Nudists don't know aRt!
I just can't believe how discriminatory nudists are to aRtists. On
Saturday night, I went to the Christmas potluck at my favorite
non-sexual nudist club, Fraternity Snoqualmie. As usual, I brought my
body paints. Covering your body with thick acrylic paint has so much to
do with naturism and body acceptance, after all.
After proving I'm a pretentious aRtist by painting myself with
pseudo-Native American symbols, a nudist only known as Toadstool wanted
me to paint him in front of the children. I rubbed my painted buttocks
against his in ciRcular motions so our patterns would match. When it
came time to paint Toadstool's face, I put his face between my supple
breasts and rubbed, in a platonic way. To paint his manly rod, I filled
my Goddess Hole with paint, then inserted his rod and thrust it in and
out for about 10 minutes to ensure it was completely covered, in a
non-sexual way. Then, I put paint on my tongue and used it to paint a
tee-pee around the rim of Toadstool's backdoor glory hole. The aRtistic
SHRINGchronicity was amazing! Too cool!
Today, a bunch of women got on the Nudists list on Yahoo were gossiping
about my self-eXpression the night before. They said Fraternity
Snoqualmie is not a sex club, were mad that children saw my perfoRmance
aRt, and said what I did could have gotten nudism bad press! I can't
believe that people in nudism would be so small-minded. It's just like
those girls in high school who hated me because I am an aRtist. Why
would anyone think what I was doing was sexual? They just don't
understand aRt. Philistines. Like, what do they expect me to do?
Apologize? Don't offend the Goddess!
Luckily, I've been, um, sucking up to a major leader in the nudist
movement, Stark Morey. I'll pull some, uh, strings and Stark will have
them all banned! Only aRtists have the right to freedom of eXpression
and speech. I just love causing dissention and censorship within a
generally peaceful organization. GO, ME!
Namaste! Send money!
This is a satire of a Seattle, Washington "Performance Artist" named
Shannon Kringen and her Blog
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen
Taken in that perspective it is a quite funny satire of her blog and
makes some very good points about her. In all fairness though, after
looking though Shannon Kringen's blog, Shannon Kringen isn't a nudist.
She is just a crazy lady who is too full of herself.
> http://www.livejournal.com/community/bodypaint/68112.html
Nice pictures. I like the body painting.
Nice troll, too, Max.
You are pretty good at the words.
--
Dan Abel
da...@sonic.net
Petaluma, California, USA
I believe this is the exact blog entry that the above satire was based
upon. And I have to say it doesn't reflect well for the Nudist
Community.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1077473.html
NATURISM HEALS soothes the soul tickles the heart
the naturist gathering was AMAZE-ING!!!
i am so tired from it...drained from being with people in such an
intense way...
i did bodypainting on myself and one other man in his 50's who is a
figure model just like me! many photos to share...this man also did a
little introduction for my tv show goddessKRING...i had him announce my
show...we both had our kringDESIGNED face paint on for the camera!
much dancing at night...naked with everyone. such a beautiful group of
people!!!
i did some figure modeling- funny to have EVERYONE be nude when they
draw the model instead of just the model!
did some underWATER photos of myself with a waterproof diGital someone
loaned me...then some underWATER video of me swimming shot through a
porthole window in the pool! i have never seen a human pool with
windows like that so you can watch the swimmers go by...and all of us
are nude! it feels so good to swim totally naked. silly to wear
anything in a pool. much easier to move around in water nude...and to
dry off when you get out is a breeze when you have bare skin.
i was in the talent show!!! i did "sonicKRINGspeak" a five minute piece
with myspoken word then improvisation on the electric piano. much
talent on the stage that night. so fun to be with natural nude people
doing many activities wearing no clothes...
i did karioke (cannot spell that word?) as in joking kind of way....i
sang "pretty woman" by the lovely roy orbison. i impersonated his
voice...(not very well but i think i was funny...people seemed to get a
kick out of it...i had bodypaint on as i did this! silly!!! goofy fun.
i think karioke is best done in a silly way as many who try and sing
seriously are way out of tune and off key and it sounds awful...so why
not just be goofy and make it humorous intentionally?!
it felt SO GOOD to meet people who appreciate my work and who wanted to
join in with me on the bodypainting! the one life model i painted was
totally respectful of my way of painting. while most others wanted
flowers and butterflies painted on themselves- this man totally liked
my tribal/aboriginal/abstract/symbolic/native american indian way of
painting onto the body...
he had the great idea of doing "body transfer" painting where i painted
onto his chest then we rubbed against one another like in lithography
or silk screen/monotype where you roll ink with a round thing...we
rubbed in circular motions our bodies so we matched! the funniest part
was doing our croth area! we did t his in front of the pool area with
lots of people around laughing slong with us! so cool!
lots of different photographers took pics of us in our paint posing
around in our classical figure stances! i hope we are feautured in
naturist magazine when they cover the eastern naturist gathering.
the most fun i have had EVER in my life thus far.
i also modeled for people who projected slides outside into the woods
of patterns and models stood in front of the slides and they
photographed us...very beautiful results.
we did a giant "slip and slide" down a grassy hill with black plastic,
soap and water...we all slid down the hill one at a time...people
ranging in age from 8 to 60something!!!! so neat to see people playing
and having fun at all ages!!! such a good time with those lovely
people!
they have horses you can ride and bison/buffalo are in the pastures
next door. i shot video and stills of them...snorting at us. beautiful
creatures.
my only complaint is the DJ at the dances played a lot of cheesy bad
music and didn't always comply with my request for tom petty and
rolling stone music!!! i wish i coulda been the DJ!!! i know how to mix
up the set list in very dramatic ways. i know i could create set lists
an audience would enjoy dancing to.
will share photos soon. gotta sleep! i am sunburned very badly and have
DOZENS of insent bites! ouch!!! blister on my foot too...
gonna photograph boston one last time tomorrow then fly back to
seattle.
