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RECLAIMING OUR BODIES

“The majority cares little for ideals and integrity. What it craves is display.”

-- Emma Goldman

The contemporary breast is in crisis. It cries out for attention, dignity, love and respect. Women must learn to stop warring with their bodies and learn to love them unconditionally. Paradoxically, it is often breast cancer that serves as the wake-up call to rescue the breast from its distorted status. As one woman said: ‘Amazon women in Greek mythology removed a breast to become master archers and warriors; similarly, we must remove the shackles of breast ideology.’

~ Michal Schonbrun

“For women... bras, panties, bathing suits, and other stereotypical gear are visual reminders of a commercial, idealized feminine image that our real and diverse female bodies can’t possibly fit. Without these visual references, each individual woman’s body demands to be accepted on its own terms. We stop being comparatives. We begin to be unique.”

-- Gloria Steinem

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