Sassy, admittedly stubborn, and sometimes pink-haired, Gem Turner is visibly disabled and uses a wheelchair. She’s fighting for more visibility and body positivity. https://www.instagram.com/p/BS9ZaLWFJY2/?taken-by=gem_turner On her 24th birthday, Gem Turner listed 24 things she has learned thus far in life for her blog. Number four sounded particularly liberating: “I don’t have to tell my life...
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Disability Rights Activist Gigi Giscome in Groundbreaking Photo Series
Disability rights activist Gigi Giscome was recently the subject of an incredible photo series in a gorgeous homage to Donyale Luna, the first Black woman on the cover of Vogue. The series was helmed by Bay Area-based creative director Hazel Streete (Her Resilience) and photographers Nicholas Lea Bruno and Nathan M. Benzschawel. “This is in...
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StyleCrush: Pretty Cripple’s Magdalena Truchan
This week’s StyleCrush is life-long New Yorker, Magdalena Truchan of the Pretty Cripple blog. A first generation Polish-American, Truchan’s family emigrated from Poland in the ’60s and settled in Queens. Truchan has traveled with the assistance of a wheelchair since the ’90s. With a love of art, music, artisanal food, great fashion — especially hats! —...