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Re-writing the Body?
In my last post I discussed the power of narrative and how reclaiming our stories can be a transformative and empowering act. Now I want to disrupt that claim and have a bit of a ruckus with myself in order … Continue reading
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Tagged access, body, difference, disability, existential crisis, feminism, medical model, multiple sclerosis, narrative, other, representation, self, sexual identity, social model
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Écriture Féminine?
Writing as therapy; I find it cathartic and adore being lost in words and their fluid, malleable meanings. Words are like people. It’s too easy to get stuck in definitive limits. Becomings are better; more promiscuous, more playful. Meaning is … Continue reading
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Tagged absence, difference, ecriture feminine, experimental, French feminist, Helene Cixous, meaning, multiple selves, multiplicity, plurality, polymorphous, presence, therapeutic, words, writing
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Introductions
Differal: a made up word offering a play on difference, deferral and feral; think Derrida with an added wild card. The feral element represents unruly bodies/minds; our dis-order, our deviance. I took a quick visit to the Oxford dictionary website … Continue reading
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Tagged bodies, body, deference, difference, disability, feminism, marginalization, mind, normalcy
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differal: difference without deference 