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Posted - 05/19/2003 : 10:04:03 PM
Nudist colony is no longer the phrase!
nudist colony = no untidy clothes
Nice to start with an anagram. 
This page is about the history and usage of the phrase "nudist colony".
One tidbit of information: In 1903, the first nudist colony opened in Germany. From Short History of the Sexual Revolution
Here is an excerpt that illustrates the mindset during the 50's when the phrase first appeared:
Historically, the British reaction to bare flesh has been fraught. In the '50s the film censor, Sir Sidney Harris, grudgingly passed a filmed play of Sartre's 'The Respectable Prostitute' with the words, "I suppose we shall have to pass it, but men and women don't go to bed together with no clothes on." By law, nude revues at the Windmill were tableaux. But in 1954, the American naturist film, 'The Garden of Eden', sponsored by the American Sunbathing Association, was granted UK release, grossed big, encouraging a rash of nudey quickies. 'The Nudist Story', 'Nudist Memories', 'Eves on Skis', 'Eves Without Leaves', 'Take Off Your Clothes and Live', 'Nudes of the World', narrated by Valerie Singleton, who later presented 'Blue Peter', and Michael Winner's 'Some Like It Hot'. They variously complied with the BBFC ruling that naturist films be set in sun clubs, all pubic hair must be erased and no genitals exposed. 'Nudist Paradise' (1957), shot in Eastmancolor and Nudiscope, starred Anita Love and a beach ball, but the greatest star of the British nude feature was Pamela Green. Harrison Marks' 'Naked as Nature Intended' (1961) featured Pamela and a trio of girls vagabonding around Cornwall with the inevitable ball. "Volleyball was always a great favourite because it used to make the tits bounce up and down," commented a producer. All the stories hinged on the conversion of reluctant newcomers - the 'It's Trad, Dad' formula - and many used voice-over ("The allure of sun and sea proved too strong..."). From Robert's page
Then there's the popular reference to "busier than a mosquito in a nudist colony" ...and of course everyone has heard the standard "blind man in a nudist colony" jokes! 
June 10, 1935: Time Magazine reports that nudist colony spectators can pay 25 cents to stare
at the nudists and then go off among the trees and join them. Time also notes that many
“thrifty peeping-toms” took in the whole show through the knot holes in the surrounding fence.
From the San Diego Historical Society website.
We've obviously come a long way. Now we use the Internet. Just kidding. 
Let's compare some notes here and we'll get to the bottom of this mysterious phrase "nudist colony".
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| Calbob |
Posted - 08/13/2008 : 9:11:50 PM
There is a column in the Los Angeles Times, "Only in L.A." by Steve Harvey where he writes about offbeat things in the L.A. area. He frequently mentioned Elysium Fields (now closed)and ALWAYS called it a "nudist colony". I was president of the Western Sunbathing Association (now AANR West)at the time, and the board of directors asked if we could ask him to stop using the term, "colony". I wrote him a nice letter on WSA stationery and explained to him why the term "colony" is outdated. I said that many nudists are offended by his use of it, and even compared it to a couple of racial slurs which he would never dare to use in print. Mr. Harvey never responded, but the next time he mentioned Elysium (He must have been on their publicity mailing list), there it was, "The nudist colony in Topanga Canyon"
Of course, reporters know it all ("My mind's made up, don't confuse me with the facts").
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| Navigator |
Posted - 08/13/2008 : 1:58:53 PM
My wife and I are very open about being nudists. When people who are curious ask us about it, and we get into a conversation about it, the phrase "nudist colony" almost always comes up.
We tell them, jokingly, that ants and termites go to "colonies"...nudists go to resorts.
We were also against the change from ASA to AANR. |
| OLD BUZZARD |
Posted - 08/12/2008 : 6:15:24 PM
I like the name nudist org. the best........nuf said.......old buzzard
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| Cheri |
Posted - 06/28/2008 : 08:40:22 AM
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Originally posted by gfk1951
I generally tend to refer to them as nudist club. Maybe that's not right either? How about resort?
Calling it a nudist club is more inclusive and could mean a nonlanded club as well as a nudist park, camp, or resort.
Cheri
Doing what I can to positively promote nudism
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| johninfla |
Posted - 06/28/2008 : 12:57:56 AM
In the vernacular and in metatags, "Nudist Colony" is very effective. That's how people think of us. If an "artist colony" is a goood thing, why not a "nudist colony?
