Our bodies are the true basis for our shared solidarity. And our bodies are our homes. This issue explores our embodied experiences in a world that too often privileges the mind.

• 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