Body Shame, Toxic Masculinity, & American Waistlines
(an excerpt from the upcoming book, Journey to the Ecstatic Self) My husband and I were traveling in Germany and wanted to experience some local culture. There, nudity is a social pastime—the Germans enjoy getting naked at beaches, in the woods, and at government-run bathing complexes. We were advised to patron one of Munich’s state-sponsored bathhouses—and when we arrived, we …