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Keep This to Yourself

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands December 7, 2021October 19, 2022

“I am carried, cared for, not yet touched by our culture’s casting of my body as other, as divergent. It is less like memory and more like myth.”

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

The Geography Closest In

by Longreads January 26, 2021October 19, 2022

In her new book, Miranda Ward explores the unique place of almost-motherhood — an uncertain landscape characterized by waiting, wanting, hoping, and not-knowing.

Posted inCulture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Deciphering the Language of the Body in China

by Aaron Gilbreath March 12, 2019October 19, 2022

In China, a British expat learns a whole new way to speak with her body.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

In Makeover Culture, Authenticity Doesn’t Come Cheap

by benhuberman February 6, 2017October 19, 2022

If the “real” self is inside us, why do we constantly seek to transform our outer surfaces?

Posted inQuotes

Whose Body Is It, Anyway?

by benhuberman November 23, 2016October 19, 2022

On the uncertain fate of our bodily remains.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

How a Blog Post Sparked a Retail Movement

by juliawick September 16, 2014October 19, 2022

Once in a while, a single post can spark a movement. In the summer of 2011, Gabi Gregg, who writes the blog GabiFresh, went on a quest to find a bikini; at the time, bikinis were hard to find in large sizes. When she found one, she posted a picture of herself in it, calling […]

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

What It's Like to Lose Your Arm

by heymarkarms June 12, 2014October 19, 2022

I’d always heard amputees talk about the stares and the acute awareness of being viewed as different. During my first shoot for the NewsHour with one arm, I was wearing a blazer when I met a researcher I was to interview. She left the lab, and I took my jacket off. When she returned, it […]

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