It was written by Helen Reitman under the pseudonym Jan Gay, and told the story of a Midwestern woman discovering the joys of German nudism and criticizing capitalism.
Two non-fiction books came out, Nudism in Modern Life the new Gymnophosophy Gymnophysy? Gymnossophy? I never heard of that word. Jan Gay's On Going Naked.
— Episode: 391 - The Nudists
Episode: 391 - The Nudists
It was written by Helen Reitman under the pseudonym Jan Gay, and told the story of a Midwestern woman discovering the joys of German nudism and criticizing capitalism.
Two non-fiction books came out, Nudism in Modern Life the new Gymnophosophy Gymnophysy? Gymnossophy? I never heard of that word. Jan Gay's On Going Naked.
Jan Gay's real name was Helen Reitman. Her father was president of the Chicago Hobo College, Ben Reitman.
Her book was about an extremely repressed midwestern girl who discovers the ecstatic freedom of outdoor German nudism.
These books introduced Americans to nudism and talked shit about capitalism.