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A groundbreaking collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience: Disability Visibility brings together …
I’m not sure if it’s a must-read for everyone let alone anyone else, but it was hugely, deeply apt for me.
I am so thankful for Tiitu & her translators, publishers, Oni Press, and the LCS that had this on display.
I have left with quite a lot to wonder about, especially wrt the difference between grief & depression where illness is concerned. I can’t wait to ponder this more—but I will. It’s time to nap. Recovery takes time.
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few."
So begins this most beloved …
Focusing on the beautiful artwork of Guerrilla Games' Horizon Zero Dawn this is an in-depth insight into a world as …
In gripping accounts of true cases, surgeon Atul Gawande explores the power and the limits of medicine, offering an unflinching …
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few."
So begins this most beloved …
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“Theories that diseases are caused by mental states and can be cured by willpower are always an index of how much is not understood about the physical terrain of the disease.”
- Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor
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“Moreover there is a peculiarly modern predilection for psychological explanations of disease, along with everything else. Psychologizing seems to provide control over the experiences and events, like grave illnesses, over which people have in fact, little or no control.”
- Susan Sontag, Illness as Metaphor
Illness as Metaphor is a 1978 work of critical theory by Susan Sontag, in which she challenged the victim-blaming in …
