disfigurement Tag

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...