Introduction / Victoria A. Brownworth -- Tears / Victoria A. Brownworth -- Home among the trees: a visit with Karen Thompson, Sharon Kowalski and Patty Bresser / Marj Schneider -- Steps and climbing: an interview with Joyce Peltzer / Susan Raffo -- Seeing is Be(liev)ing / Deborah Peifer -- Backward by threes / Faith Reidenbach -- From each...to each / Lizard Jones -- The laws of physics: a conversation with D.A. Watters -- A dialogue on disability: to the person who "helps" me / Maura Kelly -- Hang-gliding: an interview with Maura Kelly / Victoria A. Brownworth --
Autoimmune disease: a personal perspective / Patricia Nell Warren -- The madwoman of Off our backs / Carol Anne Douglas -- STILL. FEMME. / Sharon Wachsler -- Complication: the deaf community, disability and being a lesbian mom--a conversation with myself / Vicky D'aoust -- Two communities: lesbian and deaf cultures meet -- Flirting with you: some notes on isolation and connection / Eli Clare -- Who choses? The debate over eugenics and euthanasia / Victoria A. Brownworth -- Private dancer: evolution of a freak / Nomy Lamm -- In a new light / Erin Lawrence -- Evidence / Sue Russell --
Passing through shame / Mary Frances Platt -- Personal assistance: a job, a politic / Mary Frances Platt -- Bodies in trouble / Ellen Samuels -- Hidden disability: a coming out story / Carolyn Gage -- Heritage of healing / Huhanna -- Writing from the body / Nicola Griffith -- Panic attack: a dialogue between Polly Carl and Raquel (Rocki) Volaco Simões / Susan Raffo -- Giving birth / Julia Trahan -- Against the body of my mother / Susan Raffo -- Seeking community: some lessons from a Catholic girlhood / Victoria A. Brownworth -- Betrayal / Ruthann Robson -- Literary ambition / Ruthann Robson --