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Disabled bodies are beautiful

On Aariana Rose Philip at the Met Gala and the power of representation

May 06, 2026
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Hello,

Sometimes you didn’t know you needed something until you got it.

For me, this week, the thing I needed was to see Aariana Rose Philip at the Met Gala.

Look at her. Isn’t she stunning?

Much is said about disability representation - why it’s important, whether it’s getting better, what we can do about it. Much less is said about the type of representat…

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