we're all nudists under our clothes.
On Mon, Apr 30, 2012 at 6:20 PM, c b <[email protected]> wrote: > http://stalinsmoustache.wordpress.com/2012/04/26/lenin-the-nudist/ > > Lenin the Nudist > Posted by stalinsmoustache under anatomy, Another world is possible, > hairy creatures of God, swimming | Tags: nudism, reading Lenin | > [3] Comments > A lesser known aspect of the Russian Revolution is the flourishing of > … nudism. After the revolution, the famous actress, Ida Rubenstein, > played naked on stage. The poet Goldschmidt would appear naked on the > streets. A movement called ‘Down with shame’ would walk the streets in > Soviet cities, catch trams, go about their daily lives wearing nothing > but a red sash over their shoulders. A White Army newspaper joked in > 1919 that the price of suits must have skyrocketed, since so many > people were going around naked. At international nudist conferences in > the 1920s, the Soviet delegates far outnumbered those from other > countries. Over the summers, rivers, beaches and lakes witnessed > millions of old people, children, families, singles in the prime of > their life gathered to play games, picnic or enjoy the sun – all > naked. -- Jim Devine / "An atheist is a man who has no invisible means of support." -- John Buchan _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
