In 2010, the Fluffernutters and Hedonism community raised about $70,000 to pay for travel and lifesaving medical care for Hedonism’s night manager, who had suffered a potentially lethal brain aneurysm.Īs Fluffernutters members tried to explain what Hedonism means to them, they invariably reached a point where they gave up and said something like, You just have to go and experience it for yourself. After Hurricane Sandy, a Fluffernutters couple from Texas loaded a truck with building materials and a generator and drove to the New York area to help members who had been hit by the storm. Fluffernutters often open their homes to other members after meeting only once or twice. Gross insists that going to Hedonism creates strong friendships. Paradoxically, getting naked makes everyone less self-conscious. Status markers disappear almost entirely a mantra among Fluffernutters has become “Nudity is the great equalizer.” Women, especially, say that being surrounded by naked people of all shapes and sizes makes body-image concerns go on hiatus. By shedding their clothes and their inhibitions, they escape their everyday lives and insecurities. Photographs by Brian Finkeĭespite its name, Hedonism is about more than simply getting off, the resort’s fans say. Clockwise from left, a threesome enjoy some after-dinner play Hedonism II’s five bars ensure that drinks are readily available a couple makes out by the pool.

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