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 1 November, 2010
Feminist organizations have become more aware of the need to make their activities accessible to women who use wheelchairs, women who need written material in alternative formats, and women who need Sign Language translation, but much feminist practice still assumes a consistently energetic, high-functioning body and mind, and certainly not a body and mind that [...]
Posted in Quotations | Tagged activism, disability, feminism, feminist theory, feminist work, gender, parenting, second shift, work
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 Guest on 27 September, 2010
This is a guest post from Thetroubleis, a knitting, writing, dog training, queer uppity negress who enjoys writing about race, madness, disability, adoption and the intersections of the aforementioned subjects. She is a big geek who spends good deal of time raging against fandom and canon underrepresented of marginalized people and squeeing about new episodes. [...]
Posted in feminism, gender, guest post, i'm right here, identity, introspective, normality, othering, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, feminism, neuroatypical, neurobigotry, normalcy, public spaces, social treatment
By Annaham on 24 August, 2010
Wheelchair Dancer: Body Matters, Edges, and Disability We all experience limitations and restrictions. Not all of those — like not being able to speak a second language — are disabilities. The second language example is a true comment, and I would have thought that it was a pretty obviously bad comparison. But it and other [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abled privilege, autism, cancer, conceptions of disability, disability 101, exercise, feminism, fibromyalgia, gender, news, news media, race, technology, temporarily able-bodied, white privilege, whiteness
By Annaham on 17 August, 2010
Sarah Fenske at the Phoenix New Times: ‘Til Death Do Us Part: They Got Married. Then Everything Changed This is a love story, albeit one with a medical twist. Unbeknownst to anyone — including Kevin himself — there was a tumor the size of a Granny Smith apple pressing onto Kevin’s brain. Kevin didn’t need [...]
Posted in art, race, recommended reading, social attitudes | Tagged activism, cancer, cancer treatment, chronic pain, chronic pain conditions, creative work, feminism, gender, mental health, mental illness, pain, privilege, race, relationships, social attitudes, theater
By s.e. smith on 20 July, 2010
If you’re reading this blog, you probably care about issues such as gender studies, feminism, womanism, and women’s rights. I am a graduate student at the University of Delaware, and I’m doing a research study about these issues and how the internet plays a role in people’s beliefs and activism. I’m looking for people like [...]
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By abby jean on 14 July, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language and ideas of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post and links are provided as topics of interest and exploration only. I [...]
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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
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