---
This was done at an actual Naturist event.
Why didn't the people at the resort kick her out of there when she did
it?
"it felt SO GOOD to meet people who appreciate my work and who wanted
to join in with me on the bodypainting! the one life model i painted
wastotally respectful of my way of painting. while most others wanted
flowers and butterflies painted on themselves- this man totally liked
my tribal/aboriginal/abstract/symbolic/native american indian way of
painting onto the body...
he had the great idea of doing "body transfer" painting where i painted
onto his chest then we rubbed against one another like in lithography
or silk screen/monotype where you roll ink with a round thing...we
rubbed in circular motions our bodies so we matched! the funniest part
was doing our croth area! we did t his in front of the pool area with
lots of people around laughing slong with us! so cool!"
-----
This is an appropriate activity at a naturist gathering? Why didn't
anyone boot her from the event then and there?
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen
p r i m a l s e x is beautyFULL
i found this link in nude4peace
i would have sex on stage for this cause:
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article250240.ece
saving the forrests. it's good to see real natural primal sex and not
some fake porn/hollyweird stuff. natural sex is beautiful and need not
be hidden away.
> upon. And I have to say it doesn't reflect well for the Nudist
> Community.
But you aren't a nudist, have never been and never will be. You wrote
this, you replied to it, and then you claim it has something to do with
nudism. Not hardly.
Dario Western
"NudeAmerica" <nudi...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1135041412....@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
I posted what was on Shannon Kringen's Blog. That is what she said
happened.
And then later she posted on her blog
"KIND OF IRONIC don't cha think? that NATURISTS of all people are
critizing me for being natural and painting myself and another man in a
totally non sexual way? naturism is all about accepting your body and
not feeling ashamed of any part of it. having a sense of humor about
the body and painting your body is all part of being a naturist.
comfortable and trusting with other people in a safe environment where
no one is harmed.
the people on that site are saying what i did with that other male
figure model in "inappropriate". what are they talking about? this was
a bodypainting workshop where all of us were invited to paint
ourselves. this man and i did the painting in a uniQue way- that was
dramatic but not sexual and not disrespectful in any way. we had fun
and laughed a lot and all the people around us were laughing also at
our sillyness. no one seemed to be offended. if they were they didn't
tell us so.
i am sure not every single person there liked our way of painting our
bodies- but it wasn't there choice how WE CHOOSE to paint ourskin. "
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1079802.html
Now just to review what was the uniQue way in which she decided to
paint herself?
he had the great idea of doing "body transfer" painting where i painted
onto his chest then we rubbed against one another like in lithography
or silk screen/monotype where you roll ink with a round thing...we
rubbed in circular motions our bodies so we matched! the funniest part
was doing our croth area! we did t his in front of the pool area with
lots of people around laughing slong with us! so cool!
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1077473.html
Now how could someone "mistake" a man and a woman rubbing their crotch
area together in circular motions as being a sexual act? Seems totally
non-sexual to me. Yeah.
>From what I could tell the event that Shannon was at was the Eastern
Naturist Gathering that takes place yearly at some resort called the
Eastover Resort.
http://partynakedstuff.com/jun05.htm
http://www.naturistsociety.com/events/index.jsp
But the strange thing is that although the event is advertised as an
event sponsored by The Naturist Society, It doesn't seem like this
Eastover Resort is actually a Naturist resort.
What's up with that?
Is Shannon Kringen a member of any nudist clubs in that area? Sounds
to me from reading her blog she didn't really consider herself as a
"card carrying" nudist but instead just someone who likes to perform in
the nude.
Yeah but from what I can tell the "Body Freedom" and the "World Naked
Bike Ride" groups don't necessary consider themselves nudists.
> Dan Abel wrote:
> > In article <1135036981.4...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>,
> > "Jeff Jenson" <jeffjenson...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > > upon. And I have to say it doesn't reflect well for the Nudist
> > > Community.
> >
> > But you aren't a nudist, have never been and never will be. You wrote
> > this, you replied to it, and then you claim it has something to do with
> > nudism. Not hardly.
> I posted what was on Shannon Kringen's Blog. That is what she said
> happened.
I stand by my statement. I'm sure you wrote this "blog", and claimed
you were Shannon. It isn't really hard to do.
And even if you didn't, it has nothing to do with nudism, Max.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/2005/12/19/
r i m a l s e x is beautyFULL [19 Dec 2005|11:42am]
i found this link in nude4peace
i would have sex on stage for this cause:
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article250240.ece
saving the forrests. it's good to see real natural primal sex and not
some fake porn/hollyweird stuff. natural sex is beautiful and need not
be hidden away.
>
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1159881.html
voice of the YoGi Tantra=♥
it turns out that my actor friend ISMAIL BASHEY who i stayed with the
other night in hollywood was the main voice for the main yogi in the
movie i saw "naked in ahses" the night after i stayed with him...it's a
documentary about holy men in india. my actor friend is from india and
speaks hindi (in the movie the yogis all spoke hindi and they have
native people from india speaking english over the top of the
traditional language of india) it was quite a beautiful movie- it
brought tears to my eyes a few times. two people in my family study
hindism...it made me think of them and feel connected...but i also am
very ATTRACTED to spirituality on that level...though i am conflicted
about it. i find holy men to be very SEXY. extremely handsome and
attractive. they have such love and depth of compassion in their
eyes...and i happen to love long messy hair and beards and very primal
people with paint on their bodies who are very lean and spiritually
oriented. the thing is these holy men are celibate= so it makes no
sense for me to be SO ATTRACTED? i need a holy tantric man to be my
lover and make aRt and live from a spiritual place....
i didn't even recognize his voice! he just told me after reading my
journal entry about seeing the movie in san diego. how cool is that.
synchronicity like that helps me feel more secure in the connections
and waves i am surfing on this trip...cuz in some ways this trip has
felt kinda awful/stressful/dysfunctional and in other ways totally
meant to be & scared.
time to soak up the sun some more.
