This is the ultimate goal of body positivity: Not "I love my thighs," but "My thighs exist and allow me to walk to the pool." Naturism doesn't force you to love your body; it removes the pressure to judge it at all.

For a society saturated with idealized images and body surveillance, the combination of body-positive ideology and naturist practice represents a radical, and healing, alternative.

Here is a detailed exploration of how these two movements intertwine, heal, and empower.