Cara E. Jones

This project defines gendered disabilities broadly, including chronic illnesses that involve the uterus, ovaries, and other body parts traditionally classified as "female." I interrogate the usage of language such as women's health and gyne…

Disability scholars have critiqued medical models that pathologize disability as an individual flaw that needs treatment, rehabilitation, and cure, favoring instead a social‐constructionist approach that likens disability to other identity …

Endometriosis is a common, chronic gynecological condition characterized by the presence of tissue that resembles the lining of the uterus located outside of the uterus. This displaced tissue resul...

From Wandering Wombs to Female Trouble: Endometriosis Self-Help Literature and Memoir from the Intersections of Queer and Disability Studies investigates how compulsory motherhood operates as a discursive and pedagogical agent in discourses…