#5SmartReads - March 12, 2021

Today’s guest curator is regular contributor Qudsiya Naqui! Check out her podcast, Down To The Struts. See a few questions below to get to know her better:

Q: Last time I laughed really hard:
A: An impromptu kitchen dance party with my partner while listening to Prince

Q: Favorite book as a child?
A: Where the Wild Things Are

Q: Celebrity crush is...
A: Elizabeth Warren (I live in DC, so that's my version of a celebrity, and I hardcore girl crush on her every time I see her and her husband walking their dog around the Lincoln Memorial on my morning runs)

‘The Hill We Climb’ To Overcome Stereotypes About Disabilities (San Francisco Chronicle)

As a disabled person, I know firsthand what it's like to be held up as "inspirational" for being able to exist and function in the world with my disability, or as "tragic" for living with such "limitations," though I haven't experienced it on quite the scale as Amanda Gorman. This is an important perspective on how the public has framed Gorman's success,…