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People
| Bodies
How the Affordable Care Act Allowed Me to Work
The ACA allowed me to pursue independence as a person with a disability.
People
| Passing for Human
Passing for Human #3: Writer’s Block
“When I told you I wasn’t a city person, I was only telling half the truth.”
People
| Believers
Life and Breath: On Pregnancy and the Spirit World
“A life had ended, there in the water, quickly, without warning.”
People
| Performers
A Bed of Fists: On Playing Soccer in Moscow
“Flying into Putin’s Russia on a tourist visa with my soccer gear hadn’t seemed utterly daft.”
People
| Bodies
Stuttering Genes: On Family and Communication
“Why would I need scientific corroboration to make my disability legitimate?”
People
| A Cure for Fear
Anxiety for Highly Productive People
“When I am anxious, I often think I can produce my way out of it.”
People
| Generations
Saving Chickens, Saving Myself
“I know that it is scary to say something. That it is easier to think it is none of your business.”
People
| Passing for Human
Passing for Human #2: Eating Things
“Not all foods were designed to make you transform into a real human.”
People
| Performers
Dance: On Ballet and Impossible Love
“I am here to learn the language, to learn how it feels in the body to dance.”