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Cartoon: You’re So Brave, I’d Rather Be Dead
Help me make more cartoons at my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really matters. I’m not disabled, so the first time I heard a disabled person say that ablebodied people repeatedly tell them “I’d rather be dead!,” it boggled … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Disability Issues, Disabled Rights & Issues
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Goodbye, Kay Olson
Long time “Alas” readers may remember Kay Olson, aka Blue, whose blog The Gimp Parade I linked to frequently. Kay was one of my favorite bloggers, and I learned a lot from her. But she stopped updating The Gimp Parade … Continue reading
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Cartoon: “Too Much Foam”
If you enjoy these cartoons, and can spare it, please support my Patreon! This is one of a couple of cartoons I’ve recently written on the subject of abled people putting the disabled up on a pedestal. (After getting some … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Disability Issues, Disabled Rights & Issues
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“Unlocking the Garret” – a new essay by Mandolin, for the “Disabled People Destroy Science Fiction” Kickstarter
Check out this essay by Mandolin! “Unlocking the Garret” by Rachel Swirsky Excerpt: It’s in the stereotype. The artist of tempestuous temperament who drinks to excess as he stumbles, lean and tuberculotic, up the winding steps to his garret. Van … Continue reading
Posted in Disability Issues, Disabled Rights & Issues
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Why Feminists Shouldn’t Use “Neckbeard”
My newest “Everyday Feminism” cartoon. TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON (At the top of the cartoon, large cartoon-style letters spell out “NECKBEARD.” Each letter is growing stubble hairs out of its lowest third.) (Behind all the panels is a large drawing of … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Disabled Rights & Issues, Fat, fat and more fat, Feminism, sexism, etc, Gender and the Body, Men and masculinity, Sexism hurts men
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The idea of a cure doesn’t offend me. The idea that I ought to be waiting or looking for that cure is offensive.
In another thread, Ender left this comment: I’m planning on going into neurocognitive/computational research, which has or could have medical applications (amongst many other computer technology applications). My question then is, do people that are called “disabled” or “handicapped” not … Continue reading
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Switched At Birth’s “Uprising” Episode – The Best Political TV Show Of The Year
The “ABC Family” network, owned by Disney after beginning life as one of Pat Robertson’s properties, [1. ABC Family is still contractually obligated to broadcast Robertson’s show “The 700 Club” twice daily, although they precede it with a disclaimer.] has … Continue reading
Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Popular (and unpopular) culture
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Three Updates on the Gallaudet University Story
1) Angela McCaskill, the suspended Gallaudet University Diversity Officer at the heart of this story, is being used in an anti-same-sex marriage TV ad. According to CBS news, “McCaskill’s attorney says his client would like the ad to stop running,” … Continue reading
Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, In the news, Same-Sex Marriage
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Know-Nothing Ablebodied People Suspect Disability Is A Scam
The CBS headline says it all: “Scammers Using Wheelchairs To Skip Airport Lines Legally.” “When [travelers] see that the line is so long, they just ask for a wheelchair,” Evelyn Danquah, an attendant for Delta Air Lines, told the Times. … Continue reading
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