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Why My Disability Made Me Rethink Frida Kahlo

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 by Krista
This photo of Frida Kahlo shows her posing in front of a blue wall, holding a carved stone statue in her left hand. The photo is a close-up, and shows her from the upper chest to the top of her head. She is wearing a black, yellow, and orange patterned shirt, thick metal bracelets, and long, dangling earrings. Her hair is twisted and braided into her signature style, with pink flowers woven in. She is looking slightly to her left, toward the statue.
Photo courtesy of rocor via Flickr.

I wondered how Frida Kahlo could become famous for specializing in a narcissistic genre like self-portraits. It wasn’t until I was 33, with a sitting disability, that I began to rethink her.

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