Author Archives: Kay Olson

Robert Latimer denied parole

Posted on December 6, 2007 by Kay Olson

Yesterday, a Canadian parole board in a prison near Victoria denied day parole to Robert Latimer. Latimer is the Saskatchewan farmer serving a life sentence for the second-degree murder of his 12-year-old disabled daughter back in 1993. Some facts: Tracy … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Whatever | 18 Comments

Disability in China

Posted on December 5, 2007 by Kay Olson

A Chinese woman by the name of Wang Fang declined a disability pension despite being born with feet that face backwards. This is news in Britain, if only, perhaps, so the intriguing pictures of the 27-year-old waitress and resident of … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Media criticism | 8 Comments

Best of 2007

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Kay Olson

I wasn’t going to offer a Best of 2007 list of my posts this early because I’m an optimist and I like to think genius may strike me in the next three weeks. But for those who may be reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Links | 7 Comments

Back again, but this time here to stay

Posted on December 1, 2007 by Kay Olson

Hi all. My name is Kay Olson (known in the past and in the archives here as Blue or Blue Lily) and I write over at The Gimp Parade about disability. I blogged here as a guest last year, but … Continue reading →

Posted in About the Bloggers, Disabled Rights & Issues, Feminism, sexism, etc, Links | 21 Comments

That's all folks!

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Kay Olson

My month of Alas blogging seems to have expired already. Many thanks to Amp for the invitation, and to everyone else for welcoming me and engaging in conversation with me. It wasn’t all pretty, but they were all discussions I … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Site and Admin Stuff | 5 Comments

Saturday Slumgullion #13

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Kay Olson

I love doing these slumgullions, but with the first Disability Blog Carnival coming up at Disability Studies, Temple U. I may focus here more on non-blog slumgullionish stuff. Or maybe there will be so much disability blogging I can gather … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Disabled Rights & Issues, Link farms, Rape, intimate violence, & related issues | 6 Comments

Jury duty

Posted on September 29, 2006 by Kay Olson

I’ve been called up for jury duty at the county court level. This is the second time in three years that this supposedly random process has chosen me, though my parents have never in their lives been called to serve. … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Supreme Court Issues | 8 Comments

Disability Blog Carnival begins

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Kay Olson

Penny Richards at Disability Studies, Temple, U., has decided it’s time for the Disability Blog Carnival to begin. She’s been posting monthly crip blog roundups, and the last one was both amazing and impressively long. And remember Goldfish’s Blog Against … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues | 5 Comments

Feminine products denied to disabled women in nursing homes and other institutions; Forced medication to minimize menstruation

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Kay Olson

From a notice on a disability listserv: I am forwarding this on behalf of Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA), a newly established feminist disability rights organization based in Chicago, founded by a collective of highly skilled and committed disability … Continue reading →

Posted in Abortion & reproductive rights, Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Disabled Rights & Issues | 12 Comments

"Is your life hard or super-hard?"

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Kay Olson

My aunt and uncle visited from Wyoming today and I showed them the drawings and pictures their daughter’s third-grade students sent me last Spring. There are two series of letters since I replied once and then they all wrote back, … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues | 14 Comments