Falling for Myself - Palmer, Dorothy Ellen
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Praise for Falling for Myself "Dorothy Ellen Palmer writes to 'channel shame into solidarity, anger into analysis, denial into delight and loss into love, ' and this book - full of insight and wild humour, fierce activism and vital intersectional analysis - marks her stellar success. She calls all of us to imagine a world beyond the limits of ableism and a movement where all of us have room to move." - Sonya Huber, author of Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System "Dorothy Ellen Palmer's Falling For Myself is a powerful call for a mass social justice movement that…mehr

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Praise for Falling for Myself "Dorothy Ellen Palmer writes to 'channel shame into solidarity, anger into analysis, denial into delight and loss into love, ' and this book - full of insight and wild humour, fierce activism and vital intersectional analysis - marks her stellar success. She calls all of us to imagine a world beyond the limits of ableism and a movement where all of us have room to move." - Sonya Huber, author of Pain Woman Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System "Dorothy Ellen Palmer's Falling For Myself is a powerful call for a mass social justice movement that doesn't ignore Disability Justice. Through painfully honest and laugh-out-loud storytelling, Palmer delves deep into personal, genetic and societal memory, showing us that it's possible to uncinch ourselves from the lies we've been told about ableism and disability. A moving, informative and magical read." - Farzana Doctor, author of All Inclusive "At the very start of her memoir, Dorothy Palmer tells us that we may laugh. She writes, 'But as you chuckle, remember this: funny fat women are always angry. We're taught to be aim the punchline at ourselves and smile. Not this time.' Fair warning. Palmer's storytelling carries her sharp intelligence and sparkling humour throughout her reflections on a lonely childhood, living as a disabled woman in an ableist world and the costs of being an activist. This is not 'inspiration porn.' Palmer also does not want or need the reader's pity. We respect her too much for that. Instead, we are moved, entertained and provoked to examine ourselves. By telling us her stories, Palmer invites us to examine ours. Also, you will laugh and laugh." - Carrianne Leung, author of That Time I Loved You
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Dorothy Ellen Palmer is a mom, binge knitter, disabled senior writer, accessibility consultant and retired high school drama teacher and union activist. She grew up in Alderwood, Toronto, and spent childhood summers at a three-generation cottage near Fenelon Falls. For three decades, she worked in three provinces as a high school English/Drama teacher, teaching on a Mennonite Colony, a four-room schoolhouse, an adult learning centre attached to a prison and a highly diverse new high school in Pickering. Elected to her union executive in multiple capacities, she served as Branch President and Picket Captain. While coaching for the Canadian Improv Games, she created and toured staff and student improv workshops to fight bullying, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and homophobia. Dorothy sits on the Accessibility Advisory Committee of the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD) and is an executive member of Canadian Creative Writers and Writing Programs (CCWWP) where she writes a monthly column on disability for the newsletter. Her work has appeared in: Nothing Without Us, REFUSE, Wordgathering, Alt-Minds, All Lit Up, Don't Talk to Me About Love, Little Fiction Big Truths, 49th Shelf and Open Book. Her first novel, When Fenelon Falls (Coach House, 2010), features a disabled teen protagonist in the Woodstock-Moonwalk summer of 1969. She lives in Burlington, Ontario, and can always be found tweeting @depalm.