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Barefoot Man Joins Forces with World Naked Bike Ride London for Unprecedented Collaboration 
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Barefoot Man Joins Forces with World Naked Bike Ride London for Unprecedented Collaboration 
Barefoot Man is proud to be working with the World Naked Bike Ride (WNBR) in London on creating content about issues tha…
The WR Museum: Celebrating Our History of Open Dialogue through Accessible Art 
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The WR Museum: Celebrating Our History of Open Dialogue through Accessible Art 
The Warwick Rowers began as a humble student calendar initiative, but over the years it has evolved into a much bigger c…
Barefoot Man: Towards Open Source Humanity 
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Barefoot Man: Towards Open Source Humanity 
When we began our project as the Warwick Rowers calendar back in 2009, the world and the internet were both very differe…
Barefoot Blades:  Men as Allies at the World Naked Bike Ride 
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Barefoot Blades:  Men as Allies at the World Naked Bike Ride 
We recently released a documentary film about the different experiences of men and women at the 2024 World Naked Bike Ri…
The Barefoot Poet 
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The Barefoot Poet 
Angus Malcolm on his journey from writing to photography – and back to words  When I first picked up a camera…
Feeling February?  How To Beat the Blues! 
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Feeling February?  How To Beat the Blues! 
February is often characterized by cold, dreary weather and shorter days in the Northern Hemisphere.  It can be a c…
Boys II Men: Educators on the Rise of Misogyny in Younger Generations 
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Boys II Men: Educators on the Rise of Misogyny in Younger Generations 
At Barefoot Man, we focus on supporting men of all ages to revisit and perhaps unlearn the rules they were taught as boy…
We Are Here, But Are We Queer? 
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We Are Here, But Are We Queer? 
The word “queer” has a rich and complex history, evolving significantly over time in both its meaning and so…
A Quick Debrief on Body Shaming 
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A Quick Debrief on Body Shaming 
Body shaming is a widespread issue that negatively impacts individuals of all genders, leading to significant psychologi…
Body Politics:  How We Look and How We Judge 
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Body Politics:  How We Look and How We Judge 
When we post images on social media, we often get comments about the bodies of the men we feature.  Some supporters…
The Return of Nudity to the Olympic Games
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The Return of Nudity to the Olympic Games
A Story by Chat GPT4 In 2040, the Olympic Committee was facing a crisis. Viewership had plummeted, and public interest h…
Explicit nudity is creeping back onto our screens - but only from women!
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Explicit nudity is creeping back onto our screens – but only from women!
Barefoot Man cares about how we look at the naked body. That includes addressing the lack of gender parity in nudity tha…
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Lessons from a Pandemic
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Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Lessons from a Pandemic
On behalf of everyone at Barefoot Man, I want to welcome our new members on the Talking Barefoot WhatsApp channel. We ho…
Take ALL The Intersections! 
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Take ALL The Intersections! 
Notes from Our Journey  When we started out as the Warwick Rowers, we were a group of fairly privileged, university…
For the Roaring Twenties Revisited, Men Need To Kick Their Shoes Off and Dance!
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For the Roaring Twenties Revisited, Men Need To Kick Their Shoes Off and Dance!
It’s nearly 2024 and it’s not entirely clear how the 2020s are going to go. Is there still time for them to …
Rebranding the Penis as a Peace Symbol
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Rebranding the Penis as a Peace Symbol
Our posts on social media are censored to conform to the rules set by Instagram. Back in the very early days of our proj…
No Ifs, Plenty of Butts
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No Ifs, Plenty of Butts
Why We Are Looking at Buttholes  There was a time when the WR project would have edited buttholes out of our films …
C'Mon, Barbie! Let's Go Party!
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C’Mon, Barbie! Let’s Go Party!
