 2010
2010 January 24
Nifty presents student nights at Templeton Pool NIFTY swims
NIFTY will holding student nights at our spring 2010 swim nights at Templeton Pool. Each will feature one university or college, and students from that institution (with student ID) will be admitted free! SFU night will be Jan. 30, UBC night Feb. 27, Langara night Mar. 27, and VCC night Apr. 24. Swims are from 19:30 until 21:30 at Templeton Park Pool, 700 Templeton Drive, Vancouver. Spread the word!
Posted by gregd @ 10:37 AM PST [Link]
Sunday, January 3, 2010
2010 January 3
MUSIC VIDEO EMBRACES NATURAL BODIESAs the "Much Music" and "MTV" television networks move more and more into so-called "reality" programming, the promotional video clips for pop songs are being posted more often on the internet. This has allowed musicians to promote their work without the corporophobic strictures of television (remember Janet Jackson?)
The clip for the song "Watching the Planets" by the Flaming Lips is a case in point. It treats the natural body in a more relaxed way. It's well worth a look: The URL is www.nme.com/video/bcid/49582897001.Posted by gregd @ 05:46 PM PST [Link]
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Clothing-optional hiking trail opens in Germany
An 18km "nude hiking trail" (it seems, from news reports, that it is in fact clothing-optional) has been announced for the Harz mountains in Germany. Nude hiking is growing rapidly in popularity lately, especially in Europe, and a backlash has surfaced, which perhaps led to the special designation (which, given that it's Germany, would seem unnecessary). Here as elsewhere, NIFTY maintains that all public spaces should be clothing-optional, and that nude-only or clothed-only trails should be restricted to private property; It would seem that, even in Germany, we're not there yet.
Posted by gregd @ 08:30 PM PST [Link]
Friday, July 3, 2009
Topfreedom News
This item was posted on the BurningMan Vancouver message list, and it's something NIFTY supports. Although being topfree is officially legal for both sexes in B.C. and Ontario, the unfortunate reality is that women are still sometimes subjected to harassment when naked above the waist, and many find it easier to exercise their rights when other supportive people are around. Sounds like this may be a good starting point. (The tendency to 'only do something if somebody else goes first', of course, is not exclusive to females, but seems present in a great many people of both sexes!)
For those who don't know yet, there is a miniscule but growing topless woman crowd at the very northern end of Third Beach in Stanley Park.
That's important for any Vancouver gal who wants to get some sun on her boobs after work on these sunny summer weekday afternoons, but is way too pooped for the trek out to Wreck Beach.
Yes, I know that Wreck is the nudist choice and yes, I know that legally we can go topless at any beach. But it seems that Third Beach is where it's happening in downtown Vancouver.
You know us girls: we'll only do something if somebody else goes first. ;) That means that the more women who go topless, the more women go topless. Last summer, it started with three of us and as we looked around, slowly more women joined in.
Feel free to join in. Women who want to go topless and men who support us. All are welcome. Please, it's for a good cause. :)
Cheers,
mPosted by gregd @ 02:23 PM PST [Link]
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