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The Space Between...

The Space Between…

By Ouyang Dan on 12 January, 2010

This post originally posted at random babble… on 06 January 2010
The policing of other women’s bodies is never OK from a feminist standpoint. I can’t stress that point enough. It doesn’t serve any productive purpose in feminist discourse.
It is mostly an understood concept among people outside of the mainstream of feminism. Those who are able [...]

Posted in bodies, feminism, mental health, oyd rants, shaming | Tagged ableism, eating disorders, fat, feminism, intersectionality, media and pop culture, mental health, self-acceptance, shaming, social treatment, thin privilege, things people say | 11 Responses

Guest Post: Hanging Up the Cane

By Guest on 25 November, 2009

The first time I held my cane, I cried.

It wasn’t a feeling I expected, to be honest. I’d been fired the week before from a job I enjoyed, for telling my employer I was in too much pain to stand for the entire shift, but things were coming out on my side. I had all my friends and family supporting me, and I’d found enough self-esteem to file a complaint with the provincial Human Rights Commission, alleging discrimination on the basis of disability. It was time, in my mind, to give up beating around the bush.

Posted in bodies, guest post, social attitudes | Tagged assistive devices, biography, self-acceptance | 16 Responses

Guest Post: Learning to Write About Disability

By Guest on 20 November, 2009

But writing about my own disabilities is scarier for me than any coming out I’ve done before because of the way disability is viewed. I went through 5 drafts in 3 days and kept banging my head against the walls. Which told me that this is what I needed to write first.

Posted in guest post, mental health, social attitudes | Tagged biography, CPTSD, mental health, self-acceptance | 4 Responses

Recommended Reading for November 16

By Anna on 16 November, 2009

Recommended Reading for November 16, 2009

Posted in recommended reading | Tagged abuse, acceptance, autism, dying, insults, language, self-acceptance, work | 5 Responses

The International Symbol of Acceptance

The International Symbol of Acceptance

By amandaw on 4 November, 2009

Full disclosure: There is a discount offer at the end of this post (for 3ELove’s merchandise featuring their symbol). However, I have been meaning to write about this design for some time; it has such deep significance for me, and I hope it will gain prominence as more people are introduced to it.
And for more [...]

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged acceptance, activism, advocacy, dignity, disability, disability movement, disabled, identity, images, international symbol of acceptance, life, logo, love, open your mind, pride, promotions, pwd, representation, self-acceptance, value, we're right here, wheelchair, worth | 3 Responses

Guest Post: Negotiating Disableism

By Guest on 28 October, 2009

What I have learned is that ridding oneself of disableism, is a process that is not easy but so very necessary. Each time I am reduced by the assumption of another, it causes me to examine the ways in which my language or behaviour support this. It took time to understand that though I am disabled, I still exist with privilege in certain areas. I can hear, I can see, I can get up and walk if I have to, I have all of my limbs, and people do not dismiss what I am saying because they deem me non-sensical due to being neurologically atypical. As long as they are not referring to my specific disability, many are quite comfortable displaying their disabliesm, as though it does not effect me.

Posted in guest post | Tagged ableism, barriers to access, class, disableism, family, family dynamics, language, self-acceptance | 11 Responses

You don’t have to be normal.

By amandaw on 22 October, 2009

(Originally posted April 2008 in two parts at three rivers fog.)

this is new to me. this idea that i should love my body. not hate it.
it’s funny, because i was about to say “this isn’t a post about body image.” but it is, isn’t it?
let’s cut to the point. i’m not talking about beauty standards.
i’m [...]

Posted in bodies, identity, normality | Tagged body image, disability, identity, normality, self-acceptance | 8 Responses

Conceptualizing disability

By amandaw on 21 October, 2009

Amanda flags a great post by Anne C at Existence is Wonderful, which catalogues “three different ways of looking at autism — in terms of neurological structure, in terms of lived experience, and in terms of outward behavior.”  And Anne does such wonderful things with this delineation. Click through to read the whole post, which [...]

Posted in bodies, normality, Uncategorized | Tagged autism, body image, communication, conceptions of disability, difference, disability, language, mislabelling, myths and misconceptions, normality, research, science, self-acceptance, social treatment, symptoms | 2 Responses

Why can’t disorder be beautiful?

By amandaw on 20 October, 2009

The mess in my apartment never goes away. We get this room clean, and that room clean, and the other, but rarely all at the same time. Even when we push to get everything in order, there is always something neglected — usually my mess in the second bedroom where I keep all my art [...]

Posted in class issues, feminism, introspective | Tagged chronic illness, chronic pain conditions, disability, life, personal, self-acceptance, self-perception, spoons | 8 Responses

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