Body Outlaw

I am enjoying the readings in "Body Outlaws" especially since the end of the stories end in the author's point of view completely 360-ing. I think a lot of us, especially women, can relate to something in our life that our mind went from negativity and confusion to complete acceptance and serenity.

I really enjoyed "Strip!" because I could completely understand the notion of conqering your self-consciousness by stripping down in front of someone, or in this case a huge room of people, and realizing your not as wacky as you think you are. You can't help the way you look but why is there such a invisible weight and pressure. There is such a high standard but why?

I can only imagine what it would be like to be the author of Strip! Your body, mind, and everyday actions would stress you out constantly due to societal pressures. I see it in everyday life, if someone doesn't look "normal" especially coinsiding with their gender stereotypes, people will talk. If someone who is a man that looks like a woman, or vise versa, I sadly guarantee someone in a crowd will talk. I've seen this first hand with a girl I work with, a man and his younger son had a bet if she was a male or female.

We should reach out.