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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I would think that an occasional image of an erection in a larger group of images is not going to upset many (after all, it is a natural occurrence), but when most or all pictures are of an erect penis without context, a line has been crossed.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

It's a constant battle to desexualise naturism. Mainstream and social media platforms seem incapable of making a distinction between simple non sexual nudity and sexualised content or porn. Much of society get their cues from such media, even though those cues are demonstrably wrong.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Never in the history of calming down, has anyone calmed down after being told to calm down.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Wearing the best outfit for being out in the rain.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

My use of the word but was not intended as a double standard. It was used as a qualifier, which is slightly different. I do not see naturism or nudity as extreme, and I accept that my opinion is in the minority. I agree, no one with a brain would give a child a phone, and yet children have them.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Not really, but I see how you could interpret that. I don’t see nudity as extreme but a lot of society does.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Will their plan block acts of violence or false information? I absolutely agree that kids need to be shielded from extreme content, but all extremes, not just nudity.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Down at our local watering hole for the Friday transition meeting and saw this gem. Just had to try it, I do like a hazy pint.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Welcome to Bluesky, Hope you enjoy the platform.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

As a naturist blogger, my advice is do it. The world needs more naturist content.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Thank you for your kind words. We are often our own harshest critics.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

When I first identified as a naturist in 2011, I was not happy with my photo being taken, so the earliest one I can find is 2016. As my naturism has evolved, I no longer suffer from the body shame that I used to.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Slept naked for the last 47 years. Don’t own pyjamas.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Our House Is a very very very fine house The latest blog from A Comfort of Naturists: Free Subscription. Read the latest instalment and get full access to previous posts. aconnz.substack.com/p/our-house

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Our house,

Is a very, very, very fine house.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

The more images of naked PEOPLE there are the more normalised it will become and the less sexualised. Just images of naked women will unfortunately perpetuate the sexualisation of women. Nudity is for everyone. It is the natural state of all living beings on this planet.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I have always thought that it should up to each individual to choose what, or what not to wear. And choosing to wear nothing should be as unremarkable as your hair colour. People might notice, but the just don’t care. Perhaps one day, if we can change societies hang up’s around nudity.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

I set up a Naturism feed to filter the content I see. I set up an exclusion list, and I add offending accounts to it. Usually a couple a day, but if you add to it as you come across content that doesn't fit your criteria, it's easier than wading through all your followers.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Wow, that’s going back a while. Not sure how many will get that reference.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

The great reset An opportunity presented by global chaos The latest blog from A Comfort of Naturists: Free Subscription. Read the latest instalment and get full access to previous posts. open.substack.com/pub/aconnz/p...

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The great reset.

An opportunity presented by global chaos

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

The stereotype doesn't die because every time we go to a naturist beach, guys are lurking in the dunes looking for opportunities to be sexual. These people are not naturists, and all the gay naturists I know don't behave like that, but the lurkers create a perception that feeds the stereotype.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

I joined, got sent a verification code, but can’t find where to enter it to verify account

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Furthermore, I believe that if clothing were to be banned for everyone, there would be a few weeks of awkwardness, but very quickly, nudity would become normal and acceptable.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

If I could wave a magic wand then everyone would have the right to wear, or not wear, whatever they like, wherever they are, and have people give it as much regard as they currently give the colour of someone’s hair. I want non sexual nudity to be unremarkable and so common that no one cares.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Fair call. I don’t see it as a religion but I guess it is a belief. I prefer to call it a philosophy. Perhaps as a religion, it would have more standing and tolerance in society. Authorities seem more willing to accept religious diversity in their communities. Maybe that’s the key to acceptance.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

I identify as a naturist rather than a nudist. I find more people are accepting of naturism once the philosophy is explained.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

In 1974, the INF defined naturism as a way of life in harmony with nature, characterised by the practice of communal nudity with the intention of encouraging self-respect, respect for others and for the environment.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

This is just my opinion, but I see nudists as people who enjoy being naked for whatever reason, whereas naturists have a more holistic philosophy about respect for the environment, where nudity is just one aspect.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

It’s 28 degrees with high humidity. Even if I wasn’t a naturist, I reckon it’s too uncomfortable for clothes.

Steve, standing naked at the kitchen bench, with a cup displaying the naturist symbol.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

As part of my photography profile @chuffedbadger.bsky.social I have launched a free photography blog on the Substack platform. The blog is a freely accessible space where ideas, moments, and reflections are offered to anyone who feels drawn to them. #Photography open.substack.com/pub/chuffedb...

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The space between the frames.

Stories and lessons from a photographer

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

It’s been a while Priorities change The latest blog from A Comfort of Naturists: Free Subscription. Read the latest instalment and get full access to previous posts. aconnz.substack.com/p/its-been-a...

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It’s been a while.

Priorities change, life goes on.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I’ve never heard writer community but I have heard writing community. Nudist colony is only used by people who have no idea about the nudism or naturism, often media outlets. The definition of colony indicates that nudists live together, separately from society. We don’t. We are everywhere

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I am pleased to announce that I have launched the first few modules in my Digital Photography course for beginners. Head over to my Ko-fi page ko-fi.com/chuffedbadge... for details and to download the free course overview and bonus module on the things I wish I knew before I bought my first camera.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Sorry for the late reply, Bowentown beach.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Nature putting on a display tonight. Lightning illuminates a cloud in an otherwise clear night sky.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Sometimes we need some weird in our lives. I used to drink standard off the shelf mass produced beer, but now I prefer the more boutique crafted beers. An acquired taste perhaps, but I find the old beers I used to drink quite bland and uninspiring.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Looks like a nice selection of Hazies there.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

I use block lists on the Naturism feed. If the content is sexual, I add the account to a list, and their content is excluded from the feed. I accept that I am judging people on my own ideas of naturism, but the number of people following the feed would suggest I am not alone in my point of view.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

At the 3rd annual naked fishing competition. About 20 naturists here with only 10 fishing. A few textiles walking through, but no issues whatsoever. #NormalisingNaturism

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

I don’t own either. Have slept naked for more than 45 yrs, and I only swim naked. This means I only swim in the ocean or rivers and not all year round. Swimwear is pointless. it provides little or no modesty, especially when wet, yet people spend billions every year to conform to a futile norm.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Not only the best way to swim, but the only way to swim, in my opinion.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

There were a couple of guys lurking in the dunes, but not much else going on. I guess a Monday evening is not the most popular time for many.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

It was 31 degrees yesterday and 26 this evening, figured it was time enough.

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

First skinny dip of the season down at Papamoa beach. Was the only naturist on the beach, but that wasn’t going to stop me getting into the water.

Steve, skinny dipping in the ocean at Papamoa Beach

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Steve (BopBadger)🦡🇳🇿 @bopbadger.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

Weekend garden project completed. Took a useless piece of dirt and turned it into a low maintenance area and a place to keep some of the increasing number of plant pots we seem to be accumulating. Sense of achievement is currently justifying doing nothing for the rest of day.

Useless piece of dirt, grass doesn’t grow

Finished result, very low maintenance area

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