By s.e. smith on 10 August, 2010
The Gulf oil spill that has been capturing the news cycle in the United States for the last few months finally appears to be under control, and now we’re faced with a common problem: We have a whole lot of waste from the spill and associated cleanup, and it needs to go somewhere. This includes [...]
Posted in events, policy, politics, poverty, race | Tagged environmental racism, oil, pollution, racism
By Ouyang Dan on 5 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 ableism, accessibility, Ashely Fiolek, communication, Deaf, disability, disabled parents, mental health, motocross, race, racism, social treatment, sports
By s.e. smith on 21 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 asl, chronic disease, Deaf, exclusion, HIV/AIDS, jury service, medical practice, mental illness, patient care, race, racism, self-advocacy
By Annaham on 21 July, 2010
Research has found that students of color, especially African-Americans, are disproportionately likely to be classified and labeled as learning disabled and placed in special education programs. This is especially the case for more subjective categories of disorder and disability, like emotional disturbance, rather than for medically diagnosable disabilities. The tendency to categorize students of color [...]
Posted in class issues, gender, intersectionality, Quotations, race | Tagged education, race, racism, school, special education
By Annaham on 6 July, 2010
jadelennox (DW): How to fight ableism: some easy steps So I thought it might be valuable to gather together some ways in which able-bodied people can do something about ableism in the world. Then, next time a person is feeling frustrated about ableism, and is thinking about doing some signal boosting of, say, some crappy [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, media and pop culture, movies, race, recommended reading, representations, social attitudes, work | Tagged ability, ableism, accessibility, activism, advertising, conceptions of disability, disability, intersectionality, language, movies, personal stories, pop culture, privilege, protest, race, racism, social attitudes, social inclusion, writing
By Annaham on 4 May, 2010
RMJ: Disability and birth control, part 1 Widespread (rather than individual) centralization of birth control in feminism alienates and marginalizes their already problematized bodies: trans women, intersex women, older women, women with disabilities that affect their reproductive system, asexual women, women who want to get pregnant. Not to mention the loaded history of otherwise non-privileged [...]
Posted in autonomy, bodies, class issues, gender, global, introspective, invisibility, justice, medical practice, mental health, news, policy, race, recommended reading, representations, reproductive justice, resistance, work | Tagged bad science, communication, depression, global, health care, health care is an accessibility issue, intersectionality, invisible disability, news, race, racism, reproductive justice, reproductive rights, science, social inclusion, work
By Annaham on 2 May, 2010
[Image via Tlönista in this comment thread at Flip Flopping Joy. Description: A shocked-looking cat perches on a chair, staring straight at the camera. Text reads: "Concerned cat is just looking out for your best interests when she says that your tone might be alienating well-intentioned potential allies who just need a little polite education."] [...]
Posted in 101, activism, blaming, bodies, disability activism, feminism, gender, i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, justice, othering, politics, race, shaming, social attitudes | Tagged ally, ally work, anti-racism, derailing, disability 101, education, exclusion, feminism, intentions, internet, intersectionality, marginalisation, myths and misconceptions, privilege, problematic attitudes, race, racism, social treatment, things people say, this all sounds awfully familiar, white privilege
By lauredhel on 2 May, 2010
More for Blogging Against Disablism Day. I just poked around the entry for “Ableism” on Wikipedia. On the Talk page, I found a box placing the Ableism article within WikiProject Sociology: “This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project’s importance scale.” Ableism of low importance within Sociology? Erm, ooookay. Let’s have a closer [...]
Posted in disability activism, i'm right here, intersectionality | Tagged ableism, badd, blogging against disablism day, disablism, importance, intersectionality, low-importance, oppression olympics, racism, sexism, sociology, wikipedia
By s.e. smith on 30 April, 2010
Warning: Offsite links are not necessarily 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. [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged bipolar disorder, disability on television, immigration, interdependence, medical practice, psychiatrisation, race, racism, representations, women, women's rights
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
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