By Ouyang Dan on 24 November, 2009
…and I’m going to tell you why. Because the policing of women’s bodies, whether you are being cheeky, or saying it to a plastic doll, is not cool. It’s hurtful and not useful, and has no place in feminist discourse. Can we move past that point? Huh? That’s a pretty Kindy thing, IMNSFHO. ‘Kay. Moving [...]
Posted in bodies, feminism, intersectionality, language, mental health, shaming, Uncategorized | Tagged rants, words mean things
By s.e. smith on 24 November, 2009
I and others are going to be talking about the medicalization and pathologization of trans* gender identities here at FWD/Forward in the coming weeks and months, so I wanted to put up a definitions post so that we can all get familiar with the kind of language we will be using. I want to note [...]
Posted in bodies, gender, identity, intersectionality, language, normality, social attitudes | Tagged binarism, binary, cis, cissexism, gender binary, nonbinary, trans, trans gender
By Anna on 24 November, 2009
Recommended Reading for November 24, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged accessibility, art, canadian content, financials, mad pride, mental health, mental illness, service animals, websites
I’d Rather Be Dead
By kaninchenzero on 24 November, 2009
I didn’t think I’d need to do this but it has come up: This post is not a place to discuss the merits of assisted suicide. Many disabled people, including me, find it really unsettling. In the context of able-bodied and neurotypical people telling us our lives aren’t worth living it is especially inappropriate. Comments [...]
Posted in blaming, disability activism, From the comments, i'm right here, justice, normality, representations, resistance, shaming, social attitudes, violence