By Annaham on 28 December, 2009
Answer: Yes. Let’s talk about this piece-of-crap article recently published on that oh-so-”liberal” news n’ culture site, Salon.com. I’m prefacing this post with a warning for ableist language and concepts on the part of the article’s author, Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. The article begins as follows: There was a time when a celebrity’s sudden death [...]
Posted in autonomy, blaming, For Cereal?, intersectionality, media and pop culture, medical practice, normality, shaming, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, Big Bad Pharma, chronic pain conditions, drugs are bad mmm'kay, media and pop culture, medical care, pain management, pop culture, privilege, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By lauredhel on 22 December, 2009
from Shopwiki: The top part of the image is the search result box, showing an electric wheelchair priced at $2900. The bottom part of the image is the “Related Items” tab, which shows a choice of inexpensive dining-room chairs. (If you scroll down on the original page, you will also find stools and benches.) From [...]
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By Anna on 19 December, 2009
Oh yay! I missed this earlier in the week, but The 61st Disability Blog Carnival is up at Writing Mental Illness! As a writer who helps others write about their experiences with mental illness I’ve thought long and hard about what it means to tell about disability. Because there are many facets (many ways to [...]
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By Anna on 17 December, 2009
When he went in for the ultrasound on his neck… Oh, gosh, where do I begin? With the wheelchair inaccessible waiting room (you can wait in the hall!), or the refusal to allow Don’s wheelchair to even be in the room when he was being examined? As though able-bodied people are asked all the time to leave their only means of getting away behind. Plus, you know, the refusal to believe either of us that it’s common for people to play Show & Tell Marfan’s Syndrome.
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged medical care, medical model, mental health, personal
By abby jean on 11 December, 2009
I have an injury – animal bites on my face, forearms and hands from a skirmish with a feral cat outside my office building. I’ve got quite a black eye with puncture wounds on my cheek, so my injuries are immediately visible. I’ve also got severe swelling in my left index finger so I can’t [...]
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By Annaham on 10 December, 2009
A word of caution: This review is going to be quite short, as I have been struggling with “getting words out” for the past few days. Regardless, I think this is an important book, and might be of interest to my fellow FWD-ers (bloggers and commenters!). I touched upon the whole positive thinking movement (and [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, books, reading, the secret
By Anna on 9 December, 2009
9th feminist blog carnival! Goodie! More ways to procrastinate getting my essay done!
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By abby jean on 30 November, 2009
Yes, this looks like our daily Recommended Reading posts that Anna does for us every day – but it’s different. Reading List is a selection of links around a single issue or topic, as a start for those interested in exploring it further. The initial edition, on mental health diversion courts, was sparked when I [...]
Posted in justice, mental health, reading list, recommended reading, Uncategorized
By Anna on 27 November, 2009
It is, of course, new technology, so we’ll see what happens in the future, but check this picture from Codeman38: Description: A screen capture of a YouTube vid showing a person rock climbing. The auto caption reads: “for doing what I mean as well as democrats”. Codeman38 has captioned it: Google auto-caption fail. What was [...]
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By Ouyang Dan on 24 November, 2009
…and I’m going to tell you why. Because the policing of women’s bodies, whether you are being cheeky, or saying it to a plastic doll, is not cool. It’s hurtful and not useful, and has no place in feminist discourse. Can we move past that point? Huh? That’s a pretty Kindy thing, IMNSFHO. ‘Kay. Moving [...]
Posted in bodies, feminism, intersectionality, language, mental health, shaming, Uncategorized | Tagged rants, words mean things
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