By s.e. smith on 3 November, 2009
Welcome to our newest intermittent series, “Dear Imprudence,” in which FWD/Forward contributors (and guest bloggers) deconstruct advice columns which offer monumentally bad advice about disability issues. Do you have an advice column you’d like us to deconstruct? Shoot us a link in the comments or via admin at disabledfeminists dot com. Our inaugural entry in [...]
Posted in bad advice, blaming, Dear Imprudence, media and pop culture | Tagged Dear Prudence, Emily Yoffe
By lauredhel on 3 November, 2009
This article was originally posted at Hoyden About Town on June 23, 2007, but has been substantially edited and updated for FWD/Forward. This post started with me suggesting a FAQ on reclamation for the “Finally, a Feminism 101 Blog” blog: “But there’s a whole feminist magazine called Bitch and a book called The Ethical Slut, [...]
Posted in language, resistance
By Staff on 3 November, 2009
There are some things which people need to be aware of, both about policing identity, and about our community specifically. Policing Identity: Policing identity is not acceptable. People who self-identify as disabled may come to this from a variety of backgrounds and perspectives, and it is not appropriate for an outsider to determine when someone [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, identity | Tagged disability
By lauredhel on 3 November, 2009
Most disability logos just consist of the usual stick-figure-in-the-wheelchair logo, or a derivation thereof. After spotting this logo for No Barriers No Borders, I went looking for others. And I got to thinking about the representations of disabled bodies in logos. I set aside those images dealing with sport, and those not including any representation [...]
Posted in bodies, representations
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