About lauredhel
Lauredhel is an Australian woman with a disability.
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Contact: Lauredhel @ disabledfeminists.com
Posts by lauredhel
By lauredhel on 22 January, 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 [...]
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By lauredhel on 22 January, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language 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 certain material present in articles, but your [...]
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By lauredhel on 21 January, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language 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 certain material present in articles, but your [...]
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By lauredhel on 21 January, 2010
The call for submissions is out for the 63rd disability blog carnival, which will be held at the Dreamwidth disability community. PWD and allies are welcome to submit. The theme is “relationships”. Avendya explains: This does not necessarily mean romantic relationships – how has your disability affected your relationship with your family? How do you [...]
Posted in meta | Tagged avendya, blog, blogging, carnival, disability blog carnival, dreamwidth, relationships, submissions
By lauredhel on 20 January, 2010
I’ve been shaking my head over the press for Rachel Axler’s new hipster-ableist play, Smudge. Here’s a lightning tour, with my response s at the end. Emphases are mine. In ‘Smudge,’ Baby’s disabled, and mom’s not much better, from Newsday: Most couples look at the sonogram of their impending baby to see whether it’s a [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, ablism, axler, baby, child, children, children with disabiltiies, congenital, dehumanisation, disability, metaphor, new york, parenting, play, privilege, PWD are people, rachel axler, reviews, smudge, the women's project, theatre
By lauredhel on 20 January, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language 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 certain material present in articles, but your [...]
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By lauredhel on 18 January, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language 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 certain material present in articles, but your [...]
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By lauredhel on 17 January, 2010
So everyone can get to know our contributors a bit better, we’ve decided to run a series called “Meet a Contributor”. Each Contributor will be interviewed by the others in turn. Hi everyone! I’m Lauredhel. I live in Australia, where I live with a partner, our son, a dog, and a varying number of aquatic [...]
Posted in meet a contributor | Tagged bloggers, kangaroo paws, lauredhel, meet a contributor, otters, soap, soapmaking
By lauredhel on 17 January, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language 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 certain material present in articles, but your [...]
Posted in recommended reading
By lauredhel on 15 January, 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
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