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There’s some truth to poet and disability activist Jillian Weise’s argument in her essay “Common Cyborg” that the nondisabled “like us best with bionic arms and legs…. They want us shiny and metallic and in their image.” Cyborgism often serves as a way to make other people comfortable.
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It might sound ridiculous — like I’m acting the same way as I did as a vulnerable, awkward sixth-grader — but in a way, we’re all relearning what it’s like to exist in the world again. I’m even asking myself similar existential questions: Who do I want to be? How does that translate to my personal style? And most importantly: How do I make myself look hot so that boys will like me??
