2. Eli Clare outlines his lived experiences with staring as a queer trans disabled man. How does he experience staring as both empowering and disempowering?  

3. Eli Clare describes how, if he had a time machine, he would visit the freak shows of the past. Some disabled people-like A. Andrews-would argue that freak shows were objectifying and exploitative. Why do you think Clare actually desires to be among those in freak shows?

4. Garland-Thomson describes staring as a "form of communication." What effect did staring have on Lucy Grealy and A. Andrews? What were the stares communicating to them? How do the stares influence their lived experiences as disabled people?

5. Compare the ways that Eli Clare (Gawking, Gasping, Staring), Lucy Grealy (Pony Party), and A. Andrews (The Long History of Staring) think about and experience staring. How are they similar? In what ways are they different? What roles might other social identities such as gender, disability type, sexuality, and class play in how they experience staring?