“Cure promises us so much, but it will never give us justice”

This book opens by talking about a mosaic in uptown (which was unfortunately torn down last year). As soon as he started describing it my head started spinning, because it couldn’t be that one, could it?? But when he kept going he confirmed it to me, and my heart was so full. 

There is so much to love in this book. I have talked in the past about how since finishing school I’ve struggled with theory and denser nonfiction, and while this is in that realm of content it was written in a very accessible way. I loved the flow of the pieces, how the topics and themes and points were woven into one another and kept showing up throughout. I loved how this really laid bare the complexity of cure and our relationship to it, which is something I have grappled with as I both ache for cure and cherish the way my disabled experience informs and guides my life. I absolutely loved the conversation around environmental activism and disability, with how ads and organizations use disability as a threat for what would happen if we don’t treat the environment better. I have worked so much over the years on holding space for nuance, and this book was rife with it. Holy shit. What a good book. 

"what do we need to make peace with our visceral selves today, to let go of the fantasies, even if we hope beyond hope that our flesh and bones, organs and neurons might be different someday down the line? i ask because i don't know the answers."

this was so good, so informative, and so refreshing. i was engrossed from beginning to end. i had to read this for a class, but my professor insisted on us buying a copy (and he even offered if anyone couldn't for whatever reason get a copy on their own, he would buy them one), because it's just a book that needs to be read physically and is really important to have on your shelf.

it blew me away, inspired, rocked, and enraged me in all the right ways. a must read for anyone.