FLAT is where it's at

This is a podcast for and about flatties. None of us said, "Man, I wish someone would cut my boobs off.", but since cancer came along and we didn't want foreign objects shoved into our chest cavities, we find ourselves livin' the flat life. Or, maybe we DID choose implants and found pain and disease there, so had them removed and we're livin' flat now. Or, maybe we found that we had a gene that made us very likely to get cancer, so we preemptively had our breasts removed. Some of us had a unilateral mastectomy and chose to remain flat on one side. However we got here, we find that being flat comes along with very specific problems, weird situations, and wonderful freedoms. Here we discuss them all. (That said, I do have trans friends who HAVE wanted their boobs cut off, but different circumstances, different situations.) If you are flat and feeling alone, you can find support on facebook. The groups Flat and Fabulous, My Flat Friends, and Flatties Unite offer a huge group of supportive sisters. They have helped me tremendously. Also, GREAT resources for information and support for going flat can be found at https://notputtingonashirt.org/ and at https://www.flatclosurenow.org/

Non-flatties are welcome, too! We NEED the general population to understand our situation. You can also find FLAT is where it's at on instagram. Thanks for comin' by! And to learn more about me, you can visit stephanieastalos-jones.com

Hangin' with Mika Bakker Burns

Jul 10, 2020

Mika is a tenth grade English teacher in New York City. She has survived breast cancer and Covid 19. She lives with her wife, Tiff. Here are some lovely pics of Mika.

Mika and Tiff

Mika showing some of her cool fashion finds.

And a cool triptych

Visiting with Christy Avila

Jun 24, 2020

Christy Avila is one of the co-founders of International FLAT Day and she hosts the fb group Fierce, Flat, Forward. You can find International FLAT Day's website here.

You can find an exceptional brochure there called Flat is Beautiful. It gives lots of great information and you can print one out for yourself there. You...

Visiting Dr. Alexea Gaffney

Jun 9, 2020

Dr. Alexea Gaffney is a triple-board certified Infectious Disease sub-specialist, Internist, and Pediatrician. You can learn more about her here.

You can follow her on Instagram @dralexea.

Here some pics of Dr. Alexea.

Chattin' with Leslie Howard Hogue

Jun 1, 2020

Leslie is just days out from her surgery. She says she wore this hat throughout her journey and considered her surgery "demoday". You can follow her video journal on Instagram @mbcjourney (Note: Leslie uses mbc to mean "my breast cancer" not metastatic breast cancer.)

She says she finds peace in meditation and flowers...

Hangin' with Sharon Boaston

May 26, 2020

Sharon is a fifth grade teacher. She has two beautiful children (pictured below) and is a community activist. Here are a couple pics of Sharon.

Yes, this is the one I took along to the conference last October.

And here she is with her kids.