Lauren Reyes (Stanford ‘25) published a reflective entry in Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine.
The work, My Body, Your Body, details Lauren’s profound experience in a cadaver lab, highlighting the contrast between the initial reverence for a donor's life and the subsequent objectification of their body in a clinical setting. She reflects on the depersonalization inherent in referring to a body as "The Body," contrasting this with the Navajo language, which emphasizes personal connection by assigning ownership to body parts.
For the full text, please visit: My Body, Your Body
Congrats on your first publication, Lauren!