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Know Thy Body, Know Thyself

Marissa Spear on October 28, 2020October 28, 2020

The Black Panther Party’s health politics asserted freedom from systemic oppression and the creation of a new kind of society. In this essay, Marissa Spear reflects on this history and chronicles how her research on the Panthers paved a path for her own self-actualization and disability consciousness. Continue Reading Know Thy Body, Know Thyself

Body-Citizens: Finding Our Way Through Biography, Narration And Advocacy

Margaret Boyle on August 5, 2020August 11, 2020

Though she was seven years old when the ADA was born, the early experiences of disability disappeared from Margaret Boyle’s life. When disability returned twenty-four years later, it held different meanings for how she approached both her body and the world it lived in. Continue Reading Body-Citizens: Finding Our Way Through Biography, Narration And Advocacy

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