Posts Tagged: tumor
Fool Me Once
The first time I had my breasts removed was hard. The second time, less so.
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It’s a Beautiful (Toxic) Life
My defensiveness has never been what’s saved me.
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The Algorithm of Love
The life I had doesn’t flash like I see in movies. The life I want is what stares ahead.
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CAN-CER-VIVE
I’ve only had breast cancer once and already I know too much.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: The Basement
Looking back, it feels like I knew.
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Naked in Japan
Thin bodies, thick bodies, fit bodies, round bodies. I’d never seen so much flesh.
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What Did You Expect, Though?
The immune system, meant to protect a body from foreign invaders, works too assiduously, sees danger where there is none, turns on itself. Such conditions lend themselves to metaphor.
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What to Read When It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month
A list of books that offer various ways to understand what breast cancer means in our lives, individually and collectively.
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Rumpus Original Fiction: Grace
After the anger came a deep, resigned sadness, as if her cruise were canceled at the last minute. She’s stuck on the shore of her life, watching everyone she loves sail into the distance.
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Transformation and Transcendence: The Power of Female Friendship
Here’s the truth: friendships between women are often the deepest and most profound love stories.
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