KNEE BRACE PRESS

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essay

  • A white woman with short, brown hair gazes at the camera. She wears bright red lipstick, dangly silver earrings, and a black turtleneck sweater. The background is a white wall with yellow and pink tulips painted on it.

    Toothpaste

    By

    In Toothpaste, the essayist learns to live with PTSD as a result of illness, surgeries, and medical malpractice.

  • CLD

    The Window

    By

    A funny thing happens when you’ve ‘failed’ a suicide attempt.

  • Leo Castaneda-Pineda

    Battered Brain

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    Leo Castaneda-Pineda traces their post-concussion syndrome back to a game of soccer at the age of 11. In their essay, Castaneda-Pineda talks about how their condition evolved, the struggles of making their voice heard to doctors and learning to own “the disability label.”