By Chally on 22 December, 2010
Ages ago, I said I was going to write a series about disability in Greek myth. Of course, I had to do things like “study,” “sleep” and “move three times in six months” so that fell through. Oh, Hephaestus, I am sorry. However, I hope this post covering a fair portion of the myths featuring [...]
Posted in representations | Tagged blind, Greek, mythology, stories
By amandaw on 1 May, 2010
(Cross-posted at three rivers fog. See more BADD 2010 at Goldfish’s blog.) I’m pretty open about my health issues. To be honest, I don’t know any other way to be. I know how to strategically hide my disabilities from strangers in passing interactions, but from the people with whom I interact on a daily basis? [...]
Posted in accessibility, invisibility, small stories, social attitudes, work | Tagged ableism, accessibility, assholes, badd, badd 2010, chronic illness, chronic pain, disability, disclosure, head asplode, health, migraines, myths and misconceptions, pain, pain management, pain triggers, passing, personal, problematic attitudes, social treatment, stories, things people say, welcome to my life, work
By lauredhel on 27 February, 2010
I’m reading Helen Merrick’s The Secret Feminist Cabal: A Cultural History of Science Fiction Feminisms[1]. This pullquote in it, from Clare Hemmings, struck me as being very relevant to the work we do on FWD/Forward and on our other blogs: Feminist emotion … is central to the feminist stories we tell, and the way that [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged clare hemmings, emotion, feminism, feminist stories, feminist work, helen merrick, quote, stories
By amandaw on 21 February, 2010
(Cross-posted at three rivers fog.) I noticed something was wrong in the earliest hours of the morning, when my husband had disappeared from bed but I did not hear anything going on in the bathroom and could not see him anywhere. Around 8, he got up to go to the bathroom and I lifted myself [...]
Posted in relationships, small stories | Tagged chronic illness, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, home, interlude, pain, pain management, personal, relationships, stories, treatment, welcome to my life
By kaninchenzero on 29 October, 2009
On the way home from work the other day, the classical music station in Dallas, WRR 101.1*, played a really good performance of Beethoven’s Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 “Für Elise”. It’s pretty, of course, which is all it needs to be. But every performance (and every work of art and every [...]
Posted in introspective, normality | Tagged communication, difference, happiness, identity, media and pop culture, mobility, normality, participation, personal, pride, social inclusion, stories
By amandaw on 23 October, 2009
(Cross-posted at three rivers fog.) I wrote this yesterday in an extreme fog and do not have the spoons to rework and polish it. Apologies for the brainspill, but these days it’s the only option I have. *** For background, see Ouyang Dan’s post on the problematic aspects of the TV show House. Don’t tell [...]
Posted in blaming, i'm right here, media and pop culture, shaming, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, abuse, addiction, causation, characters with disabilities, chronic illness, chronic pain, chronic pain conditions, disability, disability in fiction, disabled characters, disclosure, drugs are bad mmm'kay, erasing, fibromyalgia, House M.D., invisibility, invisible disabilities, invisible disability, life, me, medications, myths and misconceptions, pain management, passing, personal, pop culture, privilege, problematic attitudes, shaming, social treatment, stereotypes, stories, television, things people say, work
By amandaw on 15 October, 2009
(Originally posted November 2008 at three rivers fog.) I had always meant to expand upon this topic, but never found the right words for it, succinct and meaningful. But, well, that’s not exactly my style either. My job situation is still shitty, and I’m currently part-timing at a retail pharmacy as a cashier. (Sample day: [...]
Posted in accessibility, Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, accessibility, barriers to access, chronic illness, disability, health care, illness, invisibility, invisible disability, justice, me, medical care, participation, personal, privilege, problematic attitudes, spoons, stories
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