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Today I write about 'Scary face' at Halloween - the scary masks featuring facial disfigurements that depict evil. "What about the people who have to live with visible differences for their whole life. Our faces are not costumes, and nor should our faces be appropriated in them." Read more: http://carlyfindlay.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/appearance-diversity-scary-face-at.html

Some people expect me to educate everyone I meet - that I should be ok with answering every question that comes my way because I experience this all the time; and that I should also be polite in all my encounters. And for those who know me, and experience what I do by being a friend, can see that sometimes that's just not possible. Read more: http://carlyfindlay.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/walking-alongside-someone-with-visible.html

Tavi Gevinson on reading online criticism: "Would Beyonce be doing this? NO! She'd close the computer and go and be awesome." Read a summary of her talk: http://carlyfindlay.blogspot.com.au/2013/08/tavi-gevinson-at-melbourne-writers.html

Ichthyosis Awareness Month: my Mum's story http://carlyfindlay.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/ichthyosis-awareness-month-my-mum-story.html