McKenna, EmmaEmmaMcKenna2022-09-122021-07-302022-09-1220212366-4142http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:hebis:26-opus-161709https://jlupub.ub.uni-giessen.de/handle/jlupub/7704http://dx.doi.org/10.22029/jlupub-7138A body changed by illness demands new narrative modes. In this article, I use autothe-ory to foreground my experience of struggling with symptoms of endometriosis. I enter into conversation with feminist disability scholars who have theorized chronic illness and endometriosis as a disability, and think through some of the socio-eco-nomic effects of doing so, particularly within academia. I examine how an experi-mental arts-based practice can be a method of narrating chronic illness. Situated within a disability art aesthetic, I use textiles to represent a chronic pain episode. These images argue for the inherent worthiness of non-normative female embodiment.enNamensnennung 4.0 Internationalfeminist disability studiesfeminist cultural studieschronic illnessendometriosisautotheoryddc:300