The Nerves and Their Endings

Download or read book The Nerves and Their Endings written by Jessica Gaitán Johannesson and published by Scribe Publications. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The body as a measuring tool for planetary harm. A nervous system under increasing stress. In this urgent collection that moves from the personal to the political and back again, writer, activist, and migrant Jessica Gaitán Johannesson explores how we respond to crises. She draws parallels between an eating disorder and environmental neurosis, examines the perils of an activist movement built on non-parenthood, dissects the privilege of how we talk about hope, and more. The synapses that spark between these essays connect essential narratives of response and responsibility, community and choice, belonging and bodies. They carry vital signals.