By Chally on 24 December, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? The Broken of Britain: The GP’s Story by Dr Jest So there you have it. Neither Pete nor Dud would [...]
Posted in bad advice, bodies, gender, medical practice, recommended reading, work | Tagged australia, bodies, disabled sports, fat, India, medical practice, paid work, sports, travel, traveling while disabled, United Kingdom, United States, work
By s.e. smith on 3 November, 2010
Many organisations concerned about violations of civil rights and police brutality put out guides for civilians, providing a framework for interacting with law enforcement. These guides are usually designed to help people safeguard their civil rights and avoid police brutality while smoothing interactions with law enforcement as much as possible. The idea is that, well, [...]
Posted in bad advice | Tagged law enforcement, police
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 Ouyang Dan on 18 September, 2010
Here’s some nostalgia for ya, gentle readers! My dad, who was completely AB for the record, lived alone in the home I now own, and for a good portion of my life had many of his needs taken care of by members of his immediate family. My Grammy did most of his laundry, unless my [...]
Posted in bad advice, Dear Imprudence, disability activism, intersectionality, relationships, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, caregivers, Dear Imprudence, Dear Prudence, disability, Emily Yoffe, intersectionality, it's not fair!, problematic attitudes, sex, social lives, social treatment
By Ouyang Dan on 7 September, 2010
Gentle Readers! I love advice columns almost as much as s.e. smith, and I especially love ou’s deconstructions of them, so I get pretty stoked when ou passes them along for the rest of us to take a crack at them. This one comes to the the New York Times’ Social Q’s from a mother [...]
Posted in bad advice, Dear Imprudence, intersectionality, othering, parenting, relationships | Tagged ableism, burden, Dear Imprudence, disability, gawking, intersectionality, parenting, privacy, problematic attitudes, social treatment, staring
By s.e. smith on 28 July, 2010
A recent Miss Conduct column featured a letter from a person with a common problem: Unwanted touch. How do you convey that you’re not a touchy-feely person without coming across as rude or a prude? Ever since starting my freshman year of college, I’ve encountered a startlingly high number of males who think it’s appropriate [...]
Posted in autonomy, bad advice, bodies, Dear Imprudence | Tagged harassment, Miss Conduct, Robin Abrahams, sexism, unwanted touch
By s.e. smith on 15 July, 2010
I know we’ve had a number of Dear Imprudences in the last week or so, but, people, there has been a lot of really bad advice out there. This Sunday’s ‘The Ethicist’ column in the New York Times was a pretty glaring example, and I thank FWD reader Molly Bandit for bringing it to my [...]
Posted in bad advice, Dear Imprudence | Tagged outing, Randy Cohen, The Ethicist, transgender
By s.e. smith on 14 July, 2010
On to the other letter in last week’s Dear Prudence with a response that made me, to be blunt, extremely angry. A letter writer submitted this: Dear Prudence, I am a proud gay man and for the last several years have worked in a high-ranking position for a company where my homosexuality has never been [...]
Posted in bad advice, Dear Imprudence, i'm right here, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, bigotry, Dear Prudence, Emily Yoffe, in the workplace
By s.e. smith on 9 July, 2010
This week’s edition of Dear Prudence had several entries that got me extremely riled up, but the one I’m choosing to feature is one from a young intern who got, well, some pretty awful advice. The intern wrote: Dear Prudence, I landed a dream internship in the entertainment industry and on my first day on [...]
Posted in bad advice, Dear Imprudence, feminism | Tagged Dear Prudence, Emily Yoffe, sexism, sexual harassment
By s.e. smith on 29 June, 2010
Note: This post was written primarily with nondisabled readers in mind. Cure evangelism is a scourge which seems unlikely to vanish any time soon, so we may as well address it and have a little chat about what it is, why it is problematic, and what you, personally, can do about it. This is not [...]
Posted in 101, autonomy, bad advice, blaming, bodies | Tagged cure evangelism, this is not helpful
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