Women En Large
Images of Fat Nudes
“The fear of fat our culture glories in is no stranger to me. It nearly convinced me to kill myself. To disappear myself, my female, fleshy self. To tidy up, like a good girl, leaving no trace of breasts, buttocks, hips. No folds, no curves. All flat, sterile, a-womanly. To become the anti-woman.”
— Elise Matthesen
Familiar Men
A Book of Nudes
“As far back as I can remember, I’d always known that Real Men don’t really have asses. They walk all seized up, or run the risk of being accused of being a wimp or a faggot. It made my back hurt and it made my soul hurt, just so I could try to be a Real Man.”
— Charlie Glickman
Women of Japan
“I had to face the features in the picture. I was ready to see how aging would unavoidably affect my looks. ...Here I am, standing in front of the closed gate with my arms outspread. ... What am I defending and from what? What am I facing? Could I have taken alternative ways?”
— Hiroko Hagiwara