LoVe/namaste, shannon
tantric site:
Tantra=♥
http://rundy.net/
I can't decide which is funnier. The satire that is done about her or
her actual posts.
Sometimes it is hard to tell the diffference.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/kannonshrigen
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
4:32 am I know I'm part-Indian!
Ya know, I have a lot of shamanistic talents and thoughts. I'm really
deep. I just HAVE to be part-Indian! Not India-Indian, but, like,
Native American-type Indian.
I feel a special connection to animals, like bears and eagles and
stuff. I take lots of pictures of them when I go to the zoo. I'm all
spiritual and aRtistic and I like the Earth and everything. Only Native
Americans feel that way! I even watched Smoke Signals four times
because I want Adam Beach's ass, I mean, because the film got me in
touch with my warrior side!
I can't decide if I'm like a Pacific Northwest Indian, with all the
totem poles, or a Southwest Indian with all that clay pottery. I sorta
like painting wood, but I'm better with clay because it's so cool to
get my hands all gooey! LOL! What tribe makes jewelry? I like turquoise
necklaces from the 70's.
I'm tired of people saying I'm not Native American just because my
parents say we're whiteys and because I have blue eyes and because all
four of my grandparents came from Sweden! I wanna get one of those home
DNA ancestry kits so I can prove I'm Indian and everyone will be sorry
for doubting me. Then I'll get welfare and casino money. That'll rock,
LOL!
Send money so I can buy a home DNA kit this week! Shalom!
Has JonZ got a new identity????
Marsketa
Jeff this has NOTHING to do with nudism and should not even be in this
site. I think that you should take this crap elsewhere.
Marsketa
This has nothing to do with nudism?
This lady is going around up there claiming she is a nudist and
getting the support of the nudist community up there and then posts on
her blog something that said that she wants to get up on stage and have
public sex and that has nothing to do with nudism?
"Except for the crotch rubbing"? Hello? What about the crotch rubbing?
And the naturists there didn't do anything about it despite what people
say in this newsgroup about how such behavior would get someone booted
from a nudist venue.
It didn't get Shannon and the guy she was doing it with booted.
We already know there was no such party at FS on Sunday. The first
post is a parody, hence the name of the topic is " Funny nudist-artist
parody". Not the sharpest tool in the shed, are you?
First I didn't make the orginal post. I just responded to it.
Second I didn't think there was such a party. It was obviously part of
the satire playing off of the Eastern Naturist Gathering incident.
I didn't write any of the stuff, but I guess it is important that you
clear up the stuff about the potluck as some people really don't get
satire and might mistake it for fact.
That said, is this Shannon a member of your club? Does she attend any
of your events? And what is her connection to Mark Storey who seems to
be a promenent nudist figure up there?
And when do you find time to go nude up there? I can't imagine it
being fun being naked in the rain all the time. Doesn't your skin prune
up after time? Being naked in Seattle seems like taking a day long
cold shower to me.
Of course since the incident happened in Massachusetts it is the
Massachusetts nudst community that this reflects poorly upon, not the
Seattle nudist community. Though it seems that the Seattle Nudist
community has embraces her and her antics, at least key members of the
movement up there have. At the very least they haven't renounced her
claim of being a nudist.
So this Mark Stoney guy is on the outs with the Seattle nudist
community? He has gone rouge?
Hello, It is called SATIRE.
By the way, and this is kind of off topic, that article shows how
perverted Norway has become. Heck, most of Europe has become one big
cesspool. Is Norway one of those places where drugs are legal like it
is the Netherlands?
The Eastern Naturist Gathering naked crotch-rubbing incident really
happened. The subsequent bannings on the NW Naturist list of anyone
who asked if that was appropriate behavior really happened. Some
people were banned at about the same time for questioning another local
event called Critical Dick at the Lake Bronson resort, which involved
men standing in a circle talking about their decorated penises, and
women wearing strap-on penises and simulating masturbation and oral sex
with them.
> Does she attend any
>of your events? And what is her connection to Mark Storey who seems to
>be a promenent nudist figure up there?
Shannon mentions her attendance at the local events in her blog. She
and Mark are close and she mentions him in her blog. Here's a photo of
them together, where she calls herself a naturist.
http://www.shannonkringen.com/3naturists.jpg
That photo was taken at Volunteer Park in Seattle, in a tower that
children and parents enjoy climbing. If she deletes the link let me
know as I've saved the photo.
Quite the opposite. Storey is one of the best known nudists in the
area, if not nationally. He writes and co-edits for N magazine,
teaches about nudism in his Bellevue Community College class, lectures
locally, and is a board member of the Naturist Action Committee.
http://www.nac.oshkosh.net/Board_Members/board_members.html
About Shannon's nude crotch-rubbing at the naturist gathering, Storey
said, "The body painting was fabulous." He also called Shannon
"creative", insulted the poster who questioned the nude crotch-rubbing
by retorting, "I'll take art and body painting with good friends over
sitting in front of my computer any day." Storey then concluded with,
"Keep it up Shannon!"
I am surprised then that Mark Storey did not reprimand Shannon for her
display of sexual exhibitionism at the gathering. I think that this
woman is just too over the top to be taken seriously as a
nudist/naturist. She needs to learn a sense of humility.
What does Storey really want to get out of naturism? Does he want it
to be a wholesome family friendly activity? Or does he want it to sink
into levels of debauchery in the name of 'aRt' as has recently
happened? If he is such a well-respected member in American nudism,
then I think that he should really check himself over this woman.
One thing is for sure: behaviour like this would NEVER be tolerated at
any of the naturist places that I have been to, especially not when
kids and their parents are around.
