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 4 October, 2010
Content note: This post contains discussions of bullying, abuse, and suicide. An alarming number of gay youth have committed suicide in the United States in recent weeks. There were probably more than I listed here; there tend to be disparities in what the media does and doesn’t report. Rates of suicide and suicide attempts among [...]
Posted in deaths, mental health, sexuality | Tagged bullying, education, queer youth, QUILTBAG, suicide, transgender youth, United States
By s.e. smith on 3 October, 2010
In a recent Carolyn Hax column, a reader wrote in with the following: Dear Carolyn: A friend of mine is getting married to a woman who has multiple sclerosis. His family is very upset by this fact (along with a few other issues they have with his bride-to-be). Should something like having a chronic illness [...]
Posted in 101, Dear Imprudence, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, Carolyn Hax, family dynamics, interfering busybodies, love and relationships, multiple sclerosis, weddings
By s.e. smith on 2 October, 2010
A (hopefully!) large group of disabled people will be protesting against the proposed benefits cuts outside the Tory Party conference tomorrow, Sunday 3rd October 2010. For details of where, times, etc, please see Disabled People Protest. If, like me, you’re unable to go due to a lack of money and/or a lack of spoons then theUnited Front [...]
Posted in activism, policy, signal boost | Tagged England, online protest, protest
By s.e. smith on 29 September, 2010
Back in July, the following letter/response ran in Dear Abby: Dear Abby: I am the parent of a child with special needs. To an outsider he looks different; adults and children stare at him when we’re out. My son is not aware of their impolite behavior, but I am — and it really irks me. [...]
Posted in 101, bad advice, Dear Imprudence, i'm right here | Tagged Abigail Van Buren, Dear Abby
By s.e. smith on 28 September, 2010
Joesphine King is an artist with bipolar disorder who produces startling and evocative self portraits. Josephine King remembers her first self-portrait and how it showed up out of nowhere. She was “really ill” with bipolar disorder, living alone in a flat in Amsterdam. “I was in psychosis. I was desperate, not at all well in [...]
Posted in art, creative work, identity | Tagged bipolar disorder, disabled painters, self-portraits
By s.e. smith on 27 September, 2010
A FWD reader writes: I am a disabled woman and I’m doing a bit of research into the experiences of dyspraxia in higher education. I would like to hear from anyone who has dyspraxia or any related condition (autistic spectrum conditions, dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, Tourrette’s). I have made a short, confidential 10-question survey, with an option [...]
Posted in signal boost | Tagged survey
By s.e. smith on 27 September, 2010
Date: Wednesday 29th September 2010 Venue: Boardroom, Disability Action, Portside Business Park, 189 Airport Road West, Belfast, BT3 9ED Time: 10.00 am – 4.00 pm If you are a person with a disability or a representative organisation it is important that you understand the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and [...]
Posted in signal boost | Tagged Ireland
By s.e. smith on 24 September, 2010
This delicious little story in the Carluke Gazette by Craig Goldthorpe is pretty much your run of the mill profile of a local person with disabilities by a journalist who has no idea what he’s talking about, but, gosh, thinks it’s actually neat! Milena Canning is an equestrian who enjoys riding Clydesdale horses, which isn’t [...]
Posted in 101, media and pop culture, social attitudes | Tagged blind, blind athletes, disabled athletes, equestrian, sports
By s.e. smith on 22 September, 2010
Here in the United States, the 2010/2011 television schedule is kicking off, and my mind naturally turns to representation for people with disabilities. I decided to compile a list of actors with disabilities playing characters with disabilities. This list is not necessarily complete; there are probably characters and shows I am forgetting about and unaware [...]
Posted in 101, creative work, media and pop culture, television | Tagged CSI, depictions of disability, disabled actors, disabled characters, glee, Lie To Me, private practice, The Secret Life of the American Teenager
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