By amandaw on 21 October, 2009
Amanda flags a great post by Anne C at Existence is Wonderful, which catalogues “three different ways of looking at autism — in terms of neurological structure, in terms of lived experience, and in terms of outward behavior.” And Anne does such wonderful things with this delineation. Click through to read the whole post, which [...]
Posted in bodies, normality, Uncategorized | Tagged autism, body image, communication, conceptions of disability, difference, disability, language, mislabelling, myths and misconceptions, normality, research, science, self-acceptance, social treatment, symptoms
By amandaw on 19 October, 2009
Perhaps this is the wrong question. Instead, I propose: What is there to heal? Healing is the process of a body, having been injured in some way, doing what it takes to restore itself to normalcy. Merriam-Webster says, specifically, “to make sound or whole” and “to restore to original purity or integrity.” Take note of [...]
Posted in bodies, feminism, intersectionality, language, normality, violence | Tagged abuse, body image, difference, feminism, healing, justice, language, rape, sexual assault, sexual violence, trauma, wholeness, word use
By Annaham on 18 October, 2009
[Author's note: I'd been meaning to submit this piece somewhere since earlier this year, but never got around to it. I know we're almost finished with 2009--so focusing on a charity calendar may seem a bit old meme, at least in internet time--but some of the issues that this campaign raises are, as they say, [...]
Posted in bodies, feminism, intersectionality, media and pop culture, normality, Uncategorized | Tagged body image, chronic pain conditions, feminism, fibromyalgia, media and pop culture
By Chally on 18 October, 2009
A few months ago, there was a wonderful conversation in the blogosphere about gender presentation and disability. Jumping off from bfp’s what is butch? (check out the comments for some interesting disability discussion) a range of commenters and bloggers had something to say, and it evolved to have a strong disability focus. Here are extracts [...]
Posted in bodies, intersectionality | Tagged disability, gender presentation
By Annaham on 17 October, 2009
This amazing post and its follow-up by Anna at Trouble in China (she is also a contributor here, as you may have noticed) got me thinking. [In the interest of full disclosure, my Shakesville post is in there as an example of the problematic nature of inclusiveness.] Whenever I mention my personal blog in, say, [...]
Posted in accessibility, activism, bodies, feminism, introspective, normality | Tagged barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, communication, disclosure, internet, participation, privilege
By s.e. smith on 17 October, 2009
One of the many problems which people with disabilities of all genders experience is well-meant advice. How is advice a problem? Well, it plays into a long history of infantalization of people with disabilities, and it’s a reminder to us that non-disabled people often believe that they know what’s good for us. The fact that [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, feminism, identity
By Annaham on 16 October, 2009
The singer Martha Wainwright has a song entitled “Bleeding All Over You” that begins with the following set of lyrics: There are days when the cage doesn’t seem to open very wide at all I know it sounds negative, but some days, I can definitely relate. Maybe it’s the fact that I pass fairly regularly [...]
Posted in bodies, identity | Tagged chronic pain conditions, fibromyalgia, invisible disabilities, normality, passing
By Staff on 15 October, 2009
Today is Love Your Body Day, so a few of us are going to talk about why we love our bodies! I’m meloukhia, and I love my body because, well, without a body, I wouldn’t have nearly as much fun, seeing as how we haven’t quite gotten to the state of being able to exist [...]
Posted in activism, bodies | Tagged happiness, love, pride
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
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