OUR BLOGS AND PODCASTS
Our Podcast About Thermal Imaging (vs. Mammography and Ultrasound)
BLOG: Letter from Alice (age 14)
Alice, and girls everywhere, are teased and shamed as their bodies change because boys are taught to objectify the female body.
Secretly they’re fascinated…
BLOG: What is a Knowing Breast?
What is a knowing breast? Is it the conduit-nipple that beckons and seeks connection? Is it the energy which flows from the nipple once a connection’s been made…
BLOG: How I met the film’s featured artist, Patricia M. Bowers – by Meagan Murphy
The origins of The Breast Archives projects are deeply tied to a chance encounter I’d had with the artist, Patricia M. Bowers. I had come upon...
BLOG: The Breast Archives Helps Start a Dialogue, With Ourselves and Others
I’ve been wondering for a while why we as a whole seem to have an inability to recognize that female empowerment, even when concisely summed up in a...
PODCAST: A Man in Transition
A trans man grapples with a startling breast cancer diagnosis followed by a bilateral mastectomy - all in one week's time. A harrowing and...
BLOG: Beyond Compare
“My best friend, we used to compare our breasts, and she called mine footballs because they were long and pendulous. So, no, I didn’t like the shape...
BLOG: The “Word Void”
Let’s play ‘thesaurus.’ Can you tell me a synonym for the word BODY? What comes to mind? Cross off any word that is a metaphor for a mechanical...
BLOG: Should My Daughter Be Wearing a Bra?
The decision to wear a bra or not wear a bra, or in the mother’s case, whether to buy a bra for your daughter, is one that merits careful...
BLOG: Reclaiming Our Breasts
This blog is about celebrating breasts. The media, and our culture, want to define breasts very narrowly—as sexy, as sick, or as a source for milk....
BLOG: Holy & Sacred
It’s no surprise that, for many women, the idea of honoring their breasts is unfamiliar. But why? What sorts of dialogue and inquiry can inspire...
BLOG: One with the Mother
When you emerged into the world of air, hunger came with you. And linked to hunger was the remedy for hunger, already known to you. You had, at...
BLOG: The Breast-Heart Connection
There’s a midpoint on our bodies, where our breasts are. It’s where our heart is, too. The breasts and the heart have a wonderful connection, in...
BLOG: Liking Our Breasts The Way They Are
When I was in middle school, a boy bullied me in the lunch line for not wearing a bra. “You should be wearing one,” he said. “You should like this,”...
PODCAST: Adolescence for American Girls
This Podcast explores the juggernaut girls face as they come of age in America. [button link="https://vimeo.com/263750164" type="big" color="pink"...
PODCAST: Organic Chef Leslie Cerier on Nutrition and Breast Health
The Breast Archives participant Chef Leslie Cerier talks about her career and passion for organic food, and the relationship between healthy food,...
PODCAST: Thermography vs. Ultrasound vs. Mammography
Meagan Murphy and Abbie Fowler discuss Thermography as a breast health diagnostic tool. The pervasive use of Mammography, as a singular means for...
PODCAST: Bra Culture: Are We Caught in a ‘Booby Trap?’
On this Podcast, Abby Fowler interviews Director Meagan Murphy about the culture of bras in America. [button link="https://vimeo.com/214173017"...
PODCAST: Meagan Murphy on the Origins of The Breast Archives
A brief history of Meagan’s career and her documentary project “The Breast Archives”. [button link="https://vimeo.com/212762788" type="big"...