Sexualising disability or normalising life with an illness?
As my photographs of an old photo shoot with my stoma have gone viral last week, I have been subject to a few comments about sexualising disability (and some just telling me that ostomies are gross and I should put it away, but that is a WHOLE other story!!!) and I wonder am I guilty of that?
The short answer is fuck yeah! And you know why? Because my sexuality, my femininity and the person I am didn’t get removed along with my colon. The long answer is about how disability is seen in our society and also how women are viewed in society.
In 2013 when I had my colectomy and an ileostomy formed, I did what we all do in times of uncertainty and I googled it. What I found were some great charities such as Crohns and Colitis UK and I A Support, but what I wanted…
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