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Public health campaigns and the ‘threat’ of disability
| Aparna Nair
By continuing to represent disability as the feared outcome of disease, public health campaigns help to perpetuate prejudice against disabled people.
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Rejecting shame and a decade of change
| Jess Thom
Jess Thom spent years trying to ignore and suppress the tics of Tourette’s syndrome. Read what happened when she decided to celebrate them instead.
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Beating the bodysnatchers
| Allison C Meier
When a rise in grave robbing called for strong measures, mortsafes became the unassailable solution. Allison C. Meier explores.
- Book extract
- Book extract
My important, ridiculous nose
| A L Kennedy
The nose is a much-maligned appendage, but it’s a powerful organ capable of invoking powerful emotions from past memories and sexual attraction.