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Something Below Humanity

The Beautiful and the Beastly

From: Disfigured

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Chapter 6 examines the archetype of beauty and the beast, exploring topics such as physical beauty, pity, humanity, isolation and childhood, beauty as good a sign of one’s characteristics, disfigurements as ‘shorthand’ for villainy in storytelling, and the experiences of Penny Loker, a Canadian artist and disability activist.

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Amanda Leduc

Amanda Leduc’s essays and stories have appeared in publications across Canada, the US, and the UK. She is the author of the novels The Miracles of Ordinary Men and the forthcoming The Centaur’s Wife. She has cerebral palsy and lives in Hamilton, Ontario, where she works as the Communications Coordinator for the Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), Canada’s first festival for diverse authors and stories.