{"product_id":"dont-call-me-inspirational-harilyn-rousso-9781439909362","title":"Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back","description":"\u003cp\u003e For psychotherapist, painter, feminist, filmmaker, writer, and disability activist Harilyn Rousso, hearing well-intentioned people tell her, \"You're so inspirational!\" is patronizing, not complimentary.\u003c\/p\u003eIn her empowering and at times confrontational memoir, \u003ci\u003eDon't Call Me Inspirational\u003c\/i\u003e, Rousso, who has cerebral palsy, describes overcoming the prejudice against disability--not overcoming disability. She addresses the often absurd and ignorant attitudes of strangers, friends, and family. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRousso also examines her own prejudice toward her disabled body, and portrays the healing effects of intimacy and creativity, as well as her involvement with the disability rights community. She intimately reveals herself with honesty and humor and measures her personal growth as she goes from \"passing\" to embracing and claiming her disability as a source of pride, positive identity, and rebellion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA collage of images about her life, rather than a formal portrait, \u003ci\u003eDon't Call Me Inspirational\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates Rousso's wise, witty, productive, outrageous life, disability and all. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Harilyn Rousso\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1439909369\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439909362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Temple University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/18\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/24\/2012","brand":"Harilyn Rousso","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48065585938687,"sku":"9781439909362","price":76.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_97f9849a-aadf-4001-afaf-d9747c388307.jpg?v=1768675948","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dont-call-me-inspirational-harilyn-rousso-9781439909362","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}