Simon Berriman 🎮 👣

The best thing I ever gave myself was permission to stop hiding. What will you give yourself today?

#IWD2026 #GiveToGain

All I'll say is "Threads"...
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Depends. Do you have Lady Grey tea?

58K views · 4.3K reactions | David Lowe Music on Reels

If you have Facebook, he explains the layering of the sounds in the BBC News Countdown in this very audio-nerdy reel!
www.facebook.com/reel/7659048...

BBC News Countdown 24

Here's a weird one! I bet few outside the UK have heard this. The BBC does not have adverts, so on the news channel they often have a gap to fill at the top of the hour. David Lowe is the composer of the BBC News Countdown, a 90 second little gem! And its on Spotify:
open.spotify.com/track/7t933Q...

What Really Happens at a Naturist Festival: A First-Time Experience Doing something new is scary. Your first Naturist event can feel especially daunting. Last year, we set out to answer the questions of what happens at a Naturist…

The Naked Truth, a British Naturism initiative, have released a very well done short documentary. It follows Saoirse as she goes to NKD, one of the many British naturist festivals held each year, for the first time.

📺 vimeo.com/1165579556

with @britnaturism.bsky.social

Last day is paradise! Great Stirrup Cay for the second time on our way back to Miami, arriving tomorrow morning. We need to be out of our rooms by 7.30am - that's just rude! Oh, but I did finally meet up with the lovely Sarah Mexico Christenson.
cruisebare.com @britnaturism.bsky.social #bnb26

Mardi Gras on the Big Nude Boat! People kept giving me beads... 🥳

@britnaturism.bsky.social @martindesnudo.bsky.social #bnb26

WHO do you want to be? Left or right? @getnakedgermany.bsky.social #museum #nudeart #contemporaryart

Another day at sea, so another meetup! Its lovely meeting so many people from Bluesky and Twitter here.

@britnaturism.bsky.social @francellirenteria.bsky.social @vianaziz.bsky.social @angy1de.bsky.social @martindesnudo.bsky.social #bnb26
(Anyone I missed, please say in the comments!)

What a great meet-up today! Celebrating women in naturism across the globe.

with @angy1de.bsky.social @francellirenteria.bsky.social @vianaziz.bsky.social @britnaturism.bsky.social #BNB26

What a fab first day. ☀️ Great Stirrup Cay in the Bahamas turned naturist for the day! Met up with Erin Gilgur of Lake Como, who you may remember from Ep.24 of Women in Focus.
In case you're wondering I'm travelling with Colin, @britnaturism.bsky.social Chairman!

lakecomonaturally.com
cruisebare.com

I've looked at naturism and Christianity before, but found myself wondering if Islam is as clear cut on our way of life as everyone presumes. Apparently not...

Thanks to @vianaziz.bsky.social for reviewing this.

Page 40 in this month's @henaturist.bsky.social.
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I'm still waiting for Helen to open the Elizabeth Shaw Mints...

Good point. Art study is technical analysis (form, light, proportion) whilst maintaining dignity. Sexual objectification reduces bodies to parts for consumption. Art actually reinforces non-sexual viewing - proving sexualisation is learned and context-dependent, not inevitable.

What I Learned About Women's Bodies by Seeing Hundreds of Them A naturist man on unlearning objectification: Why sexualising women's bodies isn't inevitable, and how habituation can change the way men see women.

The way men see women's bodies isn't hard-wired biology - it's learned. And if it can be learned, it can be unlearned. New blog post:

📖 blog.berrimansbareall.uk/p/what-i-lea...

#BodyImage #MentalHealth #Parenting #GenderEquality #Objectification #malegaze #misogyny

Visiting Morecambe (in North West England) means visiting Eric. Visiting Eric requires you mimic his pose...

Happy new year, folks!

FYI - this one's a fake. shababeek/.org is spam dressed up to look like People magazine. "Emarrb" isn't real, and all the experts quoted are fabricated. Easy to miss with how professional it looks, but zero substance. Worth flagging before more people share it!

Happy new year! ☕️

Planet Nude in review: 2025 A look back at our third year, plus predictions for 2026

Planet Nude in review: 2025
www.planetnude.co/p/planet-nud...

Yes, one blog post from one person won't make much of a difference. But adding to a chorus, and inspiring others to speak up too is more what I go for.

Anatomy of a Moral Panic – How the Daily Mail Turns Assault Victims into Villains An evidence-based analysis of manufactured outrage, and the weaponisation of child safety rhetoric

Anyone caught by the false age verification on Substack, use this link instead:
blog.berrimansbareall.uk/p/anatomy-of...

😕 They've done it again. Its like Bluesky. They erroneously flag, I appeal, they remove. It takes several days though...

Anatomy of a Moral Panic - How the Daily Mail Turns Assault Victims into Villains An evidence-based analysis of manufactured outrage, and the weaponisation of child safety rhetoric

Anatomy of a Moral Panic - How the Daily Mail Turns Assault Victims into Villains. An analysis of manufactured outrage, and the weaponisation of child safety rhetoric.
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Freedom isn’t a place you arrive at
it’s the feeling that lives in your skin.
And together, we choose it every day.
@helen.berrimansbareall.uk

Partly, maybe. Naturism isn't about how you look, though. Different people have different reason, but it usually involves the feeling and the cleanliness. Same rationale as for women. Without either underwear or hair to trap sweat then its just more skin, so stays cleaner and fresher for longer.

Merry Christmas one and all! We've had a fab day. Siobhan and Pete popped in for a drink this morning, so we had to get a Christmas photo. (Yes, Helen's earrings light up!)

with @helen.berrimansbareall.uk

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas Angie! 🎄