About s.e. smith
s.e. smith is a recalcitrant, grumpy person with disabilities who enjoys riling people up, talking about language, tearing apart poor science reporting, and chasing cats around the house with squeaky mice in hand. Ou personal website can be found at this ain't livin'.
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Contact: meloukhia @ disabledfeminists.com
Posts by s.e. smith
By s.e. smith on 24 December, 2010
Last week, the Internet exploded over the case of Jody McIntyre, a wheelchair user who was pulled out of his chair during a demonstration in Britain in front of a shocked crowd. I saw the Tweets rolling out live as the incident happened, with people demanding to know why the event wasn’t being covered on [...]
Posted in activism, social attitudes, violence | Tagged Britain, jody mcintyre, protesting
By s.e. smith on 22 December, 2010
I’m in a marathon rewatch of Six Feet Under right now because I’m working on an ongoing series over at I Fry Mine In Butter on the show’s depiction of the funeral industry1. One of the recurring themes of the show is mental illness and a number of regular characters including Billy Chenowith and George [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, mental health | Tagged Billy Chenowith, bipolar disorder, Six Feet Under
By s.e. smith on 21 December, 2010
Obligatory disclaimer: I was given an iPad, but not by Apple, and Apple is not endorsing, paying for, or otherwise involved in this review. Onwards! I was initially highly skeptical when I opened my iPad. I sort of thought ‘well, what am I going to do with this?’ Then I started using it, and people [...]
Posted in Accessible Tech | Tagged iPad, reviews, tablet computers
By s.e. smith on 20 December, 2010
One of the relationship tropes that irks me most when it comes to talking about partnerships where at least one person is disabled is the idea that the relationship only exists because of pity, often paired with the idea that disabled people will take any relationship they can get out of fear that they will [...]
Posted in i'm right here, othering, relationships, social attitudes
By s.e. smith on 20 December, 2010
I’ve been following the Keeping All Students Safe Act, an important piece of legislation for keeping disabled students safe in school. I’m horrified to learn that the Senate version of the bill, S. 3895, actually includes measures allowing for restraint and seclusion, which I missed when I posted about it earlier this year. (Mea culpa!) [...]
Posted in policy, signal boost | Tagged Congress, education, restraint, seclusion, United States
By s.e. smith on 20 December, 2010
The Conference and Program Committees and the AHEAD Staff are hard at work planning the AHEAD 2011 Conference to make sure attendees have an incredible time, get loads of new invaluable information and resources, meet new colleagues & friends (while reconnecting with “old” ones), and enjoy one of the most beautiful cities in the world. [...]
Posted in signal boost | Tagged conferences, education, United States
By s.e. smith on 18 December, 2010
Dear Imprudence’s recent reader livechat featured a question that made me go ‘oooh, ouch, been there,’ from a reader writing on behalf of a daughter hounded by family members, specifically her grandmother, about her weight. Q. Grandmother’s Obsession With Weight: My daughter is a recent grad of a top 3 in the country school. She’s [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged Dear Imprudence, Emily Yoffe, family, fat
By s.e. smith on 17 December, 2010
A whole lot of people are celebrating holidays right now, and it seems like the holiday season is a source of stress for many of those people, particularly people with disabilities. Stress about attending family events and dealing with judginess or inaccessible houses. Stress about being required to go to holiday parties for work. Stress [...]
Posted in life changes, normality, othering | Tagged family, holidays, stress
By s.e. smith on 15 December, 2010
The 2011 Women’s Worlds Conference is taking place in Ottowa from 3-7 July, 2011. Here’s some information about the theme of the conference, which may be relevant to some of our readers! Inclusions, exclusions, and seclusions: Living in a globalized world The theme of Women’s Worlds 2011 is “Inclusions, exclusions, and seclusions: Living in a [...]
Posted in signal boost | Tagged canada, conferences
By s.e. smith on 15 December, 2010
I have been reading rather a lot of young adult fiction lately and there are a number of books I’d like to write about, but this one in particular seems worthy of discussing here because one of the central themes of the story is institutionalisation. Please be advised that I’ll be getting into plot details [...]
Posted in books | Tagged historical novels, institutionalisation, sexuality, Wildthorn
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