Title Beautiful people : my thirteen truths about disability / Melissa Blake.

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New York : Hachette Go, 2024.

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Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level	BIOGRAPHY BLAKE	Check Shelf
Cromwell-Belden Public Library - New Materials		On Order
Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials	362.4 BLA	Check Shelf
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department	362.4 BLAKE	Check Shelf
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Edition	First edition.
Description	xiv, 256 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references.
Contents	Acknowledgments -- Speaking for myself -- Disabled isn't a bad word -- Physical ableism is real-and it's harmful... -- ... And verbal ableism is just as harmful -- Self-accpetance is a journey, not a destination -- I'm not here to be your inspiration... nor amI the tragic hero -- Selfies are statements for me and other disabled people -- Disabled people are worthy romantic partners -- Diabled and beautiful belong in the same sentence -- Wheelchairs (and other mobility aids and assistive devices) are freedom, not confinement -- Representation matters in pop culture - from TV to toys -- The future of fashion is accessible -- Family matters -- The future simply has to be more inclusive - and intersectional -- Epilogue: Letter to my seventeen-year-old self -- Credits -- Notes.
Summary	In the summer of 2019, journalist Melissa Blake penned an op-ed for CNN Opinion. A conservative pundit caught wind of it, mentioning Blake's work in a YouTube video. What happened next is equal parts a searing view into society, how we collectively view and treat disabled people, and the making of an advocate. After a troll said that Blake should be banned from posting pictures of herself, she took to Twitter and defiantly posted three smiling selfies, all taken during a lovely vacation in the Big Apple.
Subject	Human rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
	People with disabilities -- United States -- Biography.
	People with disabilities.
	Human rights.
	Civil rights.
	Civil rights workers -- United States -- Biography.
	SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
	Human rights workers -- Biography.
	People with disabilities -- Biography.
Genre/Form	autobiographies (literary works)
	autobiographies (literary works) (CStmoGRI)aatgf300080104
	Autobiographies.
	Biographies.
Added Title	Beautiful people : my 13 truths about disability
ISBN	0306830426
	9780306830426

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