I had read the reviews.  So when I settled into my seat for the new Barbie movie, I was already looking forward to hea…
Worldwide Roar is now Barefoot Man
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Worldwide Roar is now Barefoot Man
A brand name is more than a tag. It embodies an organisation’s essence, beliefs and vision. Changing brand name is…
The Barefoot Manhug
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The Barefoot Manhug
HUGGING TREES USED TO BE CONSIDERED BORDERLINE CRAZY. NOW IT FEELS LIKE WE ALL NEED TO HUG THE TREES WHILE WE STILL HAVE…
Would You Like to Buy the World a WR Calendar? It's the New Real Thing! 
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Would You Like to Buy the World a WR Calendar? It’s the New Real Thing! 
The video below is the “I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke” ad from Coca Cola’s 1971 “It&#82…
Celebrate your visibility! Put us up against the wall!
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Celebrate your visibility! Put us up against the wall!
TO: Everyone Who Believes in Gender Equality in Nudity FROM: The Calendar Men of WR23 SUBJECT: Operation Debrief Men BAC…
Sport Allies Scores As Beckham Gets The Red Card!  Our Charity Welcomes £5000 Donation From Joe Lycett
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Sport Allies Scores As Beckham Gets The Red Card!  Our Charity Welcomes £5000 Donation From Joe Lycett
Sport Allies is the small charity (registration number 1169945) that we set up in 2014 and have been funding ever since …
Our Take On Qatar
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Our Take On Qatar
Angus Malcolm recently responded to questions from the Thomson Reuters Foundation regarding the Qatar World Cup:  W…
Our Letter to Queen Elizabeth
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Our Letter to Queen Elizabeth
Whatever you might think about her accidental ascent to becoming a head of state, Queen Elizabeth II became the formal l…
A Bigger Family Christmas
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A Bigger Family Christmas
This Christmas, as every year, we have posted pictures from 2014 of Tristan and his Warwick Rowers 2015 calendar buddies…
Yes, ALL Men!
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Yes, ALL Men!
An earlier version of the following blog by our photographer, Angus Malcolm, was originally commissioned and published b…
Join the Roar!
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Join the Roar!
#MentalHealthAwarenessWeek2021 has been about the importance of nature to our wellbeing.  It was a very approp…
Ask for help and embrace the response.
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Ask for help and embrace the response.
WR for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021 Today we bring you the last of the five principles for healthier masculinity an…
Together and committed, we can create change.
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Together and committed, we can create change.
We have always presented male nudity as a gesture of respect by men living in a culture that has for too long privileged…
Share your thoughts and let your life be part of the conversation
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Share your thoughts and let your life be part of the conversation
It is always good to talk.  Communication is at the heart of our own mental health as well as our relationships wit…
Get in touch with yourself, with other people, and the world around you.
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Get in touch with yourself, with other people, and the world around you.
For our third blog post for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021, we go back to 2015 and our famously cheeky ‘handprints�…
Become more conscious of the rules you live by, and feel free to change them.
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Become more conscious of the rules you live by, and feel free to change them.
For the second in our series of blogs for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021, we go back to 2014. It was a big year for u…
WR for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
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WR for Mental Health Awareness Week 2021
This week is Mental Health Awareness Week, with a focus on nature. At WR we have embraced nudity in nature as a way of h…
International Men’s Day: Share the Message of Robbie Manson and WR!
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International Men’s Day: Share the Message of Robbie Manson and WR!
We know you care about men as much as we do. Today is International Men’s Day and we want to celebrate by sharing with…
Become a WR Core Funder
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Become a WR Core Funder
The WR calendar started out at one university sports club. For over twelve years, it has enabled dozens of mal…
Why male nudity matters
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Why male nudity matters
Our project was built on creating and promoting disruptive perspectives on the male body.  As we have explored how …
Does Masculinity Need A Make-Over?
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Does Masculinity Need A Make-Over?
In a recent post about our new website, I identified a parallel between the work we’ve been doing to develop our proje…
WR: Healthier Masculinity Under Construction
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WR: Healthier Masculinity Under Construction
Welcome to our new website! We’ve finally gone live after months of planning and countless zoom meetings throughout va…