The Wounded Storyteller. Not only wounded physically, mentally, but wounded in the eyes of society. The Wounded Storyteller. He who is unable to tell his own story. He whose illness has no defined cure. The Wounded Storyteller. He whose story the world has claimed. He whose life is taken by physicians and treatments, before his […]

The question of who the human body belongs to is one that has been debated in many different circumstances. This question comes up when evaluating the doctor-patient relationship, as well as in issues of rape, and in the debate of the legality of abortion. There is always a factor of a power struggle that goes […]

  This week’s reading of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian reminded me a lot of the TED Talk we watched at the beginning of the year, “Don’t Ask Where I’m From. Ask Where I am a local” by Taiye Selasi. Junior’s struggle of understanding which part of himself he identifies with more, his […]

Normal /ˈnôrməl/ adjective: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. Standards that are put on society are solidified not only in words but also in images and the way that certain things are represented in the media. The creation of the word “normal” was the first movement toward this idea of “disability” in comparison […]