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Title:
Body talk : 37 voices explore our radical anatomy
ISBN:
9781616209674
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Contents:
Cover -- Adcard -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes -- Scoliosis, Spinal Fusion, and Stomach Punches -- The Body That Betrayed Me -- Do You Know About...? -- Body Take FAQs: What are the best terms to use ofr disable people? -- The Politics of Hair -- And It's Fine -- Body Talk FAQS: What does accessibility mean? -- Embrace Your Booty -- Chapter 2: On the Surface -- The Ghosts of Christmas Past, or When the Angel Learned to Shave -- Sixty-Four Teeth -- Flock -- Not by the Hair on My Chinny Chin Chin -- Body Talk FAQS: How and why do tattoos stay on our skin? -- Visible Scar Club -- Marked at Birth -- Chapter 3: Cosmic Forms -- Fifty Swimsuits -- My Body, My Feelings -- Body Talk FAQs: Is It ok to use the word fat? -- Fat Out Loud -- Thin -- My Body, A Crime -- Body Talk FAQs: What's the difference between body positivity and fat acceptance? -- Non-Skinny People Who I Think are Sexy as Hell -- Loving on Me is Prayer: Queer Journerys into Black Girl Self-Love -- Chapter 4: Below the Belt -- Please Laugh: My Cancer Diagnosis -- Kindred -- Your Complete Guide to Shane's Sex Life -- The Blood on Their Hands -- Body Talk FAQs: What are some normal side effects of menstruation? -- Five Things People Want to Know about Their Junk (and Are Afraid to Ask) -- Cry Like a Girl -- Body Talk FAQs: What is a pink tax? -- Sisterhood, Blood, and Boobs at the London Marathon 2015 -- Chapter 5: Things You Cannot See -- When You're "Broken" Like Me -- You Asexuality is Valid Whether or Not You... -- Beneath the Surface -- Body Talk FAQs: What is self-care? -- Trigger Warning -- Maybe It's Maybelline, or Maybe It's Really Not Your Business -- Body Talk FAQs: How important is sleep? -- What's the Deal with Hormones? -- Fart From the Madding Crowd -- Chapter 6: Our Whole Selves -- Body Positive -- Ode to a Spit Cup -- Body Talk FAQS: How do things like straw bans impact disabled people? -- The White Rabbit -- Roars and Whispers -- Five Ass-ential Tyra Tips for Better Body Image -- Looking "Straight" -- How Anyone Can Help Trans People in Their Lives, Written from the Perspective of a Trans Man -- My Back-Brace Year: How I Learned to Stand Tall, Even While Hunched -- Two Tools for Powerful Relaxation -- My Perreo de Shame Playlist -- Further Reading -- Contributor Bios -- Acknowledgments -- Copyright -- About the Editor.
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Summary:
Thirty-seven contributors-including model Tyra Banks, gymnast Aly Raisman, and bestselling YA authors-explore the world in their unique bodies through essays, lists, comics, and art, from the award-winning editor of (Don't) Call Me Crazy. We all experience the world in a body, but we don't usually take the time to explore what it really means to have and live in one. In this collection of essays, lists, comics and art, readers will explore how every body is unique, and tells its own story. --
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