Author Description

Abnormal is a scholarly yet highly accessible book with a core message about the importance of self-acceptance and personal responsibility in a world where we have failed to understand the limitations of science and what a 'normal' body means. Raised in the marshlands of Essex, Ju Gosling aka ju90 originally trained as a dancer, but went on to work as a social affairs journalist after she developed a spinal curvature in adolescence. Following a spinal fracture Ju returned to academia in the 1990s, gaining an MA in Cultural Studies from the University of East London and a PhD in Communications and Image Studies from the University of Kent at Canterbury.