By lauredhel on 17 February, 2010
[Cross-posted to Hoyden About Town] Something that has really struck me about the conversations around Evelyn Evelyn is the reaction that “Conjoined twins don’t have a disability! To say they do is insulting!” Not all commenters make the link between the two statements – some stop at the first – so I’ll take these two [...]
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