By the way, I could not access the message on the NWnaturist group.
I've also noticed that the group activity seems to have diminished
since the booting out of members who dared to speak up and say
"something is wrong with our way of life". :-(
Dario Western
Mark Storey's message is 8716. You might need to access the list
first, then go to the message number.
I suppose one would need to directly ask Storey what his goals for
naturism are, but he is a founding member of Body Freedom
Collaborative, which promotes the "non-sexual" and "family-friendly"
aspects of nudism several times in its marketing.
You're right, the number of posts decreased dramatically after this
happened over the summer, as is indicated in the Message History in the
bottom half of the page. For example, in September 2004 the group had
232 posts, while September 2005 had only 32 posts. Clicking on
September 2004's posts indicates there was no unusual event or set of
events that would cause there to be a higher number of posts, so one
has to wonder why there was the dramatic decrease in one year. October
and November 2005 also experienced dramatic decreases from the previous
year.
> First I didn't make the orginal post. I just responded to it.
If you didn't write it, then who did?
If you didn't write this totally irresponsible post, and don't know who
did, then why did you post it here? Oh, I forgot, your Max. You are
just here to stir it up.
Dick C.:
Satire is not libel, as Jerry Falwell found out when he tried to sue
Hustler for much worse. Besides, neither Shannon nor Storey are named
in the satire. Ask any lawyer.
> (what the f*** is "gone rouge"?)
He likes to wear makeup?
:-)
Dick:
What, is FS some sacred deity? He who must not be named?
public sex and that has nothing to do with nudism?
What I read here is that some people were raising money for the
environment to save the rainforests. THey had a rock concert and a
couple got on stage, stripped naked and had sex. I didn't see one place
where it said anything about nudists. Strip nude does not equal nudist
Jeff!!!! When will you learn this?
Marsketa
the nude.
To me it sounds rather like she is a tree hugging naturist! <G> Goes
nude at Blacks Beach, has naturist male friend, takes part in bike
rallies and thinks fucking on stage to raise money for the environment
is OK. Yep definately a naturists rather than a nudist! LOL
It makes me feel glad that I am a nudist really!
Marsketa
It would have in any of the clubs that I go to!
Marsketa
No it's just body paint! Honest! LOL
Marsketa
You missed why I posted it.
Shannon Kringen posted it on her Blog and then said that she would like
to do that.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/2005/12/19/
r i m a l s e x is beautyFULL [19 Dec 2005|11:42am]
i found this link in nude4peace
i would have sex on stage for this cause:
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article250240.ece
saving the forrests. it's good to see real natural primal sex and not
some fake porn/hollyweird stuff. natural sex is beautiful and need not
be hidden away.
So if he represents mainstream nudism up there and he is supporting
Shannon and coming down on those who have anything critical to say
about her, then you really have a problem up there keeping nudism non
sexualized.
I really think that FS has more important legal things to worry about,
including the alleged problems with pedophilia on the Hall of Shame
site.
> > So if he represents mainstream nudism up there and he is supporting
> > Shannon and coming down on those who have anything critical to say
> > about her, then you really have a problem up there keeping nudism non
> > sexualized.
> >
> =============================
> He is a self proclaimed "naturist".
> He has little, if anything to do with the clubs.
> I know him personally and he has been to my home for nude movie nights.
> He is not in favor of outright sex involving nudist events, etc.
Well, if you know him personally ask him why he is going around
promoting this Shannon Kringen and censoring those who have anything
criticial to say about her.
Is this Kringen really what you want people to think of when they think
of nudists?
> > So if he represents mainstream nudism up there and he is supporting
> > Shannon and coming down on those who have anything critical to say
> > about her, then you really have a problem up there keeping nudism non
> > sexualized.
> >
Shannon Kringen does have to do with nudists activities. She is up
there doing her stuff promoting herself as a nudist with the support of
prominent nudist leaders up there. Then she goes and posts on her blog
that she wants to have sex on stage. This has everything to do with
nudism! I thought nudism isn't supposed to be about sex.
Sorrry about posting it twice. Something seems to be slow with Google
today.
I only posted a response I was not the OT nor am I the one with the
very funny and intelligent blog that satirizes Shannon Kringen.
I have to say I enjoyed that Blog though. Although I have never met
someone so extreme as Shannon is, I have certainly ran into many of her
type so I can really relate to the jabs made her. They are so on
target.
But like I said, when I read her own Blog, it is very tough at times to
distinguish it from the parody blog about her. She is her own self
parody.
Shannon Kringen's Blog.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen
Kannon Shrigen's Blog (the Parody of Shannon Kringen's Blog)
You never answered my question about whether Shannon is a member of
your club.
Is she?
> He is not in favor of outright sex involving nudist events, etc.
How about aRtistic self-eXpression that just happens to include a man
and women rubbing their pubic areas together in a ciRcular manner?
Surely you couldn't consider that sexual?
That's just aRt.
(Do you think I am going to need to explain to Richard that I am being
sarcastic?)
Oh, I thought FS meant Fuck Someone.
Perhaps it means Fuck Shannon.
Aren't the people who were involved with that gone by now?
Surely, everyone on this group has said that on the rare occassions
where pedophilia occurs on nudist resorts the people involved are
immediately booted and the authorities are brought in.
It seems, like with the case of Shannon and that guy rubbing against
each other's pubic area in the pool area of that naturalist retreat,
the reality is far different than the claimed policy.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/2005/12/19/
Not just sex on stage, but supposedly "natural" and "beautiful" sex
that is not like "porn". Which apparently involves bending the woman
over on stage in front of a crazed audience while a heavy metal band
called The Cumshots plays their fare.
we went into a private room- all four of us and locked our door for
privacy. two couples basically. we started with me in the center- they
caressed me all over and kissed me. i don't really wanna write it all
out- it's kinda scared and personal- but we all were making love- and i
held back a lot- in some ways- my natural rhythm seems to be one on one
sexual union with a man...this was different. we were sharing energies.
two males/two females- i listened to all the breathing and was more
aware of my own heart beat and breath. it was more tantra than "sex"
for the sake or orgasm- but witnessing each other come was very lovely.
being vulnerable and from the heart with others- feels very healing to
me. to build trust in human kind...it was very nurturing sexual
tough...what i call "whole grain" touch...
