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22nd October 2023

The empowering adventure of social nudity

The best adventures bring us beyond our comfort zones, ask us to be vulnerable, and allow us to grow into a new, more expansive normality by rising to the challenge. Which, as Meleasha Carbado explores, makes social nudity one hell of an adventure.

22nd October 2023

After a year in jail, it's good to be back

How would it feel, as a nature lover, to be locked behind bars for a year? And what does this deprivation tell us about our criminal-justice system? David Campbell reflects on a year imprisoned.

Authors

Cat Runner

Cat Runner

Cat Runner is a transgender photographer, athlete, and community leader. Raised in Kentucky, he primarily focuses on rock climbing, which led to success on HBO's The Climb - the first televised outdoor climbing competition of its kind. In 2022, he founded the Queer Climber's Network, an organization and database focused on helping queer climbers connect with each other, instructors, educational programs, and professionals within the climbing industry. He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Red River Gorge Climbers' Coalition and works with other community organizers to implement programming that makes the climbing community more inclusive and accessible to affinity identities. He is supported by prAna, Rhino Skin Solutions, and Organic Climbing.

Meleasha Carbado

Meleasha Carbado

Meleasha Carbado is from Birmingham. She currently travels around the UK working at festivals with her lovely boyfriend Chris as part of festival venue The Magic Teapot. A naturist for over five years, she now holds the voluntary post of Equality and Diversity Officer at British Naturism. As a woman of mixed English, Jamaican and Cuban heritage, and proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, fighting for equality and diversity in all spaces and having a sense of community is really important to her. Beyond naturism, she is an avid yoga fan, recently becoming a certified yoga teacher. She also loves travelling on a budget, volunteering, Lidl’s bakery section and anything arty or creative.

David Campbell

David Campbell

David Campbell is a writer, translator, and former antifascist political prisoner. A PEN America Writing for Justice 2021 Fellowship finalist, his writing has appeared in publications including Slate, Huffington Post, and the Appeal, and he is currently writing a book about his time on Rikers Island.

Events

Love Trails Festival

14th July 2018
Gower Peninsula, Wales