Digital Issue: Annual BODY

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The BODY Issue, June / July 2021, Vol 6, No 3, 107 pages

We are diving deep into all the body issues that a breast cancer diagnosis brings, from surgery decisions and aftermath to grappling with hair loss. But we are also going way beyond that in this issue to other aspects of “body” to weight and body image, to eating disorders, to sexual health, and on to what it means to be feminine after facing a cancer that attacks the most female body parts. We hope you enjoy this issue and that reading it allows you to see yourself reflected back in these stories and images and know deep down that you are not alone.

Contents:

That Time I Loved My Body a poem by Andrea Caron | The Breast Cancer Portrait Project by Missy Peters | War and Treaty by Ela Denison Brown | What My Medical File Won’t Tell You by Tracy Cushing | The Crystal Ball by Tara Dalton Mehlich | The Victoria’s Secret Exploration by Audrey Engemoen | Can Someone Wake Me From This Nightmare, Please? a poem by Lauren Fields with art by Melanie Lynn Penn | Fuck the Algoritm a poem by Lindsey Baguio Gerhard | No Time for Cancer by Christi Anne Gibson | Crawling in My Skin by Mila Knight | The Chocolate Chip Cookie Tht Broke the Camel’s Back by Madison Hager | Shattered by Emily-Kate Niskey | One Breasted by Grace Lewis | Naked Narrative by Katie Murray | Today I Woke Up a poem by Lindsay Lupi | The Day My Nipple Fell Off by Laurie Hessen Pomeranz | Leos Are All About The Hair by Kaari Sinnaeve | My Body in Ten Acts by Denise Archer | From Nothing to Everything by Julia Wolinski | Shamelessly Feminine a photo story by Jen Rozenbaum | Behind the Lens by Jessica Fox | More Than My Hair by Angie Metts | Beautiful You a poem by Tawny Rachelle

Additional Contributors: Megan Austin, Gina Bova, Brittney Creel, Stephanie Kinkel, Amy Lang, Kathi Lenz, Veronica Leonardo, Grace Murphy, Sarah Ray, and Melissa Stone

PLUS: Tell Your Story Writing Prompt

Cover image by The Breast Cancer Portrait Project - Missy Peters