{"id":10951,"date":"2013-12-04T13:30:30","date_gmt":"2013-12-04T21:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/?p=10951"},"modified":"2013-12-04T13:02:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-04T21:02:36","slug":"my-cyborg-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/2013\/12\/04\/my-cyborg-form\/","title":{"rendered":"my cyborg form"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pro Infirmis \u00abBecause who is perfect?\u00bb\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/E8umFV69fNg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This video shows a team of designers rebuilding clothing mannequins to resemble differently-abled bodies.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a moving story, well-worth the few minutes it will take to watch it.<\/p>\n<p>For me, this video highlighted the oddness that I sometimes feel when techs are building the &#8220;cosmesis&#8221; of my prosthetic leg&#8211;the sculpted form that creates the structure to give my metal innards a symmetrical form.\u00a0 They trace my organic leg and then shape firm foam into a matching shape, shaving it down a bit here and there to make it look proportional, and then we test it under clothing to ensure that the fabric flows smoothly and doesn&#8217;t bunch up around the knee or gather in odd ways at the hip or crotch.\u00a0 In this process they build me a cosmetic leg with all of the requisite properties of leg-ness, despite it being a completely function-less addition to my body.<\/p>\n<p>Due to still being in a phase where my new prothesis is being adjusted often (like today, it&#8217;s just started making a clanking noise as I walk around corners&#8211;time to go back in and figure out what&#8217;s going wrong), I&#8217;m not wearing any cosmesis at all.\u00a0 The asymmetry between my legs makes most clothing looks a bit strange, such as when the right pantleg of my wool trousers flaps back and forth in the wind as I walk across campus, or when I am sitting in a meeting and my right knee comes to an obvious narrow point instead of being neatly rounded like my organic leg.<\/p>\n<p>And while I think my bionic parts are uber-cool looking, at work I rarely wear short skirts or other clothing that shows my metal innards.\u00a0 Because it&#8217;s so much easier to &#8220;pass&#8221; than to have my body be a spectacle to passersby (or colleagues or students).\u00a0 I&#8217;m not at all embarrassed of being cyborg, but it adds a layer of inconvenience to my interactions that I prefer not to introduce in my professional setting.<\/p>\n<p>But on the weekends, it&#8217;s a different story.\u00a0 Then I wear short skirts and sandals and enjoy letting my robot hang out there for anyone to see.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10955\" style=\"width: 327px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10955\" class=\"size-large wp-image-10955\" alt=\"shadow, at the beach\" src=\"http:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-1024x1024.jpg\" width=\"317\" height=\"317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.janaremy.com\/pilgrimsteps\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/photo-624x624.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 317px) 100vw, 317px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10955\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">shadow, at the beach<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This video shows a team of designers rebuilding clothing mannequins to resemble differently-abled bodies.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a moving story, well-worth the few minutes it will take to watch it. 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