Bodies

People | Bodies
Women in the Fracklands: On Water, Land, Bodies, and Standing Rock

“Who is responsible for and to this woman, her safety, her body, her memory?”

Jan 3, 2017
People | Bodies
Why I Never “Fixed” My Teeth

I was offered the chance to erase the most visible sign of my poverty.

Nov 14, 2016
People | Bodies
Matter Over Mind

“I was cast as the needy patient, clamoring for attention.”

Nov 2, 2016
People | Bodies
Of Course By Now You Know This Story

“I am angry that words are never just words.”

Nov 1, 2016
People | Bodies
The Boy Who Groped Me and the Flute Case That Saved Me

“There was no doubt in my mind that he was working up his nerve to do something unwelcome.”

Oct 27, 2016
People | Bodies
When the Body Breaks Its Silence

“Women’s bodies, I was taught, must be a special kind of strong. Women’s bodies must quietly endure.”

Oct 25, 2016
People | Bodies
Out-Asianed

My mother, sister, and I thought we’d fit in at the Japanese spa. Then we found out what “bathing suit optional” actually means.

Sep 30, 2016
People | Bodies
When You Are Waiting to Be Healed

“I felt like I was a piece of clockwork waiting to be fixed.”

Sep 22, 2016
People | Bodies
The Other Side of a Smile

“Smiling is a black man’s telekinesis.”

Jun 7, 2016
People | Bodies
Connecting the Dots

“You may not remember, but you haven’t forgotten.”

Jan 26, 2016