By Anna on 16 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 16
Posted in recommended reading
By lauredhel on 16 October, 2009
We’ve decided to have a 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. About the only content-related rule is to keep this thread for things not covered in other threads over the past few weeks. What have you [...]
Posted in chatterday
By abby jean on 16 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, social attitudes
By Annaham on 16 October, 2009
The singer Martha Wainwright has a song entitled “Bleeding All Over You” that begins with the following set of lyrics: There are days when the cage doesn’t seem to open very wide at all I know it sounds negative, but some days, I can definitely relate. Maybe it’s the fact that I pass fairly regularly [...]
Posted in bodies, identity | Tagged chronic pain conditions, fibromyalgia, invisible disabilities, normality, passing
By s.e. smith on 16 October, 2009
There are a lot of things we talk about when we talk about language, of course, but it’s worth highlighting something important: when we talk about language, we don’t talk about what it used to mean, or what it is supposed to mean, or what you think it means. We talk about how society uses [...]
Posted in 101, language | Tagged ableism, word use
By lauredhel on 16 October, 2009
[This post was originally written for BADD - Blogging Against Disablism Day, and posted on May 1, 2008 at Hoyden About Town. The 2020 Summit was an attempt by the then-new Rudd government to brainstorm ideas for the country's direction in areas including the economy, health, social inclusion, sustainability, the arts, and so on.] This [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged australia, exclusion, invisibility, policy, summit
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