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| gfk1951 |
Posted - 06/27/2008 : 07:11:45 AM
I generally tend to refer to them as nudist club. Maybe that's not right either? How about resort? |
| OLD BUZZARD |
Posted - 06/25/2008 : 1:55:41 PM
i prefer to call it a nudist org,seemes to cover all names..........old buzzard |
| coptmac |
Posted - 06/25/2008 : 11:44:00 AM
I have discovered that the term has greater usage outside in textileville than within. I recently visited a campground that is within 10 minutes of where I grew up and mentioned while there that we kids always knew that there was a nudist colony somewhere here. That phrase met with disdain on the inside of the fence and I was quickly corrected for using it. I was simply describing the experience from my youth and had no idea that it could be offensive. Now that I've engaged in the experience and appreciate it, I will be more careful of my word choice because apparently it can have a negative connotation.
I guess it is like "nude" and "naked"; we all have preferences or prejudgements of the words. I personally like "naked", but as was posted elsewhere, it is the more accepted description for a younger generation perhaps interested in the lifestyle/experience. My aunt who is 20 years older than I likes to be nude while I love to be naked!
Whatever the language choice, it is great to be free of textile tyranny (if only for a few hours or days)! |
| go n nude |
Posted - 06/20/2008 : 9:53:21 PM
Admin, I agree many people still referr to clubs/resorts as Nudist Colonies, as it grandfathers its self out in these times and generally by non nudists who don't participate or don't know these are private business's, that welcome the public at large for their enjoyment of this lifestyle and offer many recreational activities,too numerous to mention,although its optional of course. Membership does have its benefits and those who live on site, do indeed live nude 24/7 365 days a year it must be nice, as nature intended.
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| Admin |
Posted - 06/17/2008 : 4:40:22 PM
Someone told me that at one time, AANR had as a serious motion on the table the idea to make a name change to the more appropriate American Association for Nude Living, since nudism itself is a more encompassing subject matter than that of organized recreation.
The jury is still out whether the new, shorter acronym would fit, now that the organization would be known as the AANL.
Nudist colony as a search phrase is still quite valid. People use it all the time online and in person. That's why we not only include it in the infrastructure of the site, but we also encourage silly little discussions like this one to give us an excuse to spell it out a few more times. I actually kind of like the phrase nudist colony, except that it sounds a bit like leper colony.
Back to the topic, I was once told you couldn't call it a nudist colony unless there was a grocery on site. Is there any truth in that? |
| go n nude |
Posted - 06/16/2008 : 8:10:13 PM
Cheri, when the ASA joined up with American Recreation Coalition, in 88 i think, they felt this legitimate organization based in Washington would give the ASA influence and recognition in the nations capitol, the influence in the name change," they felt more accurately describes who we are and no longer just sunbathers, but active participants in nude recreation", they felt sunbathing confused or had negative connotations , people are more accepting of nude rec. and its popularity is increasing as we.ve witnessed with some mass media and advertising of late esp. since they changed the name in 1994, and more positive changes/exsposure we'll see in the future, i'm sure family social nude recreation's becoming a very main stream and viable, healthy lifestyle. I too preferred the ASA but the AANR was a change hopefully for the better.
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| Cheri |
Posted - 06/16/2008 : 11:50:36 AM
sailawaybob, It was the American SunbathING assn. not sunbather. :) I've been active in the ASA now AANR since 1987 and was one of the VERY few who stood up at Glen Eden for that convention and said I didn't like the proposed name. If all those who didn't like the proposed name arrived and spoke against the motion, it would have never changed.
The last US nudist colony closed in the last 1930s. I feel that La Jenny in France might be considered a nudist colony. My husband likes that name too.
Cheri
Doing what I can to positively promote nudism
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| sailawaybob |
Posted - 06/15/2008 : 10:51:03 PM
I'm a little old fashion and actually like the phrase nudist colony, I also like American sunbather association over America association for nude recreation, and even thought nudist have come along way since the early days of nudism when I read about the early days even the 60's when I was a child I wish I could have been a part of it. |
| go n nude |
Posted - 06/14/2008 : 12:26:22 PM
Nudist colonies are very few in these times,they were owned,operated and maintaned by all the members for the members and remained very secluded and secretive to the outside world,hence they were branded colonies by society and called many other names indeed.To day we have resorts operated for profit and membership has little or no voice in its operation or conduct as we've seen or experienced. Its big business these days compared to owned by members for the members of yesterday. Laws have changed greatly since that era also we don't fear the backlash and outcast, society dealt upon these pioneers of nudism. Shame on them. They were the ignorant.
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| Cheri |
Posted - 05/20/2003 : 09:37:00 AM
There were actually nudist colonies. The first one in the southeast was Cat Island near Beaufort, SC in the 1930s. What chased them away was the numbers of mosquitos. I did some research on this and Turner South Broadcasting did a segment on my research. A copy of the tape is in this year's Travelites' auction for Sistercare.
They lived, farmed, & fished off the land. It was almost a Utopian society.
Hugs, Cheri
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