Comments on: We are all made of scars http://theradicalhousewife.com/2012/09/we-are-all-made-of-scars/ redefining family values for the 21st century Fri, 17 May 2013 12:20:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Anne G. Sabo http://theradicalhousewife.com/2012/09/we-are-all-made-of-scars/#comment-8112 Anne G. Sabo Wed, 10 Oct 2012 03:33:14 +0000 http://theradicalhousewife.com/?p=1618#comment-8112 Catching up on the blogs I follow; this is a powerful post! We are sisters in a culture that wants us to hate our bodies; you are right. Wish I had seen this in time to see the exhibit. Thank you for sharing. Catching up on the blogs I follow; this is a powerful post! We are sisters in a culture that wants us to hate our bodies; you are right. Wish I had seen this in time to see the exhibit. Thank you for sharing.

]]> By: deb http://theradicalhousewife.com/2012/09/we-are-all-made-of-scars/#comment-7889 deb Mon, 01 Oct 2012 03:48:30 +0000 http://theradicalhousewife.com/?p=1618#comment-7889 wow. it is just the night o' body acceptance. was thinking about this myself today, and just read a post over at Adios Barbie on the same subject. her post was about listening to your body and really hearing it (attending to its needs and desires because its part of you rather than the opposite). it seems to me that Scars is about the same thing - that the practice of acknowledging and accepting our scars is a way of attending to the body - of really hearing it. for those of us with eating disorders instead of cancer, to reveal our scars is to acknowledge the violence we have done to our own bodies, to ourselves. in that sense, accepting the body feels almost like an apology, long overdue. I agree, lady gaga looks beautiful. but that's only through our eyes, right. while we can look with admiration, apparently she can't look at all. her eyes are closed, and with the tilt of her head, she looks pained, standing there exposed despite herself. the Of Scars project looks really interesting. Although it seems obvious now, I hadn't thought that cancer would affect self-esteem in the way you and Kate describe. I'd love to see the project it if it ever comes to d.c. wow. it is just the night o’ body acceptance. was thinking about this myself today, and just read a post over at Adios Barbie on the same subject. her post was about listening to your body and really hearing it (attending to its needs and desires because its part of you rather than the opposite). it seems to me that Scars is about the same thing – that the practice of acknowledging and accepting our scars is a way of attending to the body – of really hearing it. for those of us with eating disorders instead of cancer, to reveal our scars is to acknowledge the violence we have done to our own bodies, to ourselves. in that sense, accepting the body feels almost like an apology, long overdue.

I agree, lady gaga looks beautiful. but that’s only through our eyes, right. while we can look with admiration, apparently she can’t look at all. her eyes are closed, and with the tilt of her head, she looks pained, standing there exposed despite herself.

the Of Scars project looks really interesting. Although it seems obvious now, I hadn’t thought that cancer would affect self-esteem in the way you and Kate describe. I’d love to see the project it if it ever comes to d.c.

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