By Chally on 17 September, 2010
Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? From BBC’s Ouch, by Charlie Swinbourne, Deaf country life v deaf city life: I’m soon to become a Dad for [...]
Posted in accessibility, life changes, medical practice, recommended reading | Tagged children, Deaf, relocating, social inclusion, wheelchair, wheelchair user, wheelchairs
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 10 June, 2010
The supposition that one [group] needs the other’s acquiescence in order to exist prevents both from moving together as self-defined persons toward a common goal. This kind of action is a prevalent error among oppressed peoples. It is based upon the false notion that there is only a limited and particular amount of freedom that [...]
Posted in activism, blaming, bodies, feminism, gender, intersectionality, justice, othering, politics, Quotations, race, reading list, resistance | Tagged ability, anti-racism, binary, disability movement, feminism, fighting ableism, gender, intersectionality, LGBQTAI, oppression olympics, privilege, queer, race, sexuality, social attitudes, social inclusion, social justice, structural vs. individual, unexpected obstacles, white privilege
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 13 April, 2010
This recent music video from singer-songwriter Janelle Monae is a great example of how not to completely screw up representation(s) of disability. Lyrics are located here. And a description, courtesy of FWD’s own S.E.: A black title card reads: ‘The Palace of the Dogs Asylum: Dancing has long been forbidden for its subversive effects on [...]
Posted in bodies, creative work, happy posts, justice, media and pop culture, normality, race, resistance, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged intersectionality, justice, media and pop culture, mental illness, music, pop culture, representation, social inclusion, video
By Anna on 16 March, 2010
It’s been an interesting week or so in Canada regarding issues around disability. “Interesting” here means hit and miss.
Posted in anna rants, autonomy, bodies, disability activism, invisibility, representations, television | Tagged ableism, accessibility, barriers to access, canada, disability, exclusion, politicians, politics, social inclusion, social treatment
By Ouyang Dan on 7 March, 2010
Our local theater in South Korea has one of the first and only 4D Plexes in the world (and it is currently showing Avatar, so I could possibly be entertained and annoyed and over-stimulated all at once! Whee!). “The way the company finally cornered that elusive fourth dimension is by engaging all five senses: moving [...]
Posted in accessibility, media and pop culture | Tagged accessibility, barriers to access, exclusion, media and pop culture, pop culture, social inclusion
By Annaham on 22 February, 2010
Hello. I am Annaham (yes, I have a name). I am the person who posted a critique of Evelyn Evelyn on this website, which kicked off something of an internet controversy. For those who’ve just joined us, I made a post about Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley’s side project Evelyn Evelyn, Lauredhel made another post [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, creative work, feminism, i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, invisibility, justice, marketing, media and pop culture, meta, normality, othering, representations, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged communication, evelyn evelyn, feminism, intersectionality, media and pop culture, pop culture, privilege, problematic attitudes, social inclusion, social treatment, things people say
By s.e. smith on 10 February, 2010
I was in the grocery store recently when I spotted my friend Karen1 with another woman. We met up with each other in the yoghurt section, and I said hello to Karen, but Karen didn’t introduce me to her companion. Which, normally, I would have thought was rather odd. But Karen works as an aide [...]
Posted in i'm right here | Tagged communication, social inclusion, social treatment
By lauredhel on 15 January, 2010
The Australian Government officially launched the national Companion Card scheme around six weeks ago. The Companion Card enables some people with disabilities to participate at venues and activities without incurring the cost of a second ticket for a carer. If a PWD requires an attendant in order to participate in the event or access the [...]
Posted in accessibility | Tagged accessibility, australia, carer, companion card, social inclusion
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