Cover Photo: A close-up of three or four people's hands in the darkness, each holding sparklers that light up the center of the photo.
Photograph by Ian Espinosa/Unsplash

Disability Sucks Sometimes. Why is it Taboo to Say So?

Disability ruins everything, these stories tell us: disability itself is tragedy. These people’s lives are over, apparently, even though they are palpably still here.

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s.e. smith is a National Magazine Award-winning Northern California-based writer who has appeared in The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Esquire, Bitch Magazine, and numerous other fine publications.