The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me Audiobook (Free)

From your disability rights advocate and creator of the #DisabledAndCute viral campaign, a thoughtful, inspiring, and charming assortment of essays discovering what this means to become black and disabled inside a mostly able-bodied white America.

Keah Dark brown loves herself, but that hadn’t been the case. Delivered with cerebral palsy, her biggest desire used to be normalcy and refuge from the steady stream of self-hate culture strengthened inside her. But after many years of introspection and reaching out to about The Pretty One: On Lifestyle, Pop Culture, Impairment, and Other Reasons to Fall deeply in love with Me others in her community, she has reclaimed herself and changed her perspective.

In The Pretty One, Brown gives a contemporary and relatable voice towards the disabled—so often portrayed as mute, poor, or isolated. With clear, fresh new, and light-hearted prose, these essays explore everything from her relationship with her able-bodied similar twin (called “the very one” by close friends) to navigating romance; her deep affinity for everything pop lifestyle—and her disappointment with the media’s distorted watch of disability; and her declaration of self-love using the viral hashtag #DisabledAndCute.

By “smashing stigmas, empowering her community, and celebrating herself” (Teen Vogue), Brown as well as the Pretty One aims to expand the conversation about disability and inspire self-love for people of all backgrounds.