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Unruly Bodies

Listen to the anthology from Roxane Gay & Medium.

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Megan Carpentier in Gay Mag

Fibroids

The body plagued by little bloodsuckers

Kima Jones in Gay Mag

The Body of My Father

Poet Kima Jones celebrates the familial bonds of love, grief, and legacy

Your Fat Friend in Gay Mag

The Body on the Edge of Womanhood and Queerness

On learning to accept love after losing it

Gabrielle Bellot in Gay Mag

The Body Cannot Be One Simple Thing

Writer Gabrielle Bellot on being trans and reclaiming her womanhood

Mensah Demary in Gay Mag

The Body Rebuilt from The Ground Up

Editor and essayist Mensah Demray on chakras, heart attacks, and…

Larissa Pham in Gay Mag

The Body’s Evolving Desire

Artist and poet Larissa Pham on sex, metamorphosis, and the benefit to…

Kelly Davio in Gay Mag

The Body That Can’t Run Marathons

On chronic pain, American healthcare, and the fantasy of discipline

Brian Oliu in Gay Mag

The Body Slowed by Sugar

English professor and runner Brian Oliu recounts eating a dozen donuts during a…

Mike Copperman in Gay Mag

Reckonings

The body coming to terms with quitting

Tracy Lynne Oliver in Gay Mag

Love Letters

The body navigating 40 years of self loathing