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For Cereal, Internets?! Not Even Venn Diagrams Make Ableism Acceptable

For Cereal, Internets?! Not Even Venn Diagrams Make Ableism Acceptable

By s.e. smith on 11 July, 2010

Content note: This post discusses ableist humour that involves psychiatrisation and belittling of ADHD. There’s an oh-so-witty joke that has been making the rounds lately. It keeps popping up again and again, even at sites that I would expect to pass on this type of ‘humour.’ Amazingly, no one’s emailed a tip on it to [...]

Posted in For Cereal? | Tagged ableism, hipster ableism, online communities, social networking

Recommended Reading for June 1, 2010

By Annaham on 1 June, 2010

fiction_theory (LJ): The internet IS real life The problem with impeaching someone’s anti-racism based on attendance at a specific march or even public rallies and protests in general is that it assumes that a) attending such events is a more real, valid, and important means of expressing anti-racism than any other means, specifically online and [...]

Posted in bodies, identity, intersectionality, news, politics, recommended reading, social attitudes, technology | Tagged accessibility, activism, anti-racism, barriers to access, chronic pain, communication, community, critique, fandom, fibromyalgia, internet, Internet use, intersectionality, invisible disability, media critique, mental health, race, reading, science, sleep, social networking, trichotillomania

The Perils of Social Media: How Insurance Companies Use Twitter, Facebook, and the Rest of the Internet to Deny Benefits

By s.e. smith on 19 December, 2009

Insurance companies are very fond of finding ways to avoid paying out any money on behalf of their customers. In fact, they employ people who are actually specialists at that sort of thing, and these people will go to great lengths to prevent their employers from having to pony up. Many people are aware that [...]

Posted in policy, social attitudes | Tagged disability benefits, Facebook, health benefits, health insurance, MySpace, social networking, social services, twitter, your culture hates you

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