Blogs about: Ableism

Monday Catch Up

feminist2 wrote 17 hours ago: Hope everyone had a good Independence Day weekend.  Here are some things we missed: Four Freedom Mov … more →

Tags: activism, ageism, Classism, Consumer society, Environmental Issues, Food Justice, global issues, Health and wellbeing, LGBTQIA

Crips aren't Flawed, We're Bent on Self-Determination

Woody Lassitor wrote 1 week ago: Her name was Schwartz, Gertrude Schwartz. Or maybe it was Jennifer Logan. No, she was definitely a G … more →

Tags: Childhood, Disability, Independence, Poetry, attitudes, Civil Rights, counter-culture, cripple, crips

Anatomy of a Blacklist- a thread on two blogs 3 comments

emmarosenthal wrote 1 week ago: For the last three years I have been documenting a series of events within United Teachers Los Angel … more →

Tags: Daily indignities, UTLA Human Rights Committee, CAFE INTIFADA, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Radical self care, Disability Rights, Radical Healing

Most Britons think others view disabled people “as inferior”

wolbring wrote 1 week ago: & June 2009 In an online survey of more than 2,000 adults by leading pollster ComRes for disabil … more →

Tags: Disability, Perception, UK

Georgette Heyer Was a Product of Her Time. Also, Water Is Wet.4 comments

talulahmankiller wrote 1 week ago: The second post in an ongoing series in which I re-read the works of Georgette Heyer and respond wit … more →

Tags: Books, Feminism, Fiction, Gender, Race, Romance

Public spaces or parking spaces?

misselaneius wrote 2 weeks ago: Reading this today reminded me of one of my pet gripes – you will see it all the time in any l … more →

Tags: ageism, Public Transport, sexism, Traffic Management, Transport

Bacardi Misogyny Makes Me Drink More Malibu2 comments

feminist1 wrote 2 weeks ago: via Jezebel: Bacardi has a new promotional site through Tel Aviv ad agency McCann Digital for it … more →

Tags: Advertising FAIL, Consumer society, fatism, sexism, standards of beauty/body image, stuff that makes me angry, The Media

The new growth attenuation paper by Dr. Diekema, Dr. Fost with others 1 comment

huahima wrote 2 weeks ago: I read the full text of the growth-attenuation paper written by Dr. Diekema and Dr. Fost with others … more →

Tags: Abuse, Ashley X, Bioethics, Children, Cognitive Disability, Disability, Disability and the Law, Disability Rights, Discrimination

A thought when crossing the street1 comment

feministfeera wrote 2 weeks ago: I work in Boston.  It’s cool.  But you know what’s not cool?  Being a pedestrian in a dr … more →

Tags: Health and wellbeing, stuff that makes me angry

Friday Blogaround

feminist2 wrote 2 weeks ago: Sorry posting has been slow lately, but here are some interesting reads.  Enjoy and happy Friday eve … more →

Tags: Movies and Books, Sex and Sexual Health, The Media, Sexual Violence, Politics, LGBTQIA, standards of beauty/body image, The Economy, Health and wellbeing

First Encounter Jitters: Putting the Best Wheel Forward

Woody Lassitor wrote 2 weeks ago: Life is full of encounters. First encounters are particularly important. New beginnings are a big de … more →

Tags: Disability, Humor, Independence, attitudes, Cops, Disability Rights, Life, People, police

Free Book: Eli Clare's Exile and Pride4 comments

prof susurro wrote 2 weeks ago: Rather than post my multi-culti Pride pic again this weekend, I am offering readers a chance to get … more →

Tags: Race, Homophobia, intersectionality, Classism, Gender, Transgender, Disability, Feminism

The God of Small Things

mitzy edith provo wrote 3 weeks ago: French feminist and theorist, Julia Kristeva’s, Powers of Horror: An Essay on Abjection, explained a … more →

Tags: Novel, Literature, The God Of Small Things, India, Abjection, binaries, othering, arhundati roy, Julia Kristeva

WAKE-UP CALL: Growth-Attenuation Therapy: Principles for General Practice2 comments

Spirit of our Time wrote 1 month ago: Below is an abstract from a paper that has just appeared at a prestigious pediatrics journal. It al … more →

Tags: Ashley X, Children, Cognitive Disability, Differential treatment, Disability, Disability Rights, Eugenic sterilization, Families, Medical Interventions

Disability is a Feminist Issue

feminist2 wrote 1 month ago: Hoyden About Town reports that the Australian government is proposing a scheme to lower the amount o … more →

Tags: global issues, Health and wellbeing, activism, Motherhood

Rob and Arnie [and Dawn] Respond to Complaints About their Transbashing Comments11 comments

prof susurro wrote 1 month ago: Yesterday, Rob, Arnie, and Dawn used their entire morning show to respond to the bevy of complaints … more →

Tags: activism, Gender, Homophobia, intersectionality, racism, sexism, Transgender

Disability and Queerness: Meeting at the Intersections I (Devotee Movie Review)2 comments

prof susurro wrote 1 month ago: Tomorrow is our first summer reading group meeting on the intersections of dis/ability and queerness … more →

Tags: Sexuality, film, Disability

The social reality of a new disability6 comments

brilliantmindbrokenbody wrote 1 month ago: One of the unfortunate things that seems to happen fairly consistantly to people who become disabled … more →

Tags: becoming disabled, Changes, Disability, disability and college, Eds, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, expectation, hudson, Kali

Jan's Assignment

bear60 wrote 1 month ago: 5/22/09 Jan’s homework assignment Mahraiah and I met a veteran, Quaker activist named Jan at a Starb … more →

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