This is a zanze I wrote, posted on my old blog. It’s about certain views on disability, chronic illness and women:
I’m not your inspiration porn
For you to sensationalize
As your source of motivation
For your more abled-bodied lives,
Not your inspiration
Or measure of your skill,
A Paralympian
Nor life uncured to kill,
I’m not your porn,
Objectified
For you to own
Or criticize,
Not your
Provocation
Your stimulus or spur;
I’m not your inspiration porn.
Antonia Sara Zenkevitch