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Illustrations
| 1. | Sam Francis, Untitled (Edge Painting), 1966 | 2 |
| 2. | Anna Homler, Breadwoman | 26 |
| 3. | Rachel Rosenthal, The Death Show | 40 |
| 4. | Eleanor Antin as “The King” | 42 |
| 5. | Judy Chicago, Suzanne Lacy, Sandy Orgel, and Aviva Rahmani, Ablution | 43 |
| 6. | Chris Burden, White Light, White Heat | 57 |
| 7. | Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirror Room | 81 |
| 8. | Judy Chicago, The Dinner Party | 83 |
| 9. | Suzanne Lacy, Car Renovation | 94 |
| 10. | Suzanne Lacy, Under My Skin: A True-Life Story | 106 |
| 11. | Suzanne Lacy, Anatomy Lesson #4: Swimming | 107 |
| 12. | Suzanne Lacy, Inevitable Associations | 110 |
| 13. | Suzanne Lacy, She Who Would Fly | 119 |
| 14. | Suzanne Lacy, The Dark Madonna | 126 |
| 15. | Elia Arce, pre-performance installation for I Have So Many Stitches That Sometimes I Dream That I'm Sick | 134 |
| 16. | Elia Arce, Blessed by the Contradictions | 144 |
― xiii ― 17. | Elia Arce, Lip Sync | 150 |
| 18. | Elia Arce, Bondage Christ | 161 |
| 19. | Elia Arce, Grandma Helia segment in Stretching My Skin Until It Rips Whole | 168 |
| 20. | Elia Arce, chicken incantation scene from Stretching My Skin Until It Rips Whole | 169 |
| 21. | Elia Arce, Grandma Carmen monologue in Stretching My Skin Until It Rips Whole | 170 |
| 22. | Elia Arce, Mom | 171 |
| 23. | Guillermo Gómez-Peña, The Loneliness of the Immigrant | 175 |
| 24. | Tim Miller, poster for My Queer Body | 202 |
| 25. | Joan Hotchkis, Tearsheets | 210 |
| 26. | Danielle Brazell, Tales from a Bitch Girl (formerly Exorcising My Mythologies) | 215 |
| 27. | Dan Kwong, Monkhood in Three Easy Lessons | 219 |
| 28. | Denise Uyehara, Headless Turtleneck Relatives: The Tale of Family and a Grandmother's Suicide by Fire | 223 |
| 29. | Shishir Kurup, Assimilation | 227 |
| 30. | The double birth of Sacred Naked Nature Girls | 234 |
| 31. | Sacred Naked Nature Girls, Untitled Flesh | 244 |
| 32. | Sacred Naked Nature Girls, “Power Play” from Untitled Flesh | 255 |
| 33. | Pablo Picasso, Les Demoiselles d'Avignon | 257 |
| 34. | Promotional photograph of Sacred Naked Nature Girls | 259 |
| 35. | Johanna Went, Alchemy of Monsters | 291 |
| 36. | Johanna Went, Twin Travel Terror | 293 |
| 37. | Johanna Went, complete script for Passion Container | 298 |
| 38. | Johanna Went, Monkey Woman's Inferno | 302 |
| 39. | Toti M. O'Brien, John O'Brien, and Steve Roden, Linglot (terrace version too) | 311 |
― xiv ― 40. | Toti M. O'Brien, John O'Brien, and Steve Roden, Linglot (terrace version) | 311 |
| 41. | Toti M. O'Brien, John O'Brien, and Steve Roden, Husk | 317 |
| 42. | Toti M. O'Brien, John O'Brien, and Steve Roden, Somnia | 317 |
| 43. | Oguri and Renzoku, Fu Ru I (sift)#2… Behind Eyeball | 318 |
| 44. | Oguri and Renzoku, A Flame in the Distance | 323 |
| 45. | Oguri and Renzoku, the stream of consciousness | 325 |
| 46. | Oguri and Renzoku, In Between the Heartbeat | 328 |
| 47. | Oguri and Renzoku, In Between the Heartbeat | 331 |
| 48. | osseus labyrint, Gordian(not) | 334 |
| 49. | osseus labyrint, THEM | 340 |
| 50. | osseus labyrint, THEM | 340 |
| 51. | osseus labyrint, The Tragedy of Macbeth | 347 |
| 52. | osseus labyrint, Liquor Cotunnii | 348 |