Pushing the Limits: Disabled Dykes Produce Culture

Janet Money, formerly the sports editor of the Woodstock Daily
Sentinel-Review, is a freelance writer and editor in London, Ontario.

This impressive collection of prose, poetry, song, and visual art by
disabled lesbians is the first of two linked anthologies (the second is
an essay collection). In her forceful introduction (“We’re Here.
We’re Disabled and Queer. Get Used to It”), editor Shelley Tremain
calls for mainstream acknowledgment and understanding of the world
according to disabled lesbians.

The collection itself is angry, compassionate, funny, and, above all,
moving. Sherree Clark contributes excerpts from her Living with
Arthritis poetry/art collection. Margot K. Lane celebrates sexuality in
a wonderful poem entitled “full day.” Kathleen Martindale’s
posthumously published account of breast cancer is a sobering call to
action against unfeeling medical personnel, as is Kathleen Rockhill’s
chronicle of her recovery from a devastating car accident.

Combining ire with celebration, Pushing the Limits is an eye-opener.