“For a woman, writing publicly about her body is an act of courage. A body that society commodifies, objectifies and violates throughout her life—until it is ignored and rendered invisible in her elder years. Writing about her body is an act of self-respect, and one of the most radical things a woman can do is to respect her body.

One of the most radical things a human can do is view their body as more than a collection of functions in service to their ego, but to see it as a vessel for their soul—their shapeless, ethereal, ever-evolving soul. The soul doesn’t care if they win or lose in the traditional sense, they only care that they live a life that is true to them.

The essays in this anthology tenderly and triumphantly speak to the unique and yet shared experience of being a soul in the form of a female body. From eating disorders and injuries to childbirth and menstruation, these stories are a homecoming. A reunion of body, mind and soul through written word.”

—Dr. Rachel Allyn, Ph.D., licensed psychologist and author of The Pleasure Is all Yours