{"product_id":"sitting-pretty-the-view-from-my-ordinary-resilient-disabled-body-isbn-9780062936790","title":"Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA\u003cbr\u003ememoir-in-essays from disability advocate and creator of the Instagram account\u003cbr\u003e@sitting_pretty Rebekah Taussig, processing a lifetime of memories to paint a\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful, nuanced portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than\u003cbr\u003emost.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing\u003cbr\u003eup as a paralyzed girl during the 90s and early 2000s, Rebekah Taussig only saw\u003cbr\u003edisability depicted as something monstrous (The Hunchback of Notre Dame),\u003cbr\u003einspirational (Helen Keller), or angelic (Forrest Gump). None of this felt\u003cbr\u003eright; and as she got older, she longed for more stories that allowed\u003cbr\u003edisability to be complex and ordinary, uncomfortable and fine, painful and\u003cbr\u003efulfilling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting\u003cbr\u003eabout the rhythms and textures of what it means to live in a body that doesn’t\u003cbr\u003efit, Rebekah reflects on everything from the complications of kindness and\u003cbr\u003echarity, living both independently and dependently, experiencing intimacy, and\u003cbr\u003ehow the pervasiveness of ableism in our everyday media directly translates to\u003cbr\u003eeveryday life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eDisability\u003cbr\u003eaffects all of us, directly or indirectly, at one point or another. By\u003cbr\u003eexploring this truth in poignant and lyrical essays, Taussig illustrates the\u003cbr\u003eneed for more stories and more voices to understand the diversity of humanity.\u003cbr\u003eSitting Pretty challenges us as a society to be patient and vigilant, practical\u003cbr\u003eand imaginative, kind and relentless, as we set to work to write an entirely\u003cbr\u003edifferent story.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e\"Rebekah writes in a way that is somehow both world-shakingly profound and beautifully intimate. Her voice is unforgettable in its power to make you feel, question, learn, and grow. \u003cstrong\u003eThere aren't words for how much the world needs this book.\u003c\/strong\u003e\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMegan Jayne Crabbe, bestselling author of Body Positive Power\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Sitting Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e is the book I needed years ago as I grappled with my sense of self and my identity as a disabled woman. I put it down while reading only long enough to collect myself each time waves of emotion crashed over me. Rebekah's spunky, self-aware wit, combined with education that never feels didactic, make this book a worthwhile and rewarding read.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Ladau, writer, speaker, and disability rights activist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rebekah Taussig's writing is a gift that keeps giving. Her voice is honest, vulnerable and welcoming...It was a joy to read and listen to Rebekah's words. This beautiful book helped me ask questions, open my heart, and remind me to look more closely at the world around me and what small part we can all have in making it a better, more accessible one.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGrace Bonney, founder of Design*Sponge and author of In the Company of Women\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A compelling personal book whose confidential voice leads the reader into the author’s vividly lived world of disability.  Smart and funny, [\u003cem\u003eSitting Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e] does double duty revealing not only the intimate life of a disabled woman but the flaws of the world around her that seeks to repress and contain her.\"  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLennard J. Davis, Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and author of Enforcing Normalcy and My Sense of Silence: Memoirs of a Childhood with Deafness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A disability advocate debuts with a collection offering potent rejoinders to ableism…..A fierce and fabulous revision to entrenched ableist scripts.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews [Starred Review]\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An invaluable, eye-opening look at disability from a firsthand perspective.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Her smart and witty observations about living with disabilities will be enlightening and eye-opening for readers.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Reflecting on her journey toward disability advocacy, Rebekah Taussig's memoir in essays will make you rethink everything you've previously believed about disabled people and their lives. Reflecting on Taussig's personal experiences, and on disability representation more broadly, \u003cem\u003eSitting Pretty\u003c\/em\u003e is a rare book from a powerful, new voice.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A groundbreaking and candid memoir\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Taussig’s narrative style is highly conversational, making it feel like one is chatting with a lifelong friend. 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