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b'Chlo\\xe9 Cooper Jones is a philosopher and journalist whose work has appeared in\\xa0GQ,\\xa0The Verge,\\xa0The Believer\\xa0and many other publications. Her new book is\\xa0Easy Beauty.\\n\\u201dI literally didn\'t talk to anyone in my life about disability until I was, like, 30. Ever. Not my husband, not my friends, as little as possible to my own mother. I had this very bad idea that what I needed to do in every single social situation was wait until people could unsee my body\\u2026. And it was all in service of trying to be truly recognized or truly seen. And, of course, what was happening is I was involved in a complete act of self erasure because my body and my real self are related\\u2026. There is no real me without my physical self\\u2026. I did not think I was going to ever write about this, but once I started, it felt like I met myself for the first time.\\u201d\\nShow notes:\\n\\n@CCooperJones\\n\\nchloecooperjones.com\\n\\n\\xa0Cooper Jones on Longform\\n\\n00:00\\xa0Easy Beauty\\xa0(Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster \\u2022 2022)\\n\\n01:00\\xa0"Fearing for His Life"\\xa0(The Verge \\u2022 Mar 2019)\\n\\n02:00\\xa0"Contemplating Beauty in a Disabled Body"\\xa0(New York Times Magazine \\u2022 Mar 2022)\\n\\n19:00\\xa0"Such Perfection"\\xa0(The Believer \\u2022 Jun 2019)\\n\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'