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/708628.html
Jeff, this isn't about nudism, this isn't about nudism you were about
to post. But according to Shannon Kringen it is.
http://shannonkringen.com/naturistinterview.htm
In an interview in the NUDE AND NATURAL magazine in 2004 she was quoted
as saying the following:
NATURISM: Have you had any experience with organized naturism (or
nudism)? Have you ever been to any nudist clubs or clothing-optional
beaches? If so, what was your experience like?
SHANNON KRINGEN: i spent sometime in amsterdam holland around nudists
at a spa and found it very refreshing to be with people very open,
natural and vulnerable with each other.
Well, the spa she was referring to was club paradise"
http://www.club-paradise.nl in amsterdam.
And yeah, they were very "open" indeed.
It is Shannon Kringen that is out there promoting a sexualized view of
nudism.
For instance, check this out:
http://shannonkringen.com/naturistinterview.htm
NATURISM: Have you had any experience with organized naturism (or
nudism)? Have you ever been to any nudist clubs or clothing-optional
beaches? If so, what was your experience like?
SHANNON KRINGEN: i spent sometime in amsterdam holland around nudists
at a spa and found it very refreshing to be with people very open,
natural and vulnerable with each other.
Sounds innocent enough, Right? Nudists at a spa, just socializing,
being open natural and vulnerable with each other as she said, right?
But here, as they say, is the REST OF THE STORY.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/708628.html
"club paradise"
wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow wow
i just had the most unique experience of my life. we went to "club
paradise" http://www.club-paradise.nl in amsterdam. it's on
schaafstraat 26. at first i was weirded out. they have a bar with food
and drinks and mirrors all around with sexual films playing on big and
small screens. they have statues of buddha lit up with candles and
classical nudes pouring water in a loving way...there is dry and wet
sauna rooms, a jacuzzi, swimming pool and some private rooms where you
can go and explore in whatever erotic way you want with friends or
strangers. clothing is optional. they recommend dressing sexy or nude.
no drugs are allowed except alchohol. there is one room upstairs where
you can get fucked by strangers if you want. we went up to watch. i
know this sounds very weird- but it felt very natural and safe. no one
touches you unless you make a move. i felt safe with my 3 friends. (one
couple and the guy i am staying with here in holland.) they kept
checking in with me to make sure i was ok- they know how sensitive &
emotional i am. in the bar i suddenly got fed up with the pop music
playing i hated and i began to pound my chest like a gorilla and i
screamed twice...they asked me what was wrong. i blurted out i hate
this music and i don't like this kind of sex. it's shallow and
superficial and i miss having sex with my ex-boyfriend. -and deep down
i was thinking about my 1995 abortion and how part of me regrets that
choice... (the porn videos i was speaking of) watching people fuck does
turn me on in a primal way but not in my heart. they told me they
understood- so we went back into the two saunas- wet with eucalyptus
oil aroma therapy and dry with such intense heat. i sweat out many
toxins in my skin. i can feel it. we had a nice honest sexual chat with
a guy from turkey and a dutch couple...everyone is nude in the sauna.
some people are being sexual and some are just sitting quietly. it's
all very respectful and no one is pushed to do anything. it's all a
choice. i held back a lot- maninly i watched with fascination and waves
of judgement. sex for me is very personal- and serious/sacred...but
part me of sees the light joy it can be with someone you care about.
we swam in the pool when the saunas felt too hot. it was my first time
in a heated lit up pool fully naked. it felt soooooooooooooooooo
goooooooood to float free and swim naked with other people. our torsos
looked beautiful lit up in the turquoise water. i felt like i was in a
church of some kind-being cleansed and transformed. spiritually aware
and alive. in tune with energy beyond my body-yet still enjoying the
sensuality of being manifested as a human body. i love the weightless
feeling of being in water. my boobs all floating felt heavenly. my
whole body relaxed and open. i felt like a DOLPHIN or
mermaid...gracefully spinning/jumping dancing in the pool legs spread.
yum. the water feels great all over your body. flowing. nothing
restricting you. i love the way my hair brushes up against my arms as
it swims with me...and it looks pretty in the pool light...i got a
thrill from being watched from above- there is a balcony/stair case
above the pool- i wish i had my waterproof camera with me to snap pics
of myself nude underwater or with a lover! us both nude. beautiful.
(THEY DON'T ALLOW CAMS IN THERE THOUGH) it's a privacy thing. people
stood around gazing at us in the pool. at moments i felt like a piece
of meat on display and at other moments i felt happy and free and i
enjoyed being appreciated with eyes of strangers and eyes of my 3
friends with me.
we went into a private room- all four of us and locked our door for
privacy. two couples basically. we started with me in the center- they
caressed me all over and kissed me. i don't really wanna write it all
out- it's kinda scared and personal- but we all were making love- and i
held back a lot- in some ways- my natural rhythm seems to be one on one
sexual union with a man...this was different. we were sharing energies.
two males/two females- i listened to all the breathing and was more
aware of my own heart beat and breath. it was more tantra than "sex"
for the sake or orgasm- but witnessing each other come was very lovely.
being vulnerable and from the heart with others- feels very healing to
me. to build trust in human kind...it was very nurturing sexual
tough...what i call "whole grain" touch...
i am proud of myself for being brave enough to join them and open my
heart/mind/body to this experience. i see now how much i am hungry for
human touch and connection with spiritual people who are honest about
their sexuality. i still have a lot to learn about what i really want
verses "what i should want" deemed by our puritanical/sexually
repressed society. i know i would like a primary partner (male) in
life- and i know i need/want to share touch with more than one person.
