On Living with MS

Over at Electric Literature, Martha Stallman depicts her life with multiple sclerosis in a funny and frank essay:

Scooting is much, much easier than walking, and faster. By pushing from behind with my left hand and pulling from the front with my left foot, I can get myself around the table in less than a minute. What scooting lacks in dignity it more than makes up for in efficiency, and it occurs to me besides that dignity is a luxury that I cannot at the moment afford, and also at least my ass is cleaning the floor.

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Katie O'Brien is an English major at Cornell University, where she writes for kitsch magazine, DJs for a rock station, and complains about the cold. Find her on Twitter @abluekite.

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