![]() ![]() All the wit and humor and richness of Mairs' writing. Re-casting of 'western writing' to include the perspectives of disabled western authors. Nuanced discussion of euthanasia and abortion of fetuses with disabilities. Her frank discussion on disability and sexuality (in which she jokes she nearly titled the book "Cock-High in the World"). Her claim to ethics - Mairs is a Catholic Worker and insists on the requirement that she continue doing 'good works,' even as she's treated as a service project herself. She weaves larger themes on disability studies into her narrative, making this book a lot more accessible to general readers than academic disability-studies books. Mairs is a brilliant essayist and memoirist, writing about her own experiences as a woman with MS, who has lost movement in two legs and one arm and lives in the Southwest. ![]() It takes an ice-pick to the disability tropes that many of us carry about. ![]()
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