not sure if it needs to be sexual- once i am in love i tend to only
want to be sexual with that one person...but sharing affection with
others i care about is always a desire of mine. for once i am not going
to try and solve the puzzle of what i want. i will simply keep flowing
with life and see what i learn as i go. i am open to love/beauty and
truth.
it is so refreshing to be in a culture where sexual freedom is normal
and no one has to sneak around. for instance=gay marriage is legal in
holland. it is anywhere else yet? i wish it was world wide. any two
people that wanna get married legally should be able to! i know when i
get back to seattle it will be a shock. i am just starting to get used
to the vibe of this place. i shared some very beautiful eye contact
with all three people i was with. one stranger at the end asked us if
we wanted to join him and his group- and it was very sincere and kind
and didn't seem "sleazy" at all...just open and honest. fascinating
experience...i am so grateful. i am learning a lot about myself...i
borrowed some orange suede platform boots from the lady we went to the
club with. her and i wear the same european size shoe= 41. i will have
to get me some boots like that! they feel good and look good on
me...boots suit me very well. i want some bright red ones!
when i return to seattle i wanna get involved with some tantra group
and also maybe the naturalists in town who swim nude 2gether. i am
finally figuring out what kind of people i wanna join with.
spiritual/healthmind/sensual/intelligent/open
hearted/compassionate/senstive/love filled humans.
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No, this is from her Blog, not the satire Blog about her. Sometimes
it's kind of hard to tell isn't it.
Well check this out...
http://NakedInSeattle.swinglifestyle.com
http://profiles.yahoo.com/larry_lancaster2001
http://www.swingersboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=16889&page=2&pp=15
Re: Couples Profile Reviews
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Although I am not Julie, I wanted to Chime in NakedInSeattle.
I think that you have a great profile! Your pictures are fantastic and
tastefully done. I love that you have added a picture of you guys with
your little dog. It left me with the impression that you are fun, kind
and genuine.
I think your descriptions are nice. You have definately covered a lot
of ground. I wonder if it would read better if you included combined
descriptions Such as:
'She is an active triathelete, who loves SCUBA diving, sports, and
gourmet cooking. We are avid Nudists who love the outdoors.'
Also, I am not sure what the Fraternity thing is, but I think that may
be a cute tag line. It would definately get my attention.
__________________
Mrs. Indy
NakedInSeattle, I have to agree with Indy, I found myself with two
questions reading your profile - what the heck is Fraternity
Snoqualmie? and how long have you guys been swinging?
>From this I gather that they must have listed Fraternity Snoqualmie on
their Swinging Site.
I guess they don't anymore. I hope that's because you booted them
Mark Storey was the one who conducted that interview for the nudist
magazine. Did Storey know that the "spa" was really a swingers' club?
Did he ask for details about this club before taking her word for it?
As an author and a college researcher, one would hope that he would
take the time to do so. Does he know the truth now, but he or the
magazine refuses to retract?
It appears that in addition to being endorsed and protected by Mark
Storey and Howard Williamson, Shannon also does Body Freedom activism
with well-known nudist activist Claudia Kellersch of San Diego.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1121491.html
http://www.shannonkringen.com/3naturists.jpg
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1166776.html
http://www.shannonkringen.com/2naturists.jpg
Harassment of female cyclists at World Naked Bike Ride day has been a
problem worldwide, to the extent that the female numbers have dwindled
to 5-10% of the riders at most venues, and few (and none at some
venues) of those women are completely nude anymore. At the early rides,
nude female cyclists were surrounded by up to 10 voyeuristic amateur
male photographers at a time, many aiming their lenses at the women's
genitals. Here, Shannon selfishly encourages readers to come out and
photograph, probably because SHE enjoys being photographed:
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1123324.html
Representing herself as a nudist and naturist in a national nudist
magazine:
http://www.livejournal.com/community/sensuousart/325708.html
More porn disguised as "art":
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1114131.html
You would let her still be a member after all the stuff she has done
publicly?
And you wonder why so many people out there have a problem separating
sex and nudism.
http://profiles.yahoo.com/jbqwerty2002
Yahoo! ID: jbqwerty2002
Real Name: Robert Jordan
Interests
Breastfeeding
Pregnancy and Lactation
Amateurs
Lingerie and Underwear
Models
Sex Toys
Older Men for Younger Women
http://profiles.yahoo.com/mehamme2004
Yahoo! ID: mehamme2004
Real Name: mike
Interests
Naturists and Nudists
Picture Trading
Skinny Women
Older Men for Younger Women
> Richard C. wrote:
> You would let her still be a member after all the stuff she has done
> publicly?
>
> And you wonder why so many people out there have a problem separating
> sex and nudism.
Most of us don't have a problem with this. Obviously you do, since most
of what you post here is about sex.
Evidently not. If they have, it's not been on here, Kringen's blog or
the NWNaturist list.
By letting someone like Shannon Kringen into your events obviously you
do have problem separating sex and nudism.
She's not just let into the events, her sexual behavior is permitted
and defended by key nudist leaders to the extent that those who
politely question it are run out on a rail.
http://profiles.yahoo.com/nymphobottom2
Yahoo! ID: nymphobottom2
Real Name:
Nickname: sexually addicted slut
Location: Oak Harbor, WA
Age: 45
Marital Status: Single
Sex: Male
Occupation: socially servicing male tops
More About Me
Hobbies: sex,men Latest News: still searching for that elusive gangbang
and a husband to make me his housewife.
