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I can't get let go of the fact that Reagan, another celebrity-turned-awful-President, came into office in 1980 with an almost completely red electoral map. He then proceeded to hand the country over to Wall Street, the 1%, and Christian Fundamentalists. I want to see what other parallels there are, if we learned anything, and if there's anything that can be done.

The act of taking off your clothes is erotic because it is the "transit" between one state of being and another. Which probably explains the enduring popularity of the striptease: it excites the imagination. It's not what you wear but what we imagine you look like in the act of taking it off and what we'll be doing once you do take it off that is arousing. In other words: it's all in our head.

"I found myself getting more relaxed with the whole nonsexual social nude thing and the American attitude about the naked body became more and more laughable. Not because it's funny, but because it's so extreme. Why are we infusing our nakedness with guilt and shame? Why is skinny-dipping seen as some form of perversion?"