Smile for the Camera: Unraveling Misconceptions Within the Fashion World
We feel normal until someone decides that we must know their version of the truth. It is incredibly hard to gain self-esteem when the world decides that you cannot possibly be comfortable in yourself. In the disabled community, scars are not new, rare, or shocking by any means but that doesn’t stop able bodied people […]
Finding the Beauty Within my Own Flesh and Bones
Like so many in our generation, I have dealt with my fair share of body positivity issues. Frankly, it sucks. But that doesn’t stop anyone from inadvertently aiding and embedding impossible ideals of beauty. Most often my insecurity lies within the scars on my legs. Little lines that I have never seen myself without. […]
“My Disability is Not a Lie” and More Statements I’ve Had to Tell at School
Most able-bodied people have an image in their mind of what they think a disabled person is and I’d bet the whole two dollars in my bank account that nine times out of ten that person is sitting in a wheelchair. Using this logic, me, a disabled person who can walk without obvious visual issues, […]