October 2009
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By s.e. smith on 31 October, 2009
…that I am really tired of having. For the most part, I am pretty fortunate when it comes to actually dealing with the process of getting medications. I don’t take any OMGADDICTIVEADDICTIVE medications which would require people to place hoops in front of me to jump through every time I need my meds. My pharmacy [...]
Posted in class issues, medical practice | Tagged barriers to access, pharmacy, prescriptions
By Ouyang Dan on 31 October, 2009
Moderatrix Note: “The Labor of…” is a somewhat intermittent series to re-explore things in daily life taken for granted before living with chronic pain and/or disability. This is a space to share experiences. Sleep. My relationship with sleep has changed dramatically throughout my life as I have grown and changed. I am told that I [...]
Posted in life changes | Tagged chronic pain, chronic pain conditions, pain management, sleep, The Labor of, things I took for granted
By lauredhel on 31 October, 2009
This is our weekly Chatterday! open thread. Use this open thread to talk amongst yourselves: feel free to share a link, have a vent, or spread some joy. What have you been reading or watching lately (remembering spoiler warnings)? What are you proud of this week? What’s made your teeth itch? What’s going on in [...]
Posted in chatterday
By Ouyang Dan on 30 October, 2009
Welcome to Ableist Word Profile, a (probably intermittent) series in which staffers will profile various ableist words, talk about how they are used, and talk about how to stop using them. Ableism is not feminism, so it’s important to talk about how to eradicate ableist language from our vocabularies. This post is marked 101, which [...]
Posted in 101, Ableist Word Profile, feminism | Tagged ableism, I Feel Your Pain, word use, words mean things
By abby jean on 30 October, 2009
Being discriminated against or exploited because one is female may be painful and dehumanizing, but it may not necessarily be as painful, dehumanizing, or threatening as being without food or shelter, as starvation, as being deathly ill but unable to obtain medical care. – bell hooks, Feminist Theory From Margin to Center
Posted in class issues, feminism, intersectionality, Quotations
By Anna on 30 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 30, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, asperger syndrome, autism, canada, family, family dynamics, media and pop culture, mental health, mental illness, murder, poverty, sex, sexuality, social assistance
By kaninchenzero on 30 October, 2009
Update: It was pointed out, correctly, that part of this post contained a statement that made a generalization based on age. That statement has been removed and the post updated with this message. It’s not feminist, and it doesn’t belong here. I’m sorry. I actually had a really good experience with a physician recently. Like [...]
Posted in accessibility, bodies, happy posts, medical practice, mental health, normality, sexuality, social attitudes | Tagged accessibility, autism, barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, fibromyalgia, health care, medical care, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By s.e. smith on 29 October, 2009
How about not? Truly, this is probably one of the most annoying things which people say to me. Well, ok, I exaggerate, but people have been saying it a lot lately so it’s on my mind. I’m a rather private person. I don’t think I’m that much more private than most, but as a general [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, social attitudes | Tagged but this is about me, family, privacy
By Anna on 29 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 29, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged ableism, ally, ally work, Bones, irritations, media and pop culture, parenting, pop culture, sex, sexuality, work
By kaninchenzero on 29 October, 2009
On the way home from work the other day, the classical music station in Dallas, WRR 101.1*, played a really good performance of Beethoven’s Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”. It’s pretty, of course, which is all it needs to be. But every performance (and every work of art and every [...]
Posted in introspective, normality | Tagged communication, difference, happiness, identity, media and pop culture, mobility, normality, participation, personal, pride, social inclusion, stories
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