In this episode I had the pleasure of talking to Rebekah Taussig Rebekah Taussig is a Kansas City writer and teacher with her doctorate in Creative Nonfiction and Disability Studies. She’s spent most of her life immersed in the world of writing and reading – as a student, teacher, and author – because she believes the words we use and the stories we tell matter. She’s especially invested in the experience of marginalized identities and creating a more inclusive world together and for all of us. She’s held talks and workshops at the University of Michigan, Davidson College, and Yale University, and her writing appears in publications from TIME to Design*Sponge. Released by HarperOne in August 2020, her memoir in essays, Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body provides an honest portrait of a body that looks and moves differently than most. She also runs the Instagram platform @sitting_pretty, where she crafts “mini-memoirs'' to contribute nuance to the collective narratives being told about disability. You can follow her work and sign up for her newsletter at www.rebekahtaussig.com.
