Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
The universe said: go press every single button on this light-up, see-through human body (and who are we to say no to the universe)?
Alt text: A series of shots show a life-size transparent plastic anatomical model of a female human body with visible bones and organs from each of the different angles mentioned. The model's arms are raised and outstretched while text on screen narrates the voiceover which says: The Front? Stunning. The back? Gorgeous. The side? beautiful. The top? Amazing. The bottom? Perfect.
Credit: Transparent Woman (Anatomical Figure). Unknown designer. Plastic, wire, c.1980 (restored in 2006). Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden.
The universe said: go press every single button on this light-up, see-through human body (and who are we to say no to the universe)?
Alt text: A series of shots show a life-size transparent plastic anatomical model of a female human body with visible bones and organs from each of the different angles mentioned. The model's arms are raised and outstretched while text on screen narrates the voiceover which says: The Front? Stunning. The back? Gorgeous. The side? beautiful. The top? Amazing. The bottom? Perfect.
Credit: Transparent Woman (Anatomical Figure). Unknown designer. Plastic, wire, c.1980 (restored in 2006). Stiftung Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden.








![Grace Spence Green on disability, politics and her new book To Exist as I Am
We caught up with Grace Spence Green - doctor, disability activist, and author - to talk about disability, politics and her new book To Exist as I Am: A Doctors Notes on Recovery and Radical Acceptance ✨
Grace Spence Green is a junior doctor working to challenge the narratives surrounding disability, medicine and identity. In 2018, aged 22 and a fourth year medical student, she sustained a spinal cord injury and is now a full-time wheelchair user. Since her life-changing injury, Grace has become a passionate advocate for the disabled community, appearing in the BMJ and Guardian, and across TV and radio.
0:00: intro
0.05: disability = stigma
0:44: inappropriate things people say to wheelchair users
03:06: what disability means
04:30: what is radical acceptance
05:01: the role of hope and care in activism
Read an extract online: https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/waking-up-in-a-new-body
Pick up your copy at Wellcome Collections bookshop or your nearest bookstore 📚 https://profilebooks.com/work/to-exist-as-i-am/
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