my body —a Wunderkammer

I did my exploring on my body —a Wunderkammer By Shelley Jackson and it was amazing. Every click brought me deeper into her mind and her thoughts. What I loved about this piece is that it was so open and raw. Nothing was hiden or kept secret. Every detail that everyone thinks about their body was explained and written and published. The concept of clicking on her naked body to understand more about her is such a wonderful idea about openness and how the world interacts with a woman's body. I enjoy that it did not shy away from any part of her. I found her writing about her breast to be very moving. There is such an uncomfortable shift to womanhood little girls experience and it is never really spoken about. The life altering shift from being able to swim in the pond with no shirt off to being viewed as something unhuman. It is such a deeply disturbing switch that I find rarely spoken about. Everything was laced with humor and lightness even in the dark moments. A reflection on growing up in the most interesting way. One of my favorite sections was the one on her vagina. A historically (and currently) a  bold and polarising  topic and yet it has some of the most writing. The early part speaking about the unknowns to the coming to terms and the final acceptance. This piece is one of my favorites we have explored.