Disability and Bodies – The LUNA Project

“Computer says no” – Striking the balance when your body isn’t having it

October 19, 2023December 10, 2021

The background is a dark purple. In each corner there is a beautifully illustrated colourful head and shoulders. They are Disabled people of a variety of genders and ethnicities. Running between these people are continuous white line drawings of abstract faces. This was created by @kteaillustrations. In the centre there is a silvery box with a picture of Jess inside. Underneath is the text “Computer says no” – Striking the balance when your body isn’t having it by Jess Spelling”

By Jess Speller Off goes the first alarm. I sit up to switch it off and the “computer says no” meme immediately comes to mind, clearly today my body is not feeling it. That might be fine at the weekend or a day off, I can turn off the alarm, lie back down and regroup …

Coming to terms with looking different because of an energy limiting condition

October 19, 2023December 10, 2021

By Hannah Fost (@chronicallyhanclimbs) CW: Discussion of eating disorders —– Being a recovered anorexic, my relationship with my body is complicated. When starting to recover, I compensated for eating by overexercising. That is until I couldn’t anymore due to an energy limiting condition. I fought it for a while, went to the gym through excruciating …

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