Living with Disfigurement in Early Medieval Europe

RT @crystalshen6: From "Disfigurement, Authority and the Law": "[E]arly medieval law codes universally condemned interpersonal violence and…

RT @crystalshen6: (2016)"Defacing Women: The Gendering of Disfigurement" This book chapter on disfigurement in early medieval Europe says…

Here's the quote about it being frowned upon even in the Middle Ages to disfigure people in the face (and head too). Yet this is done to me every single day for 6+ years, day and night, thousands of total times.

The idea of any physical difference being inherently negative or a "punishment" is deeply harmful and ableist. It is often also sexist, and is a concept used to fuel gendered violence to this day. https://t.co/sF4QO8YJK5 https://t.co/mhieMdJLpG