My Body a Wundermaker

 Going into this piece, I didn't know what the author was going to talk about. When I clicked on it I was kind of shocked. I wasn't expecting a naked female body. I felt like I wasn't supposed to see it. I clicked on every other body part that wasn't intimate first. I liked reading about what the author admired about her each part of her body. It made me realize that our body can only incredible things and that our bodies have been through so many different experiences and memories. Some of the authors writing did make me a little uncomfortable and squeamish but I like how the author didn't hide anything and was vulnerable. After going through the stories about her body I clicked on the breasts. Her experience with transitioning from a young girl into a woman was very moving. I think the process of puberty and growing into our bodies is something that isn't talked about enough. Her story about her vagina shocked me because I wasn't expecting the story that went along with it. It made me a little uncomfortable but I realized that's the point. A woman's body is a topic that makes people uncomfortable and is often looked at with shame and unease by others. After I read through the stories, I took a minute to reflect before I wrote this. I realized why I was so uncomfortable. It's because growing up, I was never taught things about my body without a form of censoring or having vague terms. When I had my first health class that talked about the female body, my teacher censored pretty much everything. And the boys in my class made fun of everything my teacher talked about. My Body a Wundermaker made me realize just how much the women's body is viewed as an uncomfortable topic and I like how the author is trying to break that view.