Felicity Jones (naturist)

Felicity Jones is an American naturist blogging under an alias for the Young Naturist America. She is widely known for her movement towards nudism and feminism. Jones is a feminist who is adamant about female self-acceptance, obliterating fat shaming and general ideals in keeping with the feminist way of thinking. She encourages acceptance of sexuality and social nudism in daily life and in and self investment in art of any form. Felicity has been a contributor for magazines such as Failure Magazine, Internaturally and the bulletin. She continues to be a notable figure in the naturist movement.

Felicity Jones (pen name) was born July 20, 1988 in Newton, New Jersey is one of the co-founders of Young Naturists America. Her blog, created in November 2010, is part of the Young Naturists America site. It contains a variety of topics such as nudism, social nude activities, feminism, and art projects.

Since the creation of her blog, she has been interviewed by a number of news publications seeking information about nudism and specifically the Young Nudist Movement.

Over the three years that she has been publishing, she has been steadily shifting focus. When she first started, Jones' blog posts were mostly about the nudist movement and her own personal experiences growing up as a third-generation nudist in America. In early 2011, Jones began writing about a broader range of topics. She believes the United States has many core social issues that could be greatly diminished by incorporating more social nudity into people's lives. Some of the broader social issues she now talks about on her blog include feminism, sexuality, body image, fat shaming, and cyber bullying.

On November 7, 2013, reporter Hilary Cadigan wrote an article for Chiang Mai News titled "Naked Brunch."[1] While the article mostly dealt with Thailand’s first clothing-optional resort, The Oriental Village, the reporter cited Felicity's article, "Why Women Should See Other Women’s Naked Bodies," as it dealt with body acceptance through social nudity.

Jones takes part in social activism. With the aim of promoting body acceptance, she has participated in public art projects by artists such as Zefrey Throwell and body painter Andy Golub. While the art projects themselves are varied, they have all had a single common connecting factor, which is the incorporation of public nudity.

On August 3, 2013, Jones was interviewed by journalist Bill Briggs for a featured article on NBC News about the lack of young nudists in America.[2] Jones was then quoted in a Digital Journal follow-up news article.[3]

On August 4, as featured in the local news site The Citizen / AuburnPub.com,[4] Jones attended the annual Northeast Naturist Festival in upstate New York. This festival is where naturists congregate and talk about issues facing the movement.

On January 18, 2013, Jones was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal about an off Broadway naked comedy show that she co-produced.[5] In Early 2013, the Fire Island National Seashore authorities decided to close Fire Island's nude beach. Jones was interviewed with regards to this issue by both the New York Times[6] as well as News Day.[7] She was also cited in the Huffington Post[8] and the Long Island News website.[9]

On January 22, 2013, Jones was interviewed by the Chicago Tribune[10] about the impending San Francisco anti nudity legislation as well as her thoughts about the current lack of younger people who are involved with naturism.

On May 2, 2013 Jones was interviewed by Nancy Redd for Huffington Post Live. The segment was called "Let's Get Naked".[11] She was also interviewed on October 19, 2012 by Hollywood Today for a piece about censorship titled "Censorship and Social Networks – violence is in. Nipples are out!"[12]

On June 26, 2015, Felicity, explained why naturism is a positive impact on body image[13] - a central topic in her writings.

In August 2011 Jones participated in an nude art project called Ocularpation: Wall Street[14][15] by Zefrey Throwell.[16] During this art performance she was arrested by the NYPD for disrupting the peace and for blocking traffic; the charges were dropped a few months later.

Later in 2011, Jones also participated in an additional performance, this time a week-long game of strip poker in the window of an art gallery titled "I'll Raise You One"[17] by the same artist which was covered by the NY Post and The Village Voice.[18]

Her latest art performance took place in July 2012 and was the brainchild of artist Andy Golub. Jones and a few other members of Young Naturists America got completely naked in Times Square and had their bodies painted by Golub. The performance attracted hundreds of spectators who clamored to get pictures of the naked models. This event was covered by Vice Magazine, which published an article titled: "WAITING FOR THE PANTIES TO DROP IN TIMES SQUARE."[19] This prompted her response blog post, "Naked Body Painting in the Heart of New York City."[20]

She has also been working to promote top-free rights for women and had her first Top Free Day In Central Park in the summer of 2011. During this event, she forced men to wear bras while the women were topless.[21]

She has written for publications such as Failure Magazine,[22] Internaturally, and the Bulletin.

