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A year in Skin Stories: 2019

January 6, 2020
by Point of View Team
A person with long black hair sits up in bed, under a blanket, in a bedroom, reading a book.
Image is portrait of a darkened, sketched silhouette of a figure with curly hair and wearing glasses, facing our left. A pink balloon floats above their head, the string passes through their left eye and goes from the back of their head, over their shoulder and meets the heart. The various chambers and blood vessels of the heart are drawn with several colours. A chrome yellow layer outlines the silhouette; the background is a deep violet with streaks of pink.

My disability masks my queerness – and I prefer it this way

‘What do you tell people when they ask questions about why I’m not married at the age of 40?’ I recently asked my 78-year-old father, who lives...

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Description: Three children play under a spotlight against the background of a large, purple book. One of them dances, holding blue pom poms, and wearing a prosthesis on one of their lower legs. The second stands with their back to us, holding a walker. The third sits on the floor, wearing headphones attached to a device. The turquoise background features speech bubbles.

Children’s literature in India has to do a better job of telling stories about disability

In this essay, author Payal Dhar examines the shortcomings in representation and inclusivity of disability in children's literature in India...

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The image shows a person in a white night gown and long black hair left open. They are outdoors, and holding a night lamp in one hand. In the other, they hold a photoframe with a person’s outline on it. A deep yellow panel symbolising the light goes from the ground to the top illuminating leaves, a water body, clouds and a crescent moon. There are two black panels travelling vertically on the sides of the yellow light; the panels have pairs of white eyes like that of a wild animal, and various plants/shrubs.

The stigma around suicide made my own experience of grief far more difficult

In this personal essay, Dr Nandini Murali examines the stigma and shame surrounding the experience of suicide loss, and how it complicates the...

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The image shows a figure wearing black standing to the right of the frame, their arms slightly outstretched. They are grasping onto the many red threads that criss cross in front of them. Their face and hair is also red, and black coloured words cut out of newspaper are placed on the hair such that they look like thoughts. The background of the top half of the image is black with white trails of dots, just like the figure’s clothes, while the bottom half is orange with light brown streaks.

Editorial: Mainstream media in India has a disability problem

Shreya Ila Anasuya writes about on the stereotypes created by mainstream news media by the biased and often insensitive reporting of disability...

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A person with long black hair sits up in bed, under a blanket, reading a book. A magazine, cup of spilled coffee and pillow lie on the floor beside them. On the edge of the bed is a blinking phone. The bedroom is decorated with yellow wallpaper and a rug, lamp and painting in warm shades of red.

A year in Skin Stories: 2018

2018 was a big year for Skin Stories.

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In the middle is a blue body facing backwards. Nearby on its left, are two smaller anatomical orange bodies wrapped around running black and white lines. Layered elements of medical scans, imagery and type converging and falling into each other, fill the background. Red and white spots fall across the page.

Essentially Normal Studies: An artist’s attempt to express the invisible and unseen

Countless living through multiple poorly understood hidden illnesses and disabilities; chronic Lyme disease, CFS, endometriosis, lupus, Ehlers...

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In the centre of an image is a person sitting on a wheelchair, holding a small mirror to their face and looking down at their reflection with a smile. They stand in front of an open door, with two others in the background. The wall behind them is yellow, and a bird sits on a blooming tree.

Can we ever have a conversation about desire without centering my disability?

I realised that even my closest friend felt the need to centre my disabilities in this kind of conversation. I wondered if there would ever be...

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A person with long hair wearing a pink shirt sits on a wheelchair at a desk. There is a newspaper, a press badge, a laptop and a steaming cup before them. On the yellow walls in the background are framed images and newspaper clippings, a shelf and a cabinet

The field notes of a woman journalist who happens to live with disability

In a country where accessibility for people with disabilities is next to zero, and in a fast-paced job that demands mobility, it can definitely...

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A person sits in a bedroom applying nail polish on their fingernails, with a smile on their face. To one side is a steaming mug and books, and to the other side, a dressing table. The room is warmly lit, coloured in shades of orange and red.

‘Fake it till you make it’: Surviving the terrifying loneliness of being a young person with an amputation

I couldn't let the people around me know of the emotional trauma I was going through, as I was afraid that I would attract more pity than I was...

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