By Annaham on 7 December, 2010
Cheryl at Finding my Way: On Privilege, Again It was after this that the almost imperceptible freak out occurred. What am I going to do when it snows? How am I going to get food this winter? People / the county just don’t shovel sidewalks very well and it’s too far to roll in the [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged chronic pain, creative work, daily life, diabetes, justice, justice system, mental health, mental illness, music, police, police officers, policy, privilege, weather
By s.e. smith on 27 July, 2010
Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union released a report yesterday shedding some shocking light on the immigration detention system in the United States. According to ‘Deportation by Default,’ 15% of immigration detainees have mental illnesses or intellectual disabilities that render them unable to present their cases or understand immigration proceedings in court. [...]
Posted in mental health, policy, politics | Tagged detainees, immigration, immigration detention, intellectual disabilities, justice, legal system
By Ouyang Dan on 8 June, 2010
Gentle readers! I come to you today with a delighted feeling that I do not believe is caused by the half life if a painkiller! Today I read an article in my paper version of Stars and Stripes that had to do with the intersection of disability and veterans and I was not instantly thrown [...]
Posted in intersectionality, justice, medical practice, military, oyd rants | Tagged chronic illness, disability, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, invisible disabilities, justice, medical care, mental health, mental illness, military, myths and misconceptions, the dogdamned VA
By Ouyang Dan on 16 April, 2010
I won’t apologize for her actions and I’m not sorry for what happened to you. It’s not in our contract to assist passengers with their luggage and we reserve the right to refuse assistance to anyone. If that’s what you need, then perhaps in the future, you should make other travel arrangements. Well, to say [...]
Posted in accessibility, feminism, justice, oyd rants, policy | Tagged ableism, abuse, accessibility, barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, disability, drugs are bad mmm'kay, invisible disabilities, justice, problematic attitudes, racism, social treatment
By Annaham on 13 April, 2010
This recent music video from singer-songwriter Janelle Monae is a great example of how not to completely screw up representation(s) of disability. Lyrics are located here. And a description, courtesy of FWD’s own S.E.: A black title card reads: ‘The Palace of the Dogs Asylum: Dancing has long been forbidden for its subversive effects on [...]
Posted in bodies, creative work, happy posts, justice, media and pop culture, normality, race, resistance, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged intersectionality, justice, media and pop culture, mental illness, music, pop culture, representation, social inclusion, video
By Annaham on 13 April, 2010
Renee Martin: I’m not a Feminist (and there is no but) Blogs run by traditionally marginalised women do not attract the same attention by the media. When feminists are pulled from the internet for interviews, it is routinely the same white feminist voices representing the broad perspectives that are visible on the internet. Flora: Guest [...]
Posted in news, recommended reading | Tagged bodies, female sexual disfunction, feminism, gender, heteronormativity, justice, language, medical care, medical model, normalcy, normality, politics, sexuality, transportation
By amandaw on 28 February, 2010
You’ve heard the term “choice feminism” right? Usually used derisively by a person who is arguing: Just because a woman makes a choice does not make it a feminist choice, we have to be able to examine issues on a systemic rather than individual level, some choices that individual feels are good for them are [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ability, ableism, abuse, choice feminism, class, cultural lens, culture, defaulting, disability, diversity, erasing, essential concepts, family, feminism, fuck that, head asplode, i thought you were supposed to be my ally, invisibility, justice, normal is only one option, power, privilege, privilege-check, problematic attitudes, race, roles, self-determination, sex, sexuality, shaming, social construction, social justice
By Ouyang Dan on 27 February, 2010
[Scene opens with a loooooooong wait in the pharmacy before my number finally "pings" on the digital number-pinging thingy, as I struggle out of my chair, and hobble up to the pharmacist's window, and hook my cane on the window ledge for emphasis as I hand over my ID and number slip, wincing in the [...]
Posted in accessibility, justice, medical practice, military, social attitudes | Tagged barriers to access, chronic pain conditions, disability, drugs are bad mmm'kay, fibromyalgia, health care is an accessibility issue, justice, military, myths and misconceptions, pain management, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By amandaw on 22 January, 2010
For the purposes of this post, I would like to remind everyone that the range of disability includes people who are mentally ill, paralyzed, Blind, Deaf, permanently injured, autistic, physically disfigured, with compromised immune systems or disordered speech or chronic pain or cognitive impairments, and many, many others. Disabilities may be fatal or not, may [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, feminism, gender, intersectionality, justice, media and pop culture, mental health, normality, policy, politics, reproductive justice, sexuality, shaming, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, choice feminism, class, cultural lens, culture, disability, feminism, health policing, justice, language, mental illness, neurodiversity, normal is only one option, politics, pop culture, pregnancy, privilege, privilege-check, problematic attitudes, reproductive, self-determination, shaming, social justice, social treatment, speak up, the left, the right
By Annaham on 4 January, 2010
Everything healed up but in a very strange way Years later when it was very obvious that something was very wrong with my face everyone said one or more of the following: It’s the Lord’s will. Just learn to live with it. It’s all in your imagination. Don’t be so self-centered. Shut up and do [...]
Posted in autonomy, blaming, bodies, creative work, disability activism, justice, language, normality, Quotations, resistance, sexuality, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, exclusion, identity, justice, LGBQTAI, personal, poetry, quote, social treatment
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