By s.e. smith on 12 April, 2010
I wanted to specifically address something I’ve noted seems to be a bit of a recurring theme in how newspapers are handling the reporting on child abuse cases involving Deaf boys. I think the best way to illustrate it is just to throw some pull quotes at you: …their reports fell on the deaf ears [...]
Posted in language, media and pop culture, social attitudes | Tagged abuse, Vatican
By Ouyang Dan on 12 April, 2010
Many professional athletic teams in the U.S. and Canada (for Hockey and Baseball, but I do not know of other sports, or of other countries’ sports’ teams) have what are known as “Disabled Lists“. Major League Baseball calls it this specifically, where a player who is temporarily injured and can not play for whatever reason [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, I C WUT U DID THAR!, is that what I think it is?, language, quick press
By Anna on 12 April, 2010
Description: A ramp at the foot of a set of concrete stairs. It ends on the second step from the bottom, leaving the rest of the stairs to climb Black Bodies The history of the black body is a long and twisted one. When I say black bodies, I mean the social construction of blackness, [...]
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