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A memoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account @sittingpretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a beautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most.Growing up as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw disability depicted as something monstrous (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) , inspirational (Helen Keller) , or angelic (Forrest Gump) .
None of this felt right; and as she got older, she longed for more stories that allowed disability to be complex and ordinary, uncomfortable and fine, painful and fulfilling.Writing about the rhythms and textures of what it means to live in a body that doesn't fit, Rebekah reflects on everything from the complications of kindness and charity, living both independently and dependently, experiencing intimacy, and how the pervasiveness of ableism in our everyday media directly translates to everyday life.
About the Author
Rebekah Taussig is a Kansas City writer and teacher with her doctorate in Creative Nonfiction and Disability Studies. She has led workshops at the University of Michigan, the University of Kansas, and Davidson College on disability representation, identity, and community. She also runs the Instagram platform @sitting_pretty, where she crafts "mini-memoirs" to contribute nuance to the collective narratives being told about disability in our culture. She lives in a tiny, old house with her fussy family of tenderhearted snuggles.
