Happy is a Relative State By Longreads Feature “The rest of my life will always be entwined with rheumatoid arthritis. But it’s my choice to also be something more, to not feel sick, to still find those shadows of a dancer, which is to say tiny flecks of magic, within me.”
You Robbie, You Baka By Brian Trapp Feature On having a twin with cerebral palsy and navigating school bullies.
Out There I Have to Smile By Heather Lanier Feature Heather Lanier explores the pressure to perform happiness.
The Beauty of “Bl-Bl-Bl-Blue Moon” By Krista Stevens Highlight As a society, we need to challenge our assumption that stammering makes someone somehow deficient.
Life After Pain By Michelle Weber Highlight One day, Ge Gao’s right hand stopped working. Then the pain started, and it’s never stopped.
You Talk Real Good By Alison Stine Feature Alison Stine confronts the ways in which being hard of hearing has made her job search more difficult.
This Month in Books: ‘I Don’t Want To Become a Giant Insect!’ By Dana Snitzky Commentary This month’s books newsletter is a bodily affair.
My Love Affair with Chairs By Longreads Feature Chairs the world over have loved me, and I love them all back.
The Bonds Beyond Language By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Twins have bonds that exist beyond words, and they fill the gaps left by what cannot be said.
On Representations of Disability: A Reading List By Jacqueline Alnes Reading List “How does pervasive ableism affect the way our society continues to be architected?”
On Beauty and Disability By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Examining the body, disability, and the damaging idea of objective beauty.
In a World Full of Cruelty and Injustice, Becoming a Mother Anyway By Eliza Margarita Bates Feature A visit to Auschwitz makes Eliza Margarita Bates only more determined to have a baby, despite her painful chronic illness.
Black Disabled Wonder Women Need Love, Too By muteiny Feature Britney Wilson considers the lessons she learned while taking a risk on romance.
