Des bandeaux pour les femmes qui ont choisi de ne pas faire reconstruire leur sein après une mastectomie, sous le nom d’une pirate irlandaise du XVIIIe siècle – Anna Bonny
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My name is Noelia and you may think of me as a pirate. I didn’t seek out the role but in recovering from a radical mastectomy in 2015 I had a moment in front of the mirror that changed the way I saw myself. I chose not to reconstruct and so was left with the dilemma of how to feel good with only one breast, a question every bit as hard as it sounds and yet the solution, was in the end, a simple one. I became a pirate when I slashed a beautiful bra in half and slung the remains across my scar like an eye patch1. It was a startling moment, I realised that I felt liberated, not only I, but also my partner was suddenly seduced. It may have been the thrill of my body confidence returning or perhaps the spark of sexiness that came from the rebel tradition of eye patches suddenly being transmitted by a new, strange garment. For me, in that moment, I knew I had uncovered a new world or perhaps more accurately recovered a lost one. No more awkward pauses or wistful glances but instead a gleeful kind of confidence that I thought had been lost forever.
I like sex, I like being naked, I know there is beauty in scars. I know that beauty itself comes from within but everyone enjoys a little glamour. I still wanted lingerie that speaks of fun and flirtation and yes a little bit of lust and indulgence too and if you can combine that with beauty and comfort, that is its own small treasure. Anna Bonny is a breast patch, it is singular (in every sense) lingerie, not meant to be hidden but to be exposed with pleasure and pride.
Et le même jour on me signale la parution de « Borgnitude, dictionnaire de l’entre-deux », de Christine Bisaro...
▻http://www.christinebisaro.com
