Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Jack Fritscher
  • Introduction / Les Wright
  • Bear Bodies
  • Bears and Health / Lawrence D. Mass
  • Sleep Apnea
  • Arteriosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease (ASCVD)
  • Arteriosclerotic Peripheral Vascular Disease
  • Arthritis
  • Cancers
  • Cholecystitis and Cholelithiasis
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Duodenal Ulcer
  • Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease
  • Heart Attack
  • Hiatal Hernia
  • Hyperlipidemia
  • Hypertension
  • Pediculosis (Body Lice)
  • Pilonidal Sinus and Cyst
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Two Postscripts
  • Fat Is a Bearish Issue / Laurence Brown
  • Journey into the Psyche of a Chubby-Chaser
  • Bearstory/Chubstory
  • Fat Theory
  • Icons and Images of Fat-Desire
  • Gripes About Beardom
  • Bear Youth: An Interview with Brian Kearns, Bear Youth Webmaster
  • By Any Otter Name: The Negative Space of the Bear / John Milton Hendricks
  • Bears in Space
  • Neighborhood Clans
  • The Otter Questionnaire
  • Responses
  • Inconclusions
  • The Beard of Joseph Palmer / Stewart Holbrook
  • Bear Testimonies
  • A Bear Admirer's (Subjective, Fluffy, and Totally Honest) Point of View / Ned Wilkinson
  • A Puerto Rican Bear in the USA / Ali Lopez
  • Family Background
  • Breaking Out of Captivity
  • One Black Bear Speaks / Jason R. Clark
  • An Asian Bear in Minnesota / Dave Gan
  • The Ephebe Is Dead--Long Live the Bear / David Greig
  • Parlaying Playmates into Lasting Friendships / John R. Yoakam
  • More Bear Spaces
  • Theorizing Bearspace / Alex G. Papadopoulos
  • Bear Bodies in Space
  • Bearspace and Theory.