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Recognition matters. But so does what happens in the operating room.

Yesterday, on Breast Reconstruction Awareness Day, the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) and The Plastic Surgery Foundation explicitly included aesthetic flat closure among the options patients deserve to know about after mastectomy.

This is an important acknowledgment—and one that advocates like Kim Bowles, founder of @notputtingonashirt , have been working toward for years.

For the past two years, we've been following Kim and other extraordinary women who are challenging medical assumptions and fighting to ensure that patients' decisions about their own bodies are respected.

We're encouraged to see the medical profession emphasizing informed consent and patient choice. But recognition is only the beginning.

Every woman deserves to know her options. Every woman deserves to be heard. Every woman deserves to have her decisions respected.

If you're in Maine - this Saturday October 24th you can hear Kim and other advocates speak about the issue. We will be sharing a short preview of the film at @thesteelhouse in conjunction with an exhibition of the latest anthology of portraits from @projectstillme and a pop up shop of clothing designed for flat women from @flatwearclothing

And next week if you're near Chicago - join us October 28 at ALTAR for a special preview of Re/Construction and a conversation co-hosted by the American Cancer Society.

🎟️ Tickets at the link in bio.

#AestheticFlatClosure #ReConstructionDocumentary #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #InformedConsent #BodilyAutonomy

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A new episode of the Brighter Podcast is out! Listen to Graci’s conversation with founder of Project Still Me, Lisa Sylvester, and founder of Flaunt Flat Revolution, Farahana Kassam! Lisa and Farahana unpacked their experience going flat after breast cancer, what that means for a woman, and the freedom, grief, or confidence that can accompany that decision.

To listen, follow Brighter on Spotify or click the link in our bio!

Photography by Radz D. Media

#stillme #flatClosure #breastcancerawareness #cancerresources

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When your pain is dismissed, what do you do with it?
Quand votre douleur est ignorée, qu’en faites-vous ?

Blandine was living with physical pain after breast reconstruction when she was told the problem was in her head.

Instead of accepting that dismissal, Blandine turned her experience outward. She decided she needed to do something for other women in France.

That transformation is at the heart of Re/Construction: women taking experiences in which they felt unheard, dismissed or denied — and using them to create change for the women who come after them.

Who gets to decide what makes us whole?
Qui décide de ce qui nous rend entières ?

#ReConstructionDocumentary #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #cancerdusein #santédesfemmes #octobrerose

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Has this happened to you?

A woman asks her doctor a question about her own body, but instead of answering her, the doctor turns to the man beside her.

That's exactly what happened to Fia in Sweden. When she asked her surgeon a question about her upcoming surgery, he directed his answer to her husband, Petter. Even Petter was taken aback.

It's a revealing moment that speaks to something larger: how often women are made to feel secondary in conversations about their own medical care.

Re/Construction follows women around the world who are challenging these assumptions and insisting that their voices be heard and their choices respected.

Who gets to decide?

#ReConstructionDocumentary #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #Bröstcancer #Mastektomi #MinKroppMittVal

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Hanna knew what she wanted. Her doctor had a different idea.

When Hanna chose mastectomy without breast reconstruction, she had to argue to have that choice respected. Then her doctor told her they would reconstruct her so she could “look like a real woman.”

Re/Construction follows women like Hanna whose decisions about their own bodies have been questioned, dismissed or denied — and the movement working to change that.

Who gets to decide what makes a woman whole?

Follow along as we bring Re/Construction into the world. Support the film at the link in our bio. #aestheticflatclosure #flatclosure #bodyautonomy #reconstructiondocumentary #breastcancer

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Cancer can profoundly affect our physical health. But isolation can take a profound toll on our emotional health, too.

Healing can happen when we find people who understand what we’ve been through — people who make us feel seen and less alone.

But not everyone finds that community.

Something we’ve witnessed again and again while making Re/Construction is that individual experiences can become shared experiences, shared experiences create community, and community becomes a place where healing can begin.

#WomensHealth #WomenSupportingWomen #BreastCancerAwarenessMonth #BreastCancerCommunity #reconstructiondocumentary

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It’s been quite the journey and now it’s all@behind me. There has been so much healing, so many memories, so many connections. Some souls have transitioned and watch us from heaven, others are here to share their stories and living life to the fullest. Grateful to be here to remember all that has been and better because of it! Happy International Flat Day to all my fellow Flatties! Thank you to so many amazing people who helped create a platform where stories can be shared! @projectstillme @sothisisflat @brightermagazine 📸@800goddesses @radzd_ @bpackert #breatscancerawareness #flatties #storytelling #breastcancerwarrior

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This June, I’ll be stepping onto the TEDx Moseley stage to talk about the silence women inherited, especially Black and Brown women, what shaped it and what it takes to break it.

Not just for us, but for the generations coming after us. Because what if so much of what we’ve been taught is “culture”… is actually inherited survival?

If this hit something in you…
you already know why this conversation matters, and maybe it’s something you were never allowed to say out loud.

If you haven’t met me before, I’m Maryam Javaid, a London based cultural educator, keynote speaker and parent mentor exploring how race, family systems and silence shape how we parent and who we become.

Tickets are selling fast. Head over to @tedxmoseley to grab yours!

#tedxspeaker
#breakthecycle
#keynotespeaker

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13 speakers are getting ready to step on stage and unleash their roar! Are you ready for us? Purchase your tickets and find out all the other ways you can be involved! Be sure not to miss this event! @tedxmoseley

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I continue to reflect on my journey with two breast cancer diagnosis and I continue to affirm the blessings that have shown up for me. Among the many things I am grateful for, I feel utterly blessed by #community and discovering the various places and spaces where I have been able to feel a sense of #belonging, a sense of #purpose, and feel like I can still have an #impact and #makeadifference. My friends at @brightermagazine continue to inspire me through the work they do supporting women diagnosed with cancer. I had a wonderful time at this photo shoot supporting their latest edition of their magazine. I am excited to learn more about the impact of yoga on the body after cancer. For more information, visit www.brightermagazine.com
Thank you Brighter Magazine for making my day #Brighter 📸 @gracirosesmith

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Farahana Kassam is a writer, speaker, and end of life doula dedicated to helping people navigate life’s transitions with courage, presence, and compassion.
As a two-time breast cancer survivor, she transformed her own challenges into purpose by founding Flaunt Flat Revolution, a non-profit supporting women after breast cancer.

She is a passionate advocate for women choosing to stay flat, helping them embrace body positivity, reclaim strength, and celebrate resilience after losing their breasts.

Farahana’s journey through breast cancer, personal loss, and her work as an end-of-life doula inspires her to live with intention, passion, and purpose and through storytelling and sharing her experiences, she encourages others to do the same, bringing meaning and fullness to their own lives.

@flauntflatrevolution

#tedxmoseley #thesilentroar #ideasworthspreading #speakerannouncement

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Have you reserved your spot for this years FLAT OUT LIVE FLATTIES MEETUP June 5-7th

We only have 200 spots available so you might want to hurry because 112/200 spots are already reserved and it’s not even been 2 weeks since registration started!!

#Flattie
#FlatOutLove
#ComeHealWithUs
#YouAreNotAlone

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