It has been eleven days since The Mighty post that inspired #CrippingTheMighty. A lot of good has come out of the hashtag. I have been exposed to new activist voices. My post on my initial take on the situation was shared widely on twitter and Facebook. It was even referenced by one of my favourite … Continue reading Looking Back at #CrippingTheMighty
Month: December 2015
Thoughts on #CrippingTheMighty
I became aware of #CrippingTheMighty yesterday when a friend mentioned me in a tweet. https://twitter.com/GreggBeratan/status/679179889484931072 Now I have been aware of The Mighty for a long time. I have been uncomfortable with it for about the same length of time. The Mighty is ostensibly a site about disability. Their tagline is, Real people. Real stories.: … Continue reading Thoughts on #CrippingTheMighty
In Defense of the Radical Idea of Letting Disabled People Exist in Public Without Comment
Today, I was reading a blog post by Dominick Evans called Don't "Just Say Hi" to Me...Just Fuck Off Instead. He's referencing the Cerebral Palsy Foundation's ill advised campaign to combat people's discomfort around disability by inviting them to engage with disabled people and "Just Say Hi". In my experience people don't have trouble saying … Continue reading In Defense of the Radical Idea of Letting Disabled People Exist in Public Without Comment
Just Because I Use Identity First Language Doesn’t Mean I Let Disability Define Me
I've talked about disability and self labeling before, I am no going to rehash my reasons again but there is an aspect of the debate around person first and identity first language that I'd like to take a look at. Language and how it's used is complicated and as a result, how language is used … Continue reading Just Because I Use Identity First Language Doesn’t Mean I Let Disability Define Me
The Media and the Imaginary Disabled Person
I get it, as far as popular culture and the media are concerned disability doesn't exist. Disability isn't real, it's just a metaphor. You know how I know this? The complete lack of actual disabled people in the media. Yet the media doesn't ignore disability. They make movies about "disability", they have "disabled" characters in … Continue reading The Media and the Imaginary Disabled Person
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