By s.e. smith on 1 December, 2010
I live in a small town, which is something I both love and hate, at varying times. (Ask me how I feel about it this time tomorrow.) One of the consequences of living in a small town is that everyone knows everyone else’s business, or thinks they do, which can amount to the same thing. [...]
Posted in medical practice | Tagged confidentiality, privacy
By Ouyang Dan on 7 September, 2010
Gentle Readers! I love advice columns almost as much as s.e. smith, and I especially love ou’s deconstructions of them, so I get pretty stoked when ou passes them along for the rest of us to take a crack at them. This one comes to the the New York Times’ Social Q’s from a mother [...]
Posted in bad advice, Dear Imprudence, intersectionality, othering, parenting, relationships | Tagged ableism, burden, Dear Imprudence, disability, gawking, intersectionality, parenting, privacy, problematic attitudes, social treatment, staring
By s.e. smith on 3 March, 2010
Even the President of the United States, it appears, is not free of an obligation to be healthy. Society is even conveniently provided with the means of policing him, in the form of ample news stories about his latest physical. The Guardian had three stories up about it at the same time! A British paper, [...]
Posted in blaming, social attitudes | Tagged food police, health police, mediaspolsion, President Obama, privacy
By Anna on 12 November, 2009
Recommended Reading for November 12, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged blog carnival, braille, caregiving, carers, carnival, language, media and pop culture, mental health, mental illness, pop culture, privacy, private practice, stamps, stigma, voting
By s.e. smith on 29 October, 2009
How about not? Truly, this is probably one of the most annoying things which people say to me. Well, ok, I exaggerate, but people have been saying it a lot lately so it’s on my mind. I’m a rather private person. I don’t think I’m that much more private than most, but as a general [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, social attitudes | Tagged but this is about me, family, privacy
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