Hello and welcome my spanktastic blog!

BeautyAbility.com is an edgy, tongue-in-cheek blog on all things disabled (from a disabled woman’s point of view) and with chatter on non-disability stuff too (whatever interests me basically). My disability isn’t my entire life people!

I’m 28, I have a BA in Mass Communications (y un minor de Espanol), and I live in the fair city of Minneapolis. I’m also a C6 quad from a diving accident in ‘93 (no it wasn’t competitive diving…blah). I’ve been known to be a bit snarky too, but that’s for you to decide.

Professionally, I’m the SCI Life columnist for New Mobility magazine. I’m also a regular contributor to Disaboom, Kids on Wheels magazine and United Spinal’s Action magazine. I also work freelance for The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. And in July, I’ll be Playgirl’s featured contributing writer, so be sure to check out my work in their mag this summer.

And, if you wanna hear my sexy voice and listen to me bullshit for an hour each week, be sure to check out my podcast hosted by XAble.com (every Thurs) called No Free Rides. It’s fresh, it’s in your face, and it’s for disabled women looking for a laugh and for someone to relate to (but men can listen too…it’s that good).

Here are other publications/websites that my work has graced: Nerve.com, Whispers from Heaven, 360Mag.com, ThisAbled.com, Evote.com, Ican.com, Halftheplanet.com, The Land, Publisher’s Auxiliary, Mary.com, and N2Arts.com.

Non-professionally, I enjoy traveling on the cheap, hanging out in West Hollywood when I can (thanks to last minute Sun Country dealios), listening to music by the amazing David Bowie, eating sushi, Indian food, Thai, and other wacky int’l cuisines (the spicier, the better), cooking for friends, sexy men with deep pockets, drinking Stoli Raz and Sours and Malbec wine, galavanting with the MN Zissou Society, shopping at craphole thrift stores and finding treasures to compliment my wardrobe, and pushing my way through the crowds (making sure not to roll over any toes) at the hipster music clubs littering my city.

To see some photos from my so-called-life, click here.