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Through our bodies we act in the world. We play, we learn, and we are acted upon. We are subjected to control and surveillance, but our bodies are still our own. Our body is a wonderful site of sensation and our connection to the world we inhabit

• Regulars
• Editorial
  Miriam Meinders 6
• Letters
  Various 8
• Sinner’s Corner: I call in Sick
  Margo Starbuck 10
• The Soapboxer: Less clothes don;t mean more liberal
  Nicholas Klassen 14
• The Pastor’s wife: Swimsuit competition
  Carrie S. Martin 55
• Culturosities
• Olympic Accountability
  Interview with Dave Diewart 15
• The body issue
• Going natural
  Chanequa Walker-Barnes 24
• On being fat and running
  Brenton Dickieson 26
• What do you want to say to your body?
  Kathy Dueck 28
• I feel pretty
  Shannon Blake 30
• My body is not obsolete
  Will Braun 32
• The depth of surface
  Interview with fashion blogger Mihn-Ha Pham 34
• Jesus loves your penis, son
  Kurt Armstrong 44
• Reproductive justice
  selections by Geez staff 46
• Swimsuit photos
  Sheila Spence 48
• Fat acceptance: A basic primer
  Cynara Geissler 56
• Why the world needs fat acceptance
  Lesley Kinzel 58
• Flash non-fiction
• I lost my hair clip
  Janna Payne 31
• Body snatchers
  Emily Summach 33
• Skin
  April Schmidt 36
• The last time
  Deb Schaffer 37
• Gather me in
  Lori Huth 38
• Simpatico
  Sarah Stankorb 39
• Me and the wild beast
  Amanda Abrams 42
• Into the muck
  Tanya Hoover 43
• Poetry
• Parable of the wound
  Stephen Hitchcock 54
• Graveside: How to say goodbye
  Michelle Elrick 60
• Experiments
• First clear the road, then park the trailer
  Michelle Elrick 62
• Make everything, save the planet
  Shana Good 62
• Unemployed? Sell the house, hit the road
  Tara Wagner 63
• Each square foot is a garden
  Carissa Halton 64
• Give stuff a story, it’ll sell well
  Chris Paetkau 65
• Shoe-free transportation
  Adapted from carbusters.org 65
• News
• Quaker conscientious objector 69
• Godless billboards vandalized 68
• Atheist pastor 71
• Reviews
• Disability blogs
  Chris Paetkau 72
• All alone, Alice wanders in One-derland
  Andrew Guilbert 73
• Caprica shows terrorism and social justice, sci-fi style
  Tessa Vanderhart 74
• Civil rights activist Howard Zinn, 1922-2010
  David Laville 75