By s.e. smith on 1 December, 2010
Happy Wednesday, y’all! I can’t believe the (Gregorian) year is almost over. Here are some things I’ve read lately and found interesting; the usual caveats re:comments sections, etc. apply! Photo of a protester at an ADAPT action taken by Flickr user sissyboystud, creative commons license. C.L. Minou on The Guardian: Comment is free: Trans people [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged comedy, deinstitutionalisation, disabled actors, environmental health, health care, humour, oil spill, pollution, social attitudes, transgender, United Kingdom
By Annaham on 19 October, 2010
Corina Becker at No Stereotypes Here: Real Communication Shutdown I was recently asked by a person on Twitter to participate, and I responded that there wasn’t much of a point, since I am Autistic, and do not require to learn about difficulties that I myself face in communicating. kaz at Kaz’s Scribblings (DW): trials and [...]
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged asthma, autism, awareness, communication, education, internet, language, learning, marginalisation, medications, mental health, personal, privilege, race, trans, transgender
By s.e. smith on 15 July, 2010
I know we’ve had a number of Dear Imprudences in the last week or so, but, people, there has been a lot of really bad advice out there. This Sunday’s ‘The Ethicist’ column in the New York Times was a pretty glaring example, and I thank FWD reader Molly Bandit for bringing it to my [...]
Posted in bad advice, Dear Imprudence | Tagged outing, Randy Cohen, The Ethicist, transgender
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