Stigma:1) the recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) a consequent devaluation of the personQuiggles:a made-up term (by the famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and difference of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident, or illness which... Read more
Stigma:1) the recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) a consequent devaluation of the personQuiggles: a made-up term (by the famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and difference of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident, or illness which... Read more
Most kids have heroes at a fairly young age, but I was 21 before I found mine, and she was dying. Her name was Jory Graham. I had just moved to Chicago, and you couldn't miss knowing who she was, a well-known Chicago print journalist and author of a book about living with cancer. The time was the early seventies and it was an... Read more
Stigma:1) The recognition of difference based on some distinguishing characteristic or mark;2) A consequent devaluation of the personQuiggles: A made-up term (by famous sociologist, Erving Goffman) to identify all of the variations and differences of the human body which occur either from birth, daily wear and tear, accident, or illness which can... Read more
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