By Anna on 5 November, 2009
Crip Drag is when a character has a disability, but the actor playing that character doesn’t have whatever disability they are portraying. Recent examples that come to mind are Kevin McHale, who plays Artie on Glee, any wheelchair-using villain you see in Doctor Who, and whoever got the role of Eleanor Perry in the Stargate: Universe episode “Sabotage”.
Posted in media and pop culture, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged blind, broadway, crip drag, Deaf, helen keller, marlee Matlin, media and pop culture
By Guest on 4 November, 2009
My life is not a fucking tragedy.
Posted in biography, guest post, social attitudes | Tagged biography, media and pop culture, representation
By abby jean on 4 November, 2009
In my professional life, I’m an advocate at a non-profit agency that provides free legal services to low-income folks. I work primarily in the area of public benefits, which means I’ve done a lot of work with the program from the Social Security Administration (SSA) to assist low-income folks with permanent disabilities: Supplemental Security Income [...]
Posted in activism, class issues, language, social attitudes
By Annaham on 4 November, 2009
[Possible trigger warning for upsetting and ableist language] As some of you may know, I am a graduate student getting my Master’s Degree in Women and Gender Studies. I currently have vague career aspirations of getting my PhD or at least remaining in academia in some capacity; my academic interests primarily have to do with [...]
Posted in accessibility, bad advice, blaming, bodies, identity, language, normality, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, learning disability, problematic attitudes, university
By Annaham on 2 November, 2009
Author’s note: This is a revised version of a bingo card that I made some time ago. While I don’t feel like I should be required to justify the lowermost right square, there was some confusion and pretty ooky pushback when I posted version 1 on my own blog. I’ll explain that square anyway, for [...]
Posted in blaming, bodies, intersectionality, language, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, Big Bad Pharma, invisible disabilities, invisible illness bingo
By kaninchenzero on 30 October, 2009
Update: It was pointed out, correctly, that part of this post contained a statement that made a generalization based on age. That statement has been removed and the post updated with this message. It’s not feminist, and it doesn’t belong here. I’m sorry. I actually had a really good experience with a physician recently. Like [...]
Posted in accessibility, bodies, happy posts, medical practice, mental health, normality, sexuality, social attitudes | Tagged accessibility, autism, barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, fibromyalgia, health care, medical care, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By s.e. smith on 29 October, 2009
How about not? Truly, this is probably one of the most annoying things which people say to me. Well, ok, I exaggerate, but people have been saying it a lot lately so it’s on my mind. I’m a rather private person. I don’t think I’m that much more private than most, but as a general [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, social attitudes | Tagged but this is about me, family, privacy
By lauredhel on 29 October, 2009
As a feminist, I am pro-choice. Abortion should be safe, legal, and accessible. As a feminist, I look at more than whether single, individual women have access to abortion. There is a much broader reproductive justice framework that must be scrutinised, critiqued and repaired so that all women have access to informed, supported reproductive choices. [...]
Posted in bodies, feminism, i'm right here, intersectionality, justice, medical practice, reproductive justice, social attitudes, television
By Chally on 28 October, 2009
I want to talk about how Australia’s ideas of the ideal Australian exclude people with disabilities. But first I have to explain a little about the Australian national myth. The ideal Australian figure is known as “the Aussie battler”. Essentially this is an ordinary man working hard to get by and support his family without [...]
Posted in social attitudes | Tagged ableism, australia
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