Or consider Tom, a 52-year-old amputee who lost his leg below the knee to cancer. "In the textile world," he says (naturists call the clothed world "textile"), "I am my prosthetic. People stare, then look away. In the naturist club, I’m just the guy who makes a mean grilled cheese. My leg is a fact, not a tragedy."

The bottom line: Naturism is not a magic cure, but it is the most effective practice of body acceptance that currently exists.

Before we dive into the locker rooms and beaches of naturism, we need to acknowledge why so many people feel betrayed by mainstream body positivity.

The resort gate was just a simple wooden arch, but for Elena, it felt like a border between two different worlds. For years, she had viewed her body as a project—something to be "fixed," hidden under shapewear, or critiqued in fluorescent gym mirrors.

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