Wow. So it seems that some people don't find Nakedjen so wonderful or uplifting. While I know that this person who wrote this actually did take time to peruse Nakedjen and to read at least some of this blog, I still think he missed the point. Somewhat.
And that's okay. I suppose to some people I am something awful!
I'm not here to please everyone. Obviously.
I'll say it again. I'm here, even if some find it to be something awful, to encourage all of us to love the bodies that we have. Every.single.inch. The odd upper gums, the flabby thighs, the paunchy stomachs.
Every single bit.
We're encouraged by the media and by others to hate our bodies. To hate ourselves. And that hatred seeps in. It makes us less than we can and should be. And that just isn't right. Hatred of ourselves spawns more hatred. And pretty soon we're an angry war-mongering society that has forgotten how to love.
I may look like a two year old to Zach Parsons, but so what? That's just in his eyes.
I love my body. I love me. And I'm going to keep encouraging all of you to love yourselves, as well. Love starts with you. You loving you.
Yes, even you, Zach Parsons. Show yourself some love.
Yeah, well, for what it's worth your gums look exceedingly healthy.
And Zack certainly spent a hell of a lot of time perusing your blog and pics, didn't he?
Sounds like a twenty-something-year-old wrestling with the idea that he finds older women oddly erotic.
Maybe one day he'll learn that it's all in the mind, and that his brain is his most valuable organ when it comes to enjoying sex.
Posted by: Wharf Rat | 29 June 2007 at 12:12 PM
You are my hero, your grace and integrity keep me coming back. Lots of us "get it" and you inspire us.
Posted by: Deb | 27 June 2007 at 10:52 AM
dear jen
i am probably your only reader from germany, so i guess its time to say hi from far away.
i think that zack is a complete moron, so its best to just ignore him. i am 10 years younger than u and i find u wonderful - u should not care about things an idiot without taste writes :)
stay naked!
Posted by: Hephaestos | 26 June 2007 at 01:56 AM
thank you for this post. thank you for this blog! i think you are truly something wonderful.
Posted by: UrbanHippieMama | 26 June 2007 at 01:30 AM
It's not Del Griffith that bothers me; after all, Matthew 26:9 says "...the idiots ye have always with you..."
It's the P.H. reference. I don't think of your blog as being about nudity. It's about respect for your self and honesty in the form that the financial press calls "transparency."
As lovely as my eyes find your body, it's your attitude that is so overwhelmingly appealing. I can't believe you've ever had a P.H. moment - that is, vanity wrapped up in cluelessness - since you became an adult.
I hear references to her being a child, but she's 26. Most women are more mature than she is by the time they are half her age.
The world needs more NakedJenism - not the taking off of clothes, which is impractical in a northern winter or when frying bacon, but the adoption of personal integrity. And no P.H. moments. None at all.
Posted by: Harl Delos | 25 June 2007 at 12:22 PM
I love your site. Don't let them get you down! You have a GREAT body! Wish I had your courage!
Posted by: wantedinindiana | 25 June 2007 at 12:10 PM
Fucker. If I wasn't a little old lady I'd go kick his ass. [Well, not so little but you get my drift.]
Posted by: bornfamous | 25 June 2007 at 11:27 AM
Brava, my NakedFriend.
And to Zach: In the words of Del Griffith, "You wanna hurt me? Go right ahead if it makes you feel any better. I'm an easy target. Yeah, you're right, I talk too much. I also listen too much. I could be a cold-hearted cynic like you... but I don't like to hurt people's feelings. Well, you think what you want about me; I'm not changing. I like... I like me. My wife likes me. My customers like me. 'Cause I'm the real article. What you see is what you get."
Posted by: mossum | 25 June 2007 at 09:51 AM
Um, he's a doofus. Seriously.
Posted by: Dana | 25 June 2007 at 06:35 AM
Well, I don't care what Zack from Something Awful says, I think you and your blog rocks!
Posted by: Great Blistering Barnacles | 25 June 2007 at 12:03 AM
I bet you gleaned a lot more fans from SA than you think.
We're rooting for you, Paris...I mean, Jen.
Posted by: JerrellAllen | 24 June 2007 at 08:31 PM
Well, now that I know it's Zach who is the final arbiter of who and what is attractive, I'll finally be able to stop thinking for myself.
I hope he has a manual so we can all keep up with his judgments. (I'm sure he is young and gorgeous as well as brilliant... *smirk*)
Posted by: pocketlama | 24 June 2007 at 07:22 PM
What a prick. Geez. I heart you!
Posted by: Sarah | 24 June 2007 at 04:06 PM