Felicity has also been featured in Playboy[23] and the New York Observer.[24] She has also been a contributor to such publications such as New York Magazine [25] /,[26]

References

  1. ↑ Cadigan, Hilary (2013-11-07). "Naked Brunch". chiangmainews.com.
  2. ↑ Briggs, Bill (2013-08-03). "Naked truth: Aging nudists seek new skin in the game as ranks dwindle". nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  3. ↑ Hondro, Marcus (2013-08-15). "Nudism numbers in America drop, younger nudists going it alone". auburnpub.com. Retrieved 2013-08-15.
  4. ↑ Condon, Sarah Jean (2013-08-04). "Local Photo Gallery: Naturist festival in Moravia". auburnpub.com. Retrieved 2013-08-03.
  5. ↑ Maloney, Jennifer. "For New York Nudists, Winter Is No Joke - Metropolis - WSJ". Blogs.wsj.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  6. ↑ Santora, Marc (2013-02-27). "This Summer, Fire Island Isn’t the Place to Bare All". http://www.nytimes.com/.
  7. ↑ Ruud, Candice (2013-02-26). "Officials ban nude sunbathing on Fire Island Newsday". http://www.newsday.com/.
  8. ↑ "Nude Sunbathing On Fire Island Banned By Officials After Complaints Of Assault, Sex". http://www.huffingtonpost.com/. 2013-02-27.
  9. ↑ "Nude Sunbathing Banned on Fire Island". http://www.longisland.com/. 2013-02-28.
  10. ↑ Schwem, Greg (2013). "Where are all the young nudes? - Lifestyle - Chicago Tribune". http://www.chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2013-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
  11. ↑ Redd, Nancy (2013-05-02). "Lets Get Naked". http://live.huffingtonpost.com/.
  12. ↑ Howard, Ane (2012-10-19). "Censorship and Social Networks – violence is in. Nipples are out". hollywoodtoday.net.
  13. ↑ Fallon, Claire. "Take It Off! The Fine Art Of Getting Naked In A Clothed World". huffingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  14. ↑ "Artist Zefrey Throwell stages a nudie happening on Wall Street - artnet Magazine". Artnet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  15. ↑ Ryzik, Melena (2011-08-01). "Zefrey Throwell's 'Ocularpation: Wall Street'". The New York Times.
  16. ↑ "Zefrey Does This Vacant Staring And Clicking As Well, You Are Not Alone". Zefrey.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  17. ↑ NY Post Video About I'll Raise You One
  18. ↑ "Seven-Day Strip Poker Game Starts Saturday in Tribeca (Don't Worry, It's Art) - Village Voice". blogs.villagevoice.com. Retrieved 2013-01-22.
  19. ↑ Cooper, Wilbert L. (2012-07-17). "Waiting for the Panties to Drop in Times Square". VICE. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  20. ↑ "Naked Body Painting in the Heart of NYC | Andy Golub & YNA". Youngnaturistsamerica.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  21. ↑ "Top Free Day | Go Topless Day In Central Park | Topless New York". Youngnaturistsamerica.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  22. ↑ Felicity as part of Failure Analysis. "Felicity on the Surprising Success of Young Naturists America |". Failuremag.com. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
  23. ↑ Molly Oswaks (April 21, 2015). "A NEW GENERATION OF NUDISTS IS RETHINKING AU NATUREL". playboy.com.
  24. ↑ Abby Ellin (July 21, 2015). "Naked in New York: Why More of Us Are Taking It All Off". observer.com. Retrieved 2015-07-21.
  25. ↑ Maureen O'Connor (July 2, 2015). "How to Flirt and Make Friends at a Nude Beach". nymag.com.
  26. ↑ Margaret Rhodes (June 14, 2015). "How to Swim All By Yourself". nymag.com. Retrieved 2015-06-14.

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