By Anna on 12 February, 2010
Last week I attended a meeting at my university campus regarding sustainable transportation options for the next five to ten years. We’re at an interesting point in time here, as both the transit routes and the university are putting in long-term planning, so we may have a chance to push for real, useful, interesting change [...]
Posted in accessibility, autonomy, politics, social attitudes
By lauredhel on 12 February, 2010
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 Anna on 12 February, 2010
One of the ways mainstream media talks about things is in binaries. People are either book readers or they read nothing at all, for example. Women are either sluts or they aren’t having any sex at all. People are either caregivers or they have disabilities and thus are cared for. Or so I keep hearing. [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, disability activism, social attitudes
By lauredhel on 12 February, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post. I attempt to provide extra warnings for material like extreme violence/rape; however, [...]
Posted in recommended reading
By s.e. smith on 12 February, 2010
The Younger Women’s Task Force: DC Metro Chapter (YWTF: DC), a grassroots organization working to create a community for conversation and action among younger women and their allies, is planning a panel discussion on feminism and disability to be held in Washington, DC in late March. YWTF: DC is currently looking for panel members for [...]
Posted in activism, feminism
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