Author: Nancy Mairs
Title: "On Being a Cripple"
A candid, brave, funny, raw account of what it's like to be crippled by MS. Really though, she's speaking to what it's like to be a human housed in a body, to be disappointed by what we can do, to be both grateful to those who are patient with us, and afraid of their motives. It's just well written. Incredibly moving.
I'd link to it, because it's everywhere online, but the links are all complicated in some way. So I leave you to google it. It's worth it.
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I'm having a hard time finding the full text anywhere. Any tips?
Tried to post a link and it didn't work, but you can find it in a google book called "Defining Women: Social Institutions and Gender Divisions" edited by By Linda McDowell, Rosemary Pringle. The Mairs essay starts on page 56.
Your follow-up comment got emailed to me with a link that worked perfectly, even if it didn't show up right on blogger. Thanks!
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