disability is a feminist issue
By Annaham on 30 November, 2010
Jessica Pauline Ogilvie for the Los Angeles Times: Stuttering: Working to free the words An estimated 3 million American adults have a stutter that didn’t resolve in childhood, according to the nonprofit Stuttering Foundation of America. As kids, many dealt with the giggles of classmates and confusion of teachers; as adults, they often deal with [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged blog carnival, communication, disability blog carnival, disability is a feminist issue, disability pride, disability rights, employment, epilepsy, feminism, gender, parking, parking permit, pride, speech, trans, transportation
By Annaham on 26 October, 2010
firecat at Party in my head (DW): How To Be Sick I went to this talk because I have chronic health conditions that affect my mobility and energy levels, and I am a caregiver for my mother, who has Alzheimers. I’m a Buddhist and my study of Buddhism has helped me work through grieving over [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged ADHD, bodies, cfs/me, chronic fatigue syndrome, chronic illness, disability is a feminist issue, female sexual disfunction, feminism, gender, intelligence, invisible disability, mental health, normality, parenting, social attitudes, spirituality, things people say
By Annaham on 14 October, 2010
I am one of those people who often cannot ask for help. At times, I am so afraid of seeming weak, or whiny, or overly-sensitive, or dependent on other people that I tend to either ignore my own needs until I start flailing around at the last minute in order to not get overwhelmed, or [...]
Posted in bodies, feminism, gender, social attitudes | Tagged daily life, disability is a feminist issue, effortless perfection, fibromyalgia, gender, help, medical care, perfectionism, personal, personal stories, rethinking social norms, social attitudes, stereotypes, unexpected obstacles
By Annaham on 10 August, 2010
Wheelchair Dancer at Feministe: On the Cover [trigger warning for discussion of violence] Regardless of how disability plays out in Aisha’s world, the vast majority of readers of TIME live in a culture that understands disability as tragedy. As shocking. As among the worst things that can happen to you (bar death). Mainstream American culture [...]
Posted in gender, global, intersectionality, justice, mental health, normality, othering, politics, race, recommended reading | Tagged bullying, disability is a feminist issue, education, gender, global, hoarding, intersectionality, journalism, media and pop culture, mental health, mental illness, news media, photography, privilege, race, violence against women, white privilege
By Annaham on 11 May, 2010
sqbr at Poking at Thorns (with gloves on): Disability in Speculative Fiction: Monsters, mutants and muggles Fiction reflects social attitudes, and the social attitudes to disabled people tend to suck. Disabled people are presented as scary, pathetic, exotic, demanding, laughable, etc. But some tropes are popular/unique to SF. It’s not all bad: speculative fiction allows [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged ableism, accessibility, disability in fiction, disability is a feminist issue, feminism, fiction, gender, independence, medical, medical care, mental health, mental illness, pain, pregnancy, science fiction
By Annaham on 9 January, 2010
The second-wave radical feminist theologian and professor Mary Daly died earlier this month, and there has been a veritable outpouring of eulogies from various feminist blogs. Few of these eulogies have acknowledged Daly’s transphobia and racism. I do not deny that Daly was an important figure in second-wave feminism, but to mourn her passing without [...]
Posted in activism, autonomy, blaming, bodies, feminism, gender, identity, intersectionality, justice, language, normality, politics, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, chronic fatigue syndrome, disability is a feminist issue, disabled women, exclusion, feminism, i thought you were supposed to be my ally, intersectionality, LGBQTAI, privilege, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By s.e. smith on 7 January, 2010
According to a 1997 study which I see cited in a lot of places but can’t actually find a copy of, unfortunately, 85% of women with disabilities in the United States have experienced domestic violence. Other studies pinpoint the rate at lower levels, but seem to generally agree that women with disabilities are at least [...]
Posted in accessibility, domestic violence, intersectionality, social attitudes, violence | Tagged crisis centers, disability is a feminist issue, intimate partner violence, trans
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