I would always be a little bit concerned about such a site run
by a woman, the worthiness might put off the men. I suppose the
best compromise would be a site run by a small group of men and
women or a couple.
At its best it was really worthwhile. Its best was showing attractive
photographs of well adjusted women comfortable with their sexuality
and promoting good causes they really believed in.
I did struggle with the fine line between showing a wider range
of shapes and sizes than the conventional definition of female beauty
and displaying images which were simply not attractive. I suppose
having somebody else to bounce ideas off would have been a help.
I felt quite bad about deciding that images were just too ugly to
show, but my wife told me some of those I did show were too ugly,
without pointing them out individually.
I suppose the best thing I can do now is to publish the comments
I receive about making this move on a separate page and add links
to other sites which are doing their bit for the cause of nudity
for a reason and attractive and tasteful depictions of nudity free
from the usual sordidness of conventional pornography.
On the whole I can say I am proud of what I achieved. I showed
many men and women that nudity need not be sordid. But I took it
as far as I could, to go on would have meant changing the rest of
the site too much, I had created a monster.
--
Martin Willett
http://mwillett.org
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