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Recommended Reading for September 21, 2010

By Annaham on 21 September, 2010

Natasha Tracy at Breaking Bipolar: Stop Minimizing Mental Illness: Worst Things To Say I feel, sometimes, that I am at war with the mentally-well world. This isn’t to say that many of them aren’t lovely or that I have a desire to harm anyone, but I do feel embroiled. And it’s mostly because the well [...]

Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, age, asexuality, government benefits, media and pop culture, media critique, mental health concerns, mental illness, privilege, problematic attitudes, race, things people say, white privilege

Recommended Reading for June 1, 2010

By Annaham on 1 June, 2010

fiction_theory (LJ): The internet IS real life The problem with impeaching someone’s anti-racism based on attendance at a specific march or even public rallies and protests in general is that it assumes that a) attending such events is a more real, valid, and important means of expressing anti-racism than any other means, specifically online and [...]

Posted in bodies, identity, intersectionality, news, politics, recommended reading, social attitudes, technology | Tagged accessibility, activism, anti-racism, barriers to access, chronic pain, communication, community, critique, fandom, fibromyalgia, internet, Internet use, intersectionality, invisible disability, media critique, mental health, race, reading, science, sleep, social networking, trichotillomania

What’s The Big Deal With Pop Culture?

By Staff on 5 May, 2010

Content note: This post is the result of a collaboration between a group of FWD contributors, abby jean, Annaham, Anna, and s.e. smith, which is why it is credited to ‘Staff.’ This is part one in a two part series. One thing has been clearly established: Something guaranteed to attract absurd amounts of traffic is [...]

Posted in media and pop culture, meta, representations | Tagged art, media critique, structural issues