I wasn’t so focused on the painful bite of the needle anymore, or wondering when the session would end. I started to look forward to the distraction of the hurt. It was a hurt I could opt-into, one I could select. Read more
Ace Ratcliff
Ace Ratcliff is a freelance writer working in Oakland, CA with her two dogs, two cats, two goldfish, and innumerable plants. She lives with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, dysautonomia, and endometriosis, which all make for a particularly rebellious meatcage. She’s an artist, a freelance writer, a photographer, and former mortician. Ace writes about disability inclusion and representation and has bylines at io9, Huffington Post, Self Magazine, Bustle, Bitch Media, and elsewhere. When not reading, she’s probably tweeting: @mortuaryreport