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February 2024

29 Feb

Why my disfigurement is not your Halloween costume

Why my disfigurement is not your Halloween costume
Mikaela Moody on the explanation she created the term disfiguremisia and its relevance at Halloween My name is Mikaela Moody. I'm visibly disfigured by a genetic condition called Crouzon's syndrome. I'm 27, a white British trans woman, a musician, and a author (totally on Twitter). Autumn is one in all my favourite times of 12 months – mostly due to the lead-up to Christmas, but Halloween is neat, too. I just like the fun side of Halloween (I'm not an enormous fan of being scared!); I like ‘spoopy’ Halloween. The proliferation of green, purple and orange is charming, and I benefit from the kitsch, and the familial atmosphere of children in costumes and pumpkin patches. As...
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