Category: 2018 Summer – Bodies
From the Editor: Bodies
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Editor's Note
Dear Reader, The theme of this issue is “Bodies.” Body image. Gendered bodies. Bodies and health....
Read MoreThe Wrong Kind of Bisexual
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Articles
By Denarii Grace One of the myths about bi-plus identity and experience that I loathe the most is...
Read MoreBody Hair, Don’t Care
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Articles
By Stephanie Enyeart Growing up, it seemed perfectly natural that girls shaved their legs and...
Read MoreAround the World: Anne Müller, Hamburg, Germany
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Around the World, Articles
By Anne Müller I grew up in the northern part of Germany in a large farm house far away from other...
Read MoreFor a Limited Time Only
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Articles
By Lila Hartelius “…It’s great they did that for Women’s Day.” My mind snapped into focus. “What happened?” I asked a dance classmate as we redressed ourselves for the cold.“Nocibé had a 20% discount on women’s perfumes.” “Oh,”...
Read MoreWednesday Afternoon
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Poetry
By Robin Renée I give you my G-spotYou give me slick fingersI give you garbled shouts,sex beyond...
Read MoreA Rock to Stand On
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Articles
By Kristen G I stood there on that large rock, with the cool summer evening breezes caressing my...
Read More“Where Did You Get that Nasty Scar?”: A Memory Map of a Bi, Trans, Cancer Survivor’s Body
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Poetry
By Sam R. Schmitt Sometimes, I run my fingers over the numb, dead fleshwhere medical grade steel rendered cyborg machinations.“…the size of a half-dollar coin.”“…just beneath the collarbone.”“…channels vinblastine through the...
Read MoreEmbodied
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Articles
By Elsa Williams Thirty years ago, when I was 15, I turned myself into an atheist. I excised my...
Read MoreJazz Under a Full Moon/ Poem for Bill Evans
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Poetry
By Jane Barnes For Gordon I first hear you in a house wheremy mother is dying with a plastictube...
Read MoreBoobs
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Articles
By Theresa Tyree The first time I was uncomfortable with my body was when I noticed my breasts...
Read MorePortion
Aug 1, 2018 | 2018 Summer - Bodies, Articles, Poetry
By C. Thompson HeadShoulders, knees, toes Plus hands. Warm and buzzing round my waist, They...
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