By Annaham on 8 July, 2010
Director Matthew Galkin’s documentary Kevorkian (aired on HBO on June 28th; also available on YouTube; ETA: as codeman38 points out below, the YouTube version is, unfortunately, not closed-captioned) is one of those documentaries that I felt nervous about watching, mostly because I was extremely skeptical that it would be anything other than a massive apologia [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, deaths, media and pop culture, movies, othering, representations, social attitudes, television | Tagged assisted suicide, documentary, jack kevorkian, medical practice, medicine
By Annaham on 6 July, 2010
jadelennox (DW): How to fight ableism: some easy steps So I thought it might be valuable to gather together some ways in which able-bodied people can do something about ableism in the world. Then, next time a person is feeling frustrated about ableism, and is thinking about doing some signal boosting of, say, some crappy [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, media and pop culture, movies, race, recommended reading, representations, social attitudes, work | Tagged ability, ableism, accessibility, activism, advertising, conceptions of disability, disability, intersectionality, language, movies, personal stories, pop culture, privilege, protest, race, racism, social attitudes, social inclusion, writing
By s.e. smith on 4 July, 2010
I took a gander through the Miss Conduct archives, as I do now and then, and encountered this letter from early June: I have a friend who has made comments to me such as ‘You look so thin. Are you sick?’ and ‘You look so thin. Is something wrong?’ I see this person on a [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, Dear Imprudence | Tagged Miss Conduct, norming, Robin Abrahams, weight
By Annaham on 2 July, 2010
I have dealt with disability, in various capacities, for my entire life — this started when I was born three months prematurely and was affected by cerebral palsy (left hemiplegia, if anyone really wants to know) as a result. I know what you might be thinking: You cannot possibly have CP, Annaham! CP is always [...]
Posted in bodies, i'm right here, identity, normality, othering, small stories | Tagged bodies, cerebral palsy, hemiplegia, movement, pride
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
By Ouyang Dan on 29 June, 2010
I read recently in an issue of Family Circle Magazine (DON’T JUDGE ME!) (There was a fried chicken recipe I wanted to try out!) that “Japanese research” (could they be any more vague and list any fewer resources?) indicates that using a Wii Fit burns just as many calories as doing moderate exercise. There was [...]
Posted in accessibility, bodies, media and pop culture, technology, video games/gaming | Tagged accessibility, disability, disability movement, exercise, games, media and pop culture, pop culture, privilege, video games, Wii Fit
By Annaham on 22 June, 2010
Recently, I was on the commuter train home. I happened to be reading Susan Schweik’s book Ugly Laws: Disability in Public for a research paper. Two middle-aged women sat down opposite me, and one inquired as to what book I was reading. Me: It’s a book about 20th-century ugly laws in the U.S. Woman #1: [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, books, history, politics, small stories, social attitudes | Tagged conceptions of disability, reading, social attitudes, things people say, ugly laws
By Ouyang Dan on 20 June, 2010
I am staring up at the sky, and I can see the clouds rolling by. I am going the other way. We are giving a nod to one another as we go our way. The sounds above me are all muffled, of people going on with their lives. I put them out of my mind. [...]
Posted in bodies | Tagged chronic pain, personal, self-acceptance
By Annaham on 10 June, 2010
The supposition that one [group] needs the other’s acquiescence in order to exist prevents both from moving together as self-defined persons toward a common goal. This kind of action is a prevalent error among oppressed peoples. It is based upon the false notion that there is only a limited and particular amount of freedom that [...]
Posted in activism, blaming, bodies, feminism, gender, intersectionality, justice, othering, politics, Quotations, race, reading list, resistance | Tagged ability, anti-racism, binary, disability movement, feminism, fighting ableism, gender, intersectionality, LGBQTAI, oppression olympics, privilege, queer, race, sexuality, social attitudes, social inclusion, social justice, structural vs. individual, unexpected obstacles, white privilege
By s.e. smith on 9 June, 2010
Content warning: This post contains discussions about abuse of people with disabilities, including physical assault and the use of restraints. Last week, a major civil rights lawsuit was settled in Pennsylvania when seven families agreed to accept five million United States Dollars to resolve a case they filed against a teacher and her superiors, arguing [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, justice, policy, politics, poverty | Tagged abuse, autism, autistic children, education, restraint
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