By s.e. smith on 11 October, 2009
Welcome to Ableist Word Profile, a (probably intermittent) series in which staffers will profile various ableist words, talk about how they are used, and talk about how to stop using them. Ableism is not feminism, so it’s important to talk about how to eradicate ableist language from our vocabularies. This post is marked 101, which [...]
Posted in 101, Ableist Word Profile, language | Tagged ableism, idiot, word use
By s.e. smith on 10 October, 2009
Read a Czech translation of this post, prepared by Vera! Welcome to Ableist Word Profile, a (probably intermittent) series in which staffers will profile various ableist words, talk about how they are used, and talk about how to stop using them. Ableism is not feminism, so it’s important to talk about how to eradicate ableist [...]
Posted in 101, Ableist Word Profile, language | Tagged ableism, cretin, Czech translation, word use
By s.e. smith on 10 October, 2009
I happened to be standing in line at Big National Chain Bank the other day when all sorts of things started going awry for the tellers. First, one had her computer crash. Then, the other had what seemed to be some sort of problem with a cashier’s check which involved a lot of furtive muttering [...]
Posted in accessibility
By s.e. smith on 9 October, 2009
Two separate posts about disability issues have had me thinking lately about the way in which our society systematically devalues the disabled body. One, on Feministe, about a casting call for someone to play a disabled character, and another, on Hoyden About Town, about a shameful chapter in the right to die debate. The very [...]
Posted in accessibility, bodies, identity | Tagged ableism
By s.e. smith on 8 October, 2009
Read a Czech translation of this post, prepared by Vera! I was saddened but unsurprised recently to encounter a discussion on a feminist website in which commenters were bemoaning the appearance of content about race, gender, disability, class, and other social justice issues on feminist sites. “Why can’t feminism,” commenters asked, “just be about women?” [...]
Posted in 101, language | Tagged Czech translation, language
By s.e. smith on 7 October, 2009
Read a Czech translation of this post, done by Vera! Thank you, Vera! In the furor of discussion on my post about breast cancer awareness campaigns which use exclusionary tactics, several commenters brought up some important points when we talked about why breast cancer has become such a high profile cause. Anna pointed out that [...]
Posted in blaming | Tagged causation, Czech translation, fibro, social policy
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