By creating a Tinder profile, and mentioning my disability on it, I was making a statement that I was, in fact, a potential date. I was...
Category - Voices
Looking Back:‘Skin Stories’ in 2017
Fresh, urgent narratives on disability, sexuality and gender.
How surviving polio has impacted my personality
I am always scared to express emotion or admit to having physical pain lest the world think of me as being weak. I can’t talk about my pains...
Dealing with vicarious trauma: What law school did not teach me about working on cases of sexual violence
To all my fellow lawyers out there, especially those working with victims of violence, I urge you to be aware of your emotions, and to take...
What it takes to understand the intimate core of my disabled self
As a young adult, my yearning was to ‘pass’ as a ‘normal’ person. For many years though clearly disabled, I chose to walk and not take crutches...
What Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Taught Me About My Illness
It’s clear that some of Rebecca’s symptoms are something the show’s other characters know, rationalise, and even are attracted to: ‘she’s just...
When secrets turn into stories: Living with PTSD as a young queer woman
And my shame is the biggest way in which my PTSD and lesbianism are linked.
‘An end without an end’: Finding my way to myself as a person living with quiet borderline personality disorder
When I fail to be in touch with my emotional brain, life falls out of place. This is how life is with borderline personality disorder (BPD).
Living with vitiligo: Finally greeting the elephant in the room
Many people live with the stigma surrounding vitligo.
Laying it Out: Strong Language
A comic by Antara Telang.