By Ouyang Dan on 18 October, 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 [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged ableism, abuse, bullying, deportation, exploitation, immigration, NARAL Pro-Choice America, policing, words mean things
By s.e. smith on 27 August, 2010
This week’s livechat with Prudence featured a question that seems to crop up endlessly, like, pretty much whenever a person with a disabled parking placard pulls up to a parking space and gets out of ou car: Q. Parking Lot Etiquette: I live in an apartment that overlooks the building’s handicapped parking spots. I have [...]
Posted in 101, Dear Imprudence | Tagged Dear Prudence, disabled parking, Emily Yoffe, parking, policing
By s.e. smith on 20 July, 2010
Lauredhel (who came up with the title for this post, incidentally) tipped me off to a fascinating series of events that took place in Perth this weekend. A nude man with a history of mental illness who appeared to be armed with a gun climbed onto a billboard, where he stayed for almost four hours. [...]
Posted in happy posts, mental health, policy | Tagged police officers, policing
By s.e. smith on 30 May, 2010
Oh, Miss Conduct. How could you? The Miss Conduct column at the Boston Globe published on 2 May featured the following letter: I eat a healthy diet and incorporate fruits and vegetables into all meals, especially dinner. I have instilled the same habits in my toddler daughter. We frequently eat dinner at my in-laws’, and [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence | Tagged armchair diagnosis, food, food police, Miss Conduct, policing, Robin Abrahams
By s.e. smith on 29 April, 2010
When I was in fourth grade, we had a class game. Each one of us had to bring in a photo from when we were very young and the photos were laid out in a grid on the wall. Each photo had a number, and students had to guess which photo went with which classmate [...]
Posted in bodies, feminism, gender, social attitudes | Tagged policing
By s.e. smith on 22 April, 2010
Prudie’s livechat with readers last week featured a whole cornucopia of bad advice, including some substantial slut shaming and diagnosis of a reader via the Internet, but one thing jumped out at me: Santa Cruz, Calif.: My friend was diagnosed with a chronic illness about 15 years ago. She takes care of herself and has [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, Dear Imprudence | Tagged allergies, Dear Prudence, Emily Yoffe, policing
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