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Back Pain as Metaphor

Posted on August 28, 2020August 28, 2020 by Krista
A movie still from Moulin Rouge. It shows the lead character, Satine, in fancy gold headdress.
Why can't back pain be cool? Like tuberculosis, or AIDS?

Do you know of any books, TV shows, or movies, where a character’s back problems are a significant focus? Or even a distinct part of their identity?

Posted in SciaticaTagged AIDS, AIDS and its Metaphors, back pain, fairy tales, How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Illness as Metaphor, metaphor, Pose, Rent, tuberculosis1 Comment on Back Pain as Metaphor

I Don’t Need an Antidepressant. I Need Vogue.

Posted on August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 by Krista
A photo of a drag ball. In the front left, there is a drag queen in a voluminous red ball gown, holding a scepter and wearing a crown. The man who escorts her is wearing a thick cape with fluffy yellow trim.
I wish this was my life. Photo courtesy of Ronald Kennedy via Wikimedia.

Disability is, I must confess, a depressing topic. Sometimes reality bears down too heavily upon me, and then I need to disappear into a land of glitter and glitz.

Posted in Sitting DisabilitiesTagged Pose1 Comment on I Don’t Need an Antidepressant. I Need Vogue.

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