The Pobble Who Has No Toes

by Chloe - 29 December 2009

The Pobble who has no toes
Had once as many as we;

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Business Presentation

by Chloe - 24 October 2009

Okay, I don’t know much about business, but it’s part of my job to make occasional scientific presentations. I’m writing this in real time so I thought I’d start with my anticipatory feelings about tomorrow afternoon.

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Feeling Normal

by Chloe - 23 June 2009

I have a craving to be normal. Yes, I know how ridiculous this sounds. I know all the logical arguments about why there is no such thing as normal. Why would anybody want to be normal in the first place? What’s the point? Nevertheless… This craving runs deep.

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Looking Normal And Accepting BIID

by Sean - 10 February 2009

Body Integrity Identity Disorder is a rare and rather weird condition. Those of us with BIID want need an impairment. We need to be paralysed, or amputees, or blind, or deaf. Even by the most open-minded criteria, it’s bizarre. And when we think of transabled people, it’s easy to start thinking of people who look as bizarre as the condition we have.

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Almost an Amputee

by Chloe - 23 December 2008

In September 2007 a physician offered me an elective amputation. I had not seen this coming. It seemed quite entertaining for someone with BIID to be offered an amputation. Too bad he wasn’t offering paraplegia.

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