By Annaham on 16 November, 2010
Peggy Orenstein for the New York Times Magazine: The code-words of breast cancer awareness Fast-forward to today, when, especially during October, everything from toilet paper to buckets of fried chicken to the chin straps of N.F.L. players look as if they have been steeped in Pepto. If the goal was “awareness,” that has surely been [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged age, asexuality, awareness, birth control, breast cancer, cerebral palsy, chronic pain conditions, coming out, fibromyalgia, fraud, homeopathy, medicine, mental illness, normality, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, queer
By Ouyang Dan on 12 August, 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, Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, aging, barriers to access, disability, intersectionality, military, myths and misconceptions, PTSD, religion, sports injuries
By Ouyang Dan on 11 August, 2010
Courtesy of amandaw I bring you this stellar article that once again rubs in my face how brilliantly miserable the VA is scratching the surface of realizing what is wrong with they way they even see women veterans. If you read along carefully you can even see the lightly sugar-coated condescension artfully woven in TIME [...]
Posted in accessibility, disability activism, intersectionality, invisibility, justice, medical practice, military, oyd rants, policy, violence | Tagged abuse, Department of Veterans' Affairs, disability, disabled veterans, Eric K. Shinseki, exclusion, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, Military Sexual Trauma, myths and misconceptions, problematic attitudes, PTSD, social treatment, the dogdamned VA, things people say
By Ouyang Dan on 6 August, 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 abuse, autism, Military Sexual Trauma, MST, PTSD, sports
By Ouyang Dan on 22 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 [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged call for submissions, military, PTSD, recommended reading, To Kill A Mockingbird
By Ouyang Dan on 19 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 [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, Afghanistan, Anishinaabekwe, caregiver abuse, disability, domestic violence, fibromyalgia, healing, intersectionality, invisible disabilities, military, PTSD, recommended reading
By Ouyang Dan on 27 June, 2010
A concerned family member writes to Miss Manners: Dear Miss Manners: My brother served in Iraq a couple of years ago. He suffers from PTSD and was wounded. The physical wound is not one you can see, but people (family especially) will still ask him what it was like to fight in the war and [...]
Posted in Dear Imprudence, intersectionality, life changes, mental health, military | Tagged family, invisible disability, Iraq war, Korean War, military, Miss Manners, PTSD, social treatment, things people say, war, war injuries
By lauredhel on 13 May, 2010
Spoilers for Grey’s Anatomy, up and including to episode 6×21, How Insensitive. Grey’s Anatomy, a sudsy USAn medical drama based around a Seattle surgical team, is one of those showers which I can love or hate. On the one hand, they have a cast of fabulous and complicated women – Miranda Bailey! Cristina Yang! Callie [...]
Posted in media and pop culture | Tagged bechdel test, bobby corso, callie torres, cristina yang, disability, disabled, drama, fat hate, grey's anatomy, how insensitive, meredith grey, miranda bailey, obesity, owen hunt, PTSD, sensitivity training, soap opera, tv
By lauredhel on 19 February, 2010
[WARNING: descriptions of obstetric rape and PTSD] At Jezebel, Jessica writes: Is Having A Baby A Traumatic Event? A new survey says that 9% of postpartum women suffer from post traumatic stress disorder. You know, the same disorder that Iraq vets and plane crash survivors get. Something does not compute here,[...] Have we become so [...]
Posted in blaming, mental health, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged birth, birth trauma, birthrape, hysteria, hysterical, jessica, jezebel, misogyny, obstetric trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, precious, PTSD, sexism
By Anna on 26 October, 2009
Recommended Reading for October 23.
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, autism, feminism, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, health care reform, mobility scooter, neurotypical, post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, racism, theft, wheelchair
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