Within earshot, my mother asked the doctor whether I would live or die. "You should hope he dies, because if he lives, he'll be no more than a vegetable for the rest of his life. How would you like to live in an iron lung 24 hours a day?" So I decided to be an artichoke...a little prickly on the outside but with a big heart. You know, the vegetables of the world are uniting, and we're not going...
Saturday, January 25, 2014
Wednesday, January 15, 2014
Explaining Inspiration Porn to Non-Disabled People
Author's note: This was inspired by Explaining Rape Culture to Men (Hilariously). It is set up in Q and A format, with a non-disabled person as the questioner and a disabled person as the answerer/explainer.
I'm graduating! While disabled! You still don't get to call me inspirational!
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Monday, January 13, 2014
Why Keeping Guns Away from the "Mentally Ill" Won't Solve the Gun Violence Problem
Author's note: This post was edited slightly from the original to remove references to gender dysphoria being in the DSM. I now know that many trans* people feel it is a good thing and allows them to seek treatment. They do feel that transness is a medical condition. Therefore, I have "checked my privilege", so to speak, and removed the references.
Today, two people were...
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