Melissa Blake

Contributing Writer

Melissa Blake is a freelance writer and blogger from Illinois. She covers disability rights and women's issues and has written for The New York Times, Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping, Glamour and Racked, among others. Read her blog, So About What I Said, and follow her on Twitter.

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Opinion

I love rom-coms, but where's the female disabled lead?

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Opinion

How Ulta Beauty is changing beauty norms with its new wheelchair ad

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Opinion

It's time to redesign the accessibility logo

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Opinion

Trump and the everlasting problem of men demanding apologies from women

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Feature

The Christmas cookie recipe that keeps my family close

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Feature

Melissa Blake

I love rom-coms, but where's the female disabled lead?

How Ulta Beauty is changing beauty norms with its new wheelchair ad

It's time to redesign the accessibility logo

Trump and the everlasting problem of men demanding apologies from women

The Christmas cookie recipe that keeps my family close

The priceless nostalgia of childhood family road trips