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[beccaelizabeth]

I dreamed a guy who came back from war with both legs missing, only to find that first the Other Guys and then his own side had made propaganda films about him. So his disability was a symbol, and a site for contested meanings. And also he was a movie star. But without anybody so far listening to him, or him getting to decide what he thought or felt about the whole deal.

Hard to get on with being stoic and heroic when everyone's asking you how you feel about it. Tricky even to get a suitable place to live when everyone thinks it's all political.