On Dr. Martens and Disability

My cerebral palsy often turned footwear into a wedge issue

Photo by Elijah O'Donell on Unsplash

My love affair with Dr. Martens started while I was hunting for “cool” at a gigantic St. Louis mall. In an otherwise nondescript store, I spotted a pair of black Dr. Martens boots covered in flaky gold glitter. The sparkles weren’t baked into the material, but were instead glued all over the boots in tiny, puckered…