Favorite Quote: do it harder
http://profiles.yahoo.com/totallyfreeat35
Yahoo! ID: totallyfreeat35
Real Name: Shelly
Nickname: Location: Port Ludlow, Washington
Age: 38 Marital Status: Long-term Relationship
Sex: Female
Occupation Passion Party consultant
More About Me
Hobbies: Fishing, camping, hiking, walking in the rain, discovering my
spirituality, movies, music, scrapbooking Latest News: Being a Passion
Party consultant is the best thing I could have done for my self
confidence! Who would have thought that selling sex toys could be so
fun and financially rewarding!
Favorite Quote: The best way to predict your future is to create it.
http://profiles.yahoo.com/btmpaul_tac
Yahoo! ID: btmpaul_tac
Real Name: paul
Nickname: bottoms Location: eugene oregon
Age: 50
Marital Status: Long-term Relationship
Sex: Male
Occupation: More About Me
Hobbies: bi tops,gay tops, masterbation,being spanked,golf
Latest News:
Favorite Quote: When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex,
there is an important lesson to be learned. Dont have sex with
authorities.
Interests
Extramarital Affairs
Bisexual
Friends
Polyamory
Advice
Oregon
Washington
Strap Ons
Gay Male
http://profiles.yahoo.com/pagan_nudist
Yahoo! ID: pagan_nudist
Real Name: Mike Nickname: Mike L
ocation: USA Age: 38
Marital Status: Married But Looking
Sex: Male
Occupation: accounting
Hobbies: Nudism, sexual intercourse
Latest News: The acme of enjoyment, which is produced by the abundance
and impetuous ejaculation of the sperm, depends upon one circumstance,
and this is, that the vulva is furnished with a suction-pump (orifice
of
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Yahoo! ID: pdxjerryb
Real Name: Jerry
Nickname: PdxJerryB
Location: Lake Oswego Oregon
Age: 34 Marital Status: Married But Looking Sex: Male
Occupation: Its technicial ;) More About Me
Hobbies: Well sex of course! I am married and we both swing, so if your
surfing profiles for a LTR, better keep clickin. I am easy going and
love it vanilla to wild/kinky ..be safe and its good. Latest News:
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;)... Interests
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Swingers
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Amateurs
Links
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http://profiles.yahoo.com/voral7
Yahoo! ID: voral7
Real Name: Dan Nickname:
Location: Portland
Age: 42
Marital Status: Married
Sex: Male
Occupation:
More About Me
Hobbies: Married and secure but enjoy getting to play. Love to watching
guys checking out the wife. Enjoy being nude and visiting a nude beach.
Just love watching and being watched. Give a great sensual massage
Latest News: Latest fantasy - to strip and masturbate in front of a
complete stranger.
Favorite Quote: You show me yours and Ill show you mine.
http://profiles.yahoo.com/nudeinwa
Basics
Yahoo! ID: nudeinwa
Real Name: Michael
Nickname: Heftys slave
Location: Seattle Age: 48
Marital Status: No Answer
Sex: Male
Occupation: yes
More About Me
Hobbies: sub / slave 48 6 220 (but working on it). In training for
Master Hefty. Latest News: Favorite Quote: Interests
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Individual Web Cams
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Online Relationships
Bondage
Submission
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Exhibitionism and Voyeurism
Masters
Training and Obedience
Leathermen
BDSM
Dominance
Naturists and Nudists
HIV Positive
Cutting and Shaving
http://profiles.yahoo.com/jeffreyp_43
Yahoo! ID: jeffreyp_43 Real Name: Jeffrey Location: Vancouver, Canada
Age: 61 Marital Status: Long-term Relationship Sex: Male Occupation:
Urban Planner Interests
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Gay Male
Lesbians, Gays, and Bisexuals
Exhibitionism and Voyeurism
The above Individuals all participated in the NW Naturist Yahoo group
within the last year.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NWnaturist/
There seems to be another group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NWFunintheSun/
I don't think they have the pervs participating in that group.
>From reading her blog it doesn't seem that Kringen ever apologized.
Instead she was shocked that nudists would have a problem with her and
this guy named Evan rubbing their croth areas together in public,
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1079224.html
I don't know about Storey or Williamson From what I could tell, no.
Storey's email address is stor...@aol.com
Williamson's email address is nw_s...@yahoo.com or
nws...@slimetrail.org
I guess you could ask them yourself.
> key nudist leaders
What are they?, surely the whole point of something like nudism is that it's
a personal thing, an individually chosen way of life. Nothing to do with
"leaders"
David.
> hello...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Have Kringen, Storey or Williamson ever apologized?
>
> >From reading her blog it doesn't seem that Kringen ever apologized.
> Instead she was shocked that nudists would have a problem with her and
> this guy named Evan rubbing their croth areas together in public,
Didn't you already admit that she didn't write this?
She didn't write the most recent parody.
The parody was based on an incident that she did write about earlier
this year.
http://www.livejournal.com/users/shannonkringen/1077473.html
"he had the great idea of doing "body transfer" painting where i
painted onto his chest then we rubbed against one another like in
lithography or silk screen/monotype where you roll ink with a round
thing...we rubbed in circular motions our bodies so we matched! the
funniest part was doing our croth area! we did t his in front of the
pool area with lots of people around laughing slong with us! so cool!"
You have no problem with a man and a woman rubbing their crotches
together in a circular fashion at a nuidst event?
By the way, here is the guy she did it with. Couldn't quite catch his
name on the video.
Here is a firsthand account of that event:
http://slenderthunder.com/loverzan/archives/001356.php
I learned what a 'shirtcocker' is and watched a whole jubilant parade
of them, known as Critical Dick... I missed the prize-giving end of it,
but saw the hilarious and eye-opening beginning, where they ornamented
themselves(have you ever seen a tentfull of cocks with pipecleaner bows
and hearts on before?) and heard the inspirational speech given by the
fearless leader-and I mean fearless, as he leapt up, to dangle(and I
mean dangle, too :) ) from the geodesic pole above our heads and
proceeded to fire us up about the joy of shirt-cocking and all.
