th3lavendermenace:As a disabled person there is a constant tension between compensating for what is
th3lavendermenace:As a disabled person there is a constant tension between compensating for what is seen as intrinsically ugly and trying to distract from it by proving that you’re attractive, and looking the part of the sick person who needs help and is so focused on function that they cannot look good or have preferences and style. We can be both - sick and beautiful, but there is injustice in wanting only to be visibly disabled in specific sanitised ways. overburden my sense of self with all this stuff that doesn’t matter just to show people I can fit into an able bodied world. This is okay. We do what we do to survive. We sometimes enjoy it in the process. And who doesn’t love wearing heels without any suffering whatsoever? -- source link