The bodies you don't see in naturist brochures (and why they matter most)

From full-sleeve tattoos to ostomy bags, the naturist movement is finally embracing bodies that live outside the magazine spread.

There’s a certain irony to the fact that naturism, a movement built on radical body acceptance, has often showcased the same airbrushed aesthetic as everything else. You know the type: tanned, taut, conspicuously young bodies frolicking in some European meadow, not a surgical scar or insulin pump in sight. But let me tell you something: the revolution h…