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Danilyn Rutherford @danilynfox
Joined August 2012
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My piece on diagnosis, lifespan, and guitar riffs is out in the Huffington Post today! huffpost.com/entry/rare-gene…

My Profoundly Disabled Daughter Isn’t Able To Speak, Walk Or Feed Herself. I’ve Had To Make Peace...

“She’d had a normal birth and what looked like a normal early infancy.”

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Really glad to have had a chance to talk to Anita Rao about Beautiful Mystery on Embodied. The episode is out (and airing) today! @DukePress wunc.org/show/embodied podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…

Embodied

Sex and relationships are intimate — and sometimes intimidating to talk about. In WUNC’s award-winning show, host Anita Rao guides us on an exploration of our brains and bodies that touches down in...

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I'm coming to Vermont to talk about Beautiful Mystery! Thanks to Kim Locke and the wonderful scholars, Vicki Brennan and Jeanne Shea, for making this happen. Join us at the South Burlington Library on May 6 from 5-7. @DukePress
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Sean for Congress@Sean4congress_
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We need affordable healthcare, housing, education, cost of living and we need it now! Our current representative is a co-sponsor on the Medicare for All Act, so why would he vote to "denounce the horrors of socialism"? seanforcongress.org/is-jimmy… #socialism #medicareforall
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I'm coming to Madison, Wisconsin, the town where I grew up. I"ll be talking about Beautiful Mystery with Krisjon Olson, a fabulous disability scholar, on March 2 at 6 pm. So looking forward to this! @DukePress roomofonesown.com/event/2026…
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On Tuesday, January 20 at 6 pm, I get to share a stage with @noahwf -- whose book is beautiful and illuminating -- and our discussants, @HarawayDonna and @MeganMoodie10 . If you're in Santa Cruz, join us! thi.ucsc.edu/event/nurturing…
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Anand Pandian@anandspandian
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"These days, so much turns on our collective ability to open ourselves to new ways of being with one another. This is the first lesson from Millie's world: You don't have to be the same to be close." This extraordinary new book by Danilyn Rutherford is a moving, compelling read.
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So excited to be in conversation with Anand Pandian and Ashanté Reese! We had so much fun talking about Something Between Us that we decided to do it again. Thank you SAR. Tuesday, 1/13 on Zoom; you can register here: sarweb.org/date/beautiful-my… @DukePress

Beautiful Mystery: Living in a Wordless World - School for Advanced Research

Book Talk | Author Danilyn Rutherford will be joined in discussion by colleagues Anand Pandian, Krieger-Eisenhower Professor of Anthropology at Johns Hopkins University, and Ashanté Reese, Associate...

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Totally enjoyed talking to Alex Frnka about my book @babesinbooklandpod instagram.com/reel/DSVVVH9Ed… The full episode is here! babesinbookland.buzzsprout.c… @DukePress

Babes in Bookland (@babesinbooklandpod) • Instagram reel

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My essay on Dagmar Herzog's wonderful book, The Question of Unworthy Life, is in Somatosphere today! Disability and the Worship of Work somatosphere.net/disability-…

Disability and the Worship of Work

The website of Somatosphere

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Really excited to see this fantastic essay by Alissa Quart. I’m quoted in it, and so is my daughter’s insightful care provider, Julie Croghan. theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i…

I’m part of the triple-decker sandwich generation. You probably are as well

You’ve heard of caregivers in the sandwich generation. In this anti-compassion Trump 2.0 era, it’s more like a triple-decker sandwich. I experienced this first-hand

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Excited to talk about Beautiful Mystery in Denver! I'll be at The Bookies Bookstore on December 13. Glad to have a chance to talk about my disabled daughter's world. @DukePress thebookies.com/events/415172…

An Afternoon with Author Danilyn Rutherford | The Bookies Bookstore

Denver independent bookstore for children, families, and teachers!

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Tomorrow in New York! I'll be at NYU talking about Beautiful Mystery with my good friend Elayne Oliphant.
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Really excited about coming to Chicago next week to talk about my book with Summerson Carr! semcoop.com/event/danilyn-ru…
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Coming up this Wednesday! I'm really looking forward to being in conversation with the wonderful writer and thinker, Rachel Adams.
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New York friends, join me this Thursday at the Grad Center for the New York launch of Beautiful Mystery! Excited to be in conversation with the brilliant Dagmar Herzog. Thanks to the Anthropology Department for hosting us. @DukePress
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And here's the link! anthropology.commons.gc.cuny…
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I'll be at Purdue on Monday for the Anthropologies of Tomorrow Lecture. Really excited for this conversation! #dukepress
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Thanks to Abby J. Perry for interviewing me for Common Good Magazine. The piece is now out! #DukePress commongoodmag.com/the-secret…

What It Means to Live a Meaningful Life  | Common Good Magazine

Danilyn Rutherford discusses caring for her daughter with a disability, what a meaningful life really means, and why curiosity is a way forward for us all.

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Excited to talk about Beautiful Mystery in Stockholm with the wonderful writer Fanny Ambjörnsson! su.se/department-of-social-a…
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