Category Archives: Disabled Rights & Issues

Please, won’t you amputate my foot?

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Ampersand

From an article in The Boston Globe, by S. I. Rosenbaum: SOMERVILLE – Here is Bonnie Denis: pierced and tattooed and dreadlocked, balancing on a pair of custom-painted, raspberry-pink crutches. Here is Bonnie Denis’s right foot: small and calloused and … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Libertarianism | 23 Comments

RIP Harriet McBryde Johnson, 1957-2008

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Kay Olson

Overwhelmingly sad news today: Harriet McBryde Johnson has died at age 50. Image description: The photo shows Johnson in a flowered-print navy dress looking toward the camera. She sits in her wheelchair, though the image is a close-up focusing on … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, In the news, Links | 23 Comments

Move Over: Pregnant Woman Coming Through

Posted on May 21, 2008 by Rachel S.

(Not yet proofread; please bear with me.) For me, one of the most striking things about pregnancy has been how pregnancy affects embodiment. In particular, I’m referring to how societal interactions and structures make affect social psychology and social interaction. … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Gender and the Body | 11 Comments

To Become Skinny Find a Woman to Cook for you

Posted on May 12, 2008 by Maia

This is an image from the Icarus Project, a radical mental health support network. I saw it when it was reprinted in a local zine (more on that later): You can find a larger version here. [Image description: It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Disabled Rights & Issues, Fat, fat and more fat, Feminism, sexism, etc | 37 Comments

Check out the 37th edition of the Disability Blog Carnival

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Kay Olson

Did you know that Dorothea Lange, famed Depression-era photographer, had polio and that her experience with disability informed her work? Ms. CripChick presents the latest Disability Blog Carnival on Disability Culture and Identity: “Here They Come!” “I think it was … Continue reading →

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On Making Argument: Disability and Language, by Wheelchair Dancer

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Mandolin

Wheelchair Dancer wrote an excellent critique of the ableism in my last post on shades of grey in activism. The whole thing is below, but you should also check it and her other works out on her blog, Wheelchair Dancer. … Continue reading →

Posted in Civility & norms of discourse, Disabled Rights & Issues | 68 Comments

The three candidates on disability (a subject that dares not speak its name)

Posted on April 28, 2008 by Ampersand

Michael Bérubé at Crooked Timber has a good and fairly long post comparing the disability policies of Clinton, Obama and McCain. Kathy at The G Spot nutshells for us: — Hillary Clinton’s disability policy? Very, very good. — Barack Obama’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Elections and politics | 2 Comments

Mia Mingus Interviewed In Make/Shift

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Ampersand

The newest Make/Shift has a great interview with Mia Mingus, a “twenty-seven year old queer, disabled, Korean transracial adoptee” who is the co-director of Reproductive Justice Now!. Mingus’ interview is excellent and covers a lot of ground. The whole interview … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues | 1 Comment

Local political ad

Posted on April 11, 2008 by Ampersand

(Watch the ad before reading further if you prefer to avoid “spoilers”).

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, Elections and politics | 3 Comments

Planning health care in a disaster

Posted on March 3, 2008 by Kay Olson

From the Sacramento Bee: Older, sicker patients could be allowed to die in order to save the lives of patients more likely to survive a massive disaster, bioterror attack or influenza pandemic in California. It’s not how nurses and doctors … Continue reading →

Posted in Disabled Rights & Issues, In the news | 15 Comments