Here's a picture of what you can find at that event.
http://www.playapixie.org/CriticalMass/CriticalMass-Pages/Image91.html
Is this appropriate at a nudist resort?
here are some pictures of the event.
http://www.lacas.com/gallery/criticalmass2005/IMG_1504
http://www.lacas.com/gallery/criticalmass2005/IMG_1507
http://www.lacas.com/gallery/criticalmass2005/IMG_1509
http://www.lacas.com/gallery/criticalmass2005/IMG_1516
http://www.lacas.com/gallery/criticalmass2005/IMG_1513
Oh, by the way, the password to see these photos is username "mass" and
the password "critical"
You might want to save the photos in case it gets changed.
Drugs are certainly not legal here. And perversion is creeping in - but
that is the American kind of perversion, in tne sense that kids are now
being considered as sex objects everywhere. A few years ago, naked
five and six years olds where considered the rule at the beaches - why
should kids wear swimsuits? - but then the "pedophilia panic" struck
us, and nowadays, even two year olds cannot be naked, "for their
safety". So we are becoming perverted, the American way. :-(
First, a couple of months before this incident, all of Norway was
laughing their butts off from "the Janet Jackson incicent" - we just
imagine why showing a tit on a scene - and on television - could ever
create such havoc. Jesus Christ - tits are *natural*!!
Then, a few months later we saw something on our scenes that can hardly
be described as "unnatural" ... :-) The Norwegian havoc was no smaller
than the American one (except that we are a far smaller country, of
course). People were mad, outraget, completely out of their minds.
Angry letters to the editor in the newspapers: "I never more will speak
my native south Norway dialect, from fear of being associated with this
filth!" and things like that. Well, this rock festival was right in the
middle of *our* "bible belt", at the south coast of Norway
(Kristiansand is the name of the town).
The second part of the story: The band playing was named "The
cumshots", which ought to tip you off. At least it should have given
you a slight warning. I also believe that noone below eighteen where
admitted to the concert - not because of the sex, but because you could
by beer in the area. If mass media hadn't blown it up to a big issue,
very few except those going to the concert would have noticed. There
were several policemen in the stage are, but they found no reason to
intervene.
But during the next two weeks, the video recording were repeated again
and again on national TV: Look here! This is what happened at the Quart
festival! The super-moral newspapers let the top half of their front
pages - the part that is visible at the newsstand - be covered by
oversized pictured of the incident, along with angry headlines: *This*
is what minors might have watched at the Quart festival!! Thanks to the
"moral" newspapers, for each person who had seen the incident in real
life, there were at least a thousand who could see the pictures. Most
of us could see the video on national television, again and again and
again and... It must have bee shown several dozen times.
I'll grant those people living in Kristiansand and the rest of the
south coast, and their newspapers, the rigtht to condemn whatever has
to do with bodily functions, such as this. But then I expect them *not*
to make a huge profit by selling thousands of extra copies thanks to
their illegal,. condemnable (in their own, official opinion) pictures
on their front page. And I expect the national broadcasting, so fast in
ridiculing the JJ incident, to be eqully fast in ridiculig the
reactions to the Quart fetstival stunt.
The only thing I never understood: That young couple claimed to "Fuck
for forest". I never understood how fucking in public up here in Norway
could have any effect whatsoever on the tropic rain forests.
The pictures are up on that website for all of us to see
http://pub.tv2.no/nettavisen/english/article250240.ece
Don't say it was much to do about nothing. We have eyes.
http://pub.tv2.no/TV2/underholdning/bilder_ccr/article250230.ece?show=4
The Super Bowl is one of the most watched yearly events in America.
Fathers watch it with their sons. Well actually whole families watch
because women nowdays like sports just as much as men do. It is a
family event. One of the few times anymore that we really get together
as a nation. I don't want to overemphasize the family nature of the
event as the fact is all kinds of people watch it. But certainly a
parent should feel safe watching it with their children and families
across America do watch it with their children.
Perhaps you know why now why what Janet Jackson was so offensive.
Today it's someone ripping someone else's clothes off. Tomorrow it's
someone having sex up on a stage. The line has to be drawn somewhere
and I feel it is appropriate to say that someone ripping off someone
else's clothes isn't appropriate, especially with so many families
watching.
http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article822614.ece
'Sex tent' at music festival stirs debate
Norway's largest annual music festival has once again managed to stir
controversy. This year it revolves around a so-called see-through "sex
tent" erected on festival grounds as part of an alleged art project.
These music fans from Oslo disagreed on whether the Quart Festival's
sex tent amounts to an exciting art project.
The idea is for artist Shu-Lea Cheang to film couples who volunteer to
have sex in the tent. Organizers of the Quart Festival in Kristiansand
on Norway's south coast claim the project aims to focus public
attention on the public sector's AIDS policies.
The tent has been set up in a restricted area on festival grounds.
Organizers say that will limit visibility from the general public at
the festival, which has attracted thousands of fans and top name
musicians this year such as Alicia Keys, Sean Paul and Morrisey.
Reaction to the sex tent is decidedly mixed. While some young festival
goers say they'd gladly "perform" for Cheang in the tent, others
dismiss the project as a "PR stunt" from festival organizers.
Some local politicians go much further in their criticism, saying the
sex tent art project is a good argument for shutting down the festival.
Acting Mayor Bjarne Ugland called festival chief Toffen Gunnufsen in to
answer questions about the sex tent. Gunnufsen told newspaper
Aftenposten Aften that the project actually is part of a larger project
called Club Detox, which even the city government supports.
"That makes it good enough for Quart," Gunnufsen said.
Artist Shu-Lea Cheang expressed surprise that the project has sparked
so much controversy. "Those who participate sign a contract before
going into the tent," Shu-Lea Cheang told local newspaper
Fædrelandsvennen.