here's a poll as research for my "isms of #nudism / #naturism" video idea that will highlight the barriers that so many face against participating in nonsexual public nudity, like #ableism #racism #transphobia #sexism anti #tattoo or #bodyModification , economic instability/being poor, and so on. Boosts appreciated!

Please only answer if you identify as a nudist, naturist, or otherwise nonsexual public nudity supporter. Feel free to reply with custom answers as well!

Are you...

After deciding it felt right to make a character in #Modders #Jewish, I wanted to do a little bit of digging, because I know #Tattoos and #Piercings aren't considered #kosher, and her whole family has some far more extreme #BodyModification going on. (Furries)

Came across an interesting article which points out that the specific line in the #Torah / #OldTestament, #Leviticus 19:28, is somewhat vague and seems to apply more to 1) not self-mutilating for the dead or an idol, and 2) that God is not asking anyone to self mutilate. Also, when we apply that to the context of things happening at the time, we see some pretty brutal practices, and some pretty severe infection risks. That's sort of vagueness and context is common for Leviticus.

So I wonder if, in a future where these #BodyMods are common, and "Image of God" is not as widely interpreted to be a statement of physical likeness, could the opinion of what is "kosher" in itself be different here?

https://lionstale.org/1025/features/exploring-body-modifications-through-the-lens-of-judaism/

#FediPoll time!

Settle my argument that the subculture described in my #Scifi setting of #Modders is not unreasonable...

Imagine you lived in a future where #BodyModification technology was at the point that you could quickly and cheaply get pretty much a full rework of your body, and one of these was a potentially reversible procedure to make you an IRL #Furry by giving you #anthropomorphic #animals features, such as fur, tail, muzzle, etc. Imagine this is mature technology, and normalized enough, that there will be no medical or societal ramifications if you get such modifications.

Do you get the #BodyMods to make you a Furry?

(Please #boost this #poll and respond in the comments: I want to hear what kind of Body Mods you would get, and may use that in my #Writing!)

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Let's see if anyone else responds in the last 6 24 48 72 hours...

This is the #Modders #microfiction going through my head this morning, and it addresses something I keep thinking of, so I figured I'd write it down. For those who somehow haven't seen these, this is a hard #Scifi setting, set in 2120s North America, where humans use surgical machines and chemicals for extreme #BodyModification, which includes #furries turning themselves into #anthro animals...

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A pair of adult opossums sat on one of the benches on their wide second-story balcony, overlooking the little backyard gardens nestled between the group of old townhomes, the style giving away that they'd been built way back in the 2040s, when the city was less dense, before either of them were born really.

The ocean breeze was making it this far inland this morning, rustling cooly through their bare fur as they sat in the warm rays of the rising midday sun, which had made its way over was shining down on the rooftops.

I really ought to write some #NoNutsNovember / #Nullvember #erotica. It really is one of my favorite #BodyModification s.

Ideas are going through my head, but I just haven't sat down with them...

I don't like to talk about politics on this account. There comes a point where we must. 4 days before the most important election in #US history is one of them. I would've liked to have posted this sooner, but I really didn't want to cut into my already disrupted October plans.

I have to post this now.

I think it's obvious at this point that I support Kamala Harris and the Democrats in this election, and I think it's obvious why, as a #queer and #disabled #transgender #furry, I would support the party that has given people like me more protections over the one that has openly tried to go after them.

I need not remind people of the years we've spent fighting against Republicans on #GayMarriage, #TransRights, #Disability protections like the #ADA, Pro-Choice issues even beyond abortion and #BodyModification into #BodilyAutonomy in general, and claims that #furries are trying to "put litterboxes in school #bathrooms."

This thread is not about any of those things.

READ ON.

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Suddenly realizing that, in the 2120s, when mainstreaming of #PublicNudity, #BodyModification, and #furries have made people who don't wear clothing and / or look like anthro animals common...

...the covers of #Rap #albums are going to look super interesting.

Like, imagine these muscled and tattooed rappers posing naked on album covers. Not like a sex thing, just, they didn't feel like putting on clothing for the photo shoot, because they wanted to show off their bodies on the cover.

Imagine there's like a group of rappers on a cover, and they're all like lions and hyenas. (except #Eminem who's fursona is a rabbit)

Imagine #NickiMinaj showing full genitals on an album cover, wearing nothing but body paint.

Imagine if #SnoopDogg was literally a dog.

This is my vision of the #future, and I love it.

Study: Three skulls of medieval Viking women were deliberately elongated - Enlarge / Artificially modified skull from a female Viking individual i... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2014895 #forensicanthropology #forensicarchaeology #bodymodification #archaeology #dnaanalysis #science #vikings

New #Piercings came out nice, very good experience and the artist was great!

It's been like over 5 years since I've been pierced, so that was a thing in itself

In for a considerable healing process... #bodymodification #bodypositivity