Barry’s BlueSky- Untitled May 6, 2024What I find curious about this thread is that the image he's critiquing is much, much more interesting than any of the images he brings up as examples of good images. The "Lois and Clark" images in particular are blandness personified. [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 6, 2024#PoliCartoon [contains quote post or other embedded content]
- Untitled May 6, 2024Israel apologists: "Student protestors should be arrested! Rule of law!" Also Israel apologists: "If rule of law goes against Israel, we'll take revenge on the prosecutors and their families!" https://zeteo.com/p/exclusive-you-have-been-warned-republican
- Untitled May 5, 2024Flash forward to 2094, when people who are ten now will be like "the internet was different back then! We were all friendlier... there were hardly ever trolls... Now it's all gone to shit."
- Untitled May 4, 2024This is either incredible stupidity or incredible dishonesty from the cops, and I honestly can't tell which.
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Author Archives: Kay Olson
Famous crips and disability rights
Looking back at the disability press and its coverage of the FDR Memorial and Chris Reeve’s post-injury politics, there’s clearly a different perspective of these famous disabled men than the mainstream media presents. The topic of stereotypical representation of disability … Continue reading
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Andrea Dworkin on disability
I don’t know what the feminist reaction to this post will be, but it won’t get out of my head, so I had to write it out. I’m interested to hear. I’m not a big personal fan of Andrea Dworkin’s … Continue reading
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My ventilated life
I’m in a grumpy mood. It’s clearly autumn today, and I love the smell of the air, but it’s dreary outside and my allergies are bad. Inside, I have a meeting this afternoon with the administrator of the home health … Continue reading
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Avast ye mateys!
Arrr! That’s right, it be International Talk Like a Pirate Day, possibly the silliest idea ever. But admit it: You’re dyin’ t’ drink some grog and tell someone t’ go walk the plank. This silliness be about pop culture pirates, … Continue reading
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Saturday Slumgullion #11
Stephen Kuusisto, whose new book Eavesdropping is now available, blogs poetically about “the stare.” Years and years have gone by and I still can’t get used to all this staring. And then the talk. Talk like fruit dropped in crystal. … Continue reading
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Chairless classroom creates spatial inequality
Mayo Clinic researchers have designed a chairless classroom that they say may cut down on childhood obesity even as it helps children focus on learning and being happier in school. “We know that a major culprit behind obesity is a … Continue reading
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Providing an education
When I was twelve, doctors told me I was rarer than one-in-a-million with a condition called sarcotubular myopathy. It’s not a flamboyant disease. Nothing that would make good TV emergency room drama. But apparently I am medically “interesting.”* I’ve seen … Continue reading
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Saturday Slumgullion #10
As with other link farms, feel free to add your own or whatever. A Canadian Dimension review of two books about mothers of children with disabilities notes the emphasis on activism and politics rather than just personal experiences. The books … Continue reading
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