Interviews | By Alice Dreger & Rory Kraft
If That Were Me, What Would I Want? – An Interview with Alice Dreger
A lot of your work in medical history examines people and conditions which are considered by the larger society to be “monstrous” or “freakish.” What do you think it means to “monsterize” these people? I think humans are fascinated by differences, including extreme differences, and also have a tendency to want to say to themselves …