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The Thin Line Between Pity and Violence

For a long time, I have been fascinated by the idea of pity....

Filed under: disability, crip culture, disability experience, revolution, activism, rebellion, oppression, disability rights, discrimination, forced sterilization, stem cell research, empowerment, crip power, anger, liberation, love, justice, history, Independent Living movement, de-institutionalization, charity model, dominance, holocaust, social model, medical model, stigma, brian sterner, violence, Jerry Lewis, pity, empathy
Revisiting Ashley X: My Struggle as a Philosopher-Activist

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable...

Filed under: disability, crip culture, community, disability experience, revolution, activism, defiance, oppression, hysterectomy, disability rights, ableism, discrimination, forced sterilization, bioethics, philosophy, disability culture, crip power, civil rights, justice, decisions, reproductive rights, professional activism, career, social model, medical model, conformity, stigma, clashing values, Ashley X, ADAPT, Douglas Diekema
Conformity and Unity

"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do...

Filed under: disability, crip culture, community, disability experience, revolution, activism, defiance, rebellion, oppression, disability rights, ableism, discrimination, empowerment, disability culture, crip power, racism, liberation, justice, Politics, Presidential Primaries, shame, conformity, Barack Obama, stigma
The Disgusting Ableism of Mike Huckabee

I try my best to keep an open mind when it comes to politics...

Filed under: crip culture, revolution, activism, rebellion, oppression, sexism, disability rights, discrimination, disability culture, language, crip power, racism, liberation, civil rights, justice, dominance, reproductive rights, suffering, homophobia, classism, Politics, Mike Huckabee, Presidential Primaries
FDR: the Super Crip or the Traitor?

"We must scrupulously guard the civil rights and civil liberties...

Filed under: crip culture, community, disability experience, ableism, discrimination, disability culture, crip power, civil rights, justice, history, charity model, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Common Struggle

[Author’s Note: I survived my term paper writing and can now...

Filed under: crip culture, accessibility, community, activism, oppression, standpoint theory, sexism, disability rights, ableism, feminism, discrimination, empowerment, disability culture, crip power, racism, liberation, civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr, justice, able bodied allies, youth movement, vision, decisions, responsibility, interdependence, homophobia, classism
Here I come to save the day...

"The notion that any one person is the single cause of any...

Filed under: disability, crip culture, disability experience, revolution, activism, advocacy, defiance, disability rights, ableism, discrimination, empowerment, disability culture, language, crip power, words, liberation, justice, Justin Dart, charity model, ambiguity, decisions
Sarcasm, Charity, and Power

“A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared...

Filed under: disability experience, defiance, oppression, disability rights, ableism, discrimination, empowerment, crip power, justice, charity model, dominance
Why we must keep asking IF.

[Note: this entry is part of a larger Disability Blog Carnival...

Filed under: crip culture, accessibility, community, activism, advocacy, oppression, disability rights, discrimination, bioethics, philosophy, empowerment, disability culture, liberation, civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr, justice, history, Independent Living movement, youth movement, hope, Justin Dart, employment, de-institutionalization, ADA, vision
All About Able Bodied Allies

“I get by with a little help from my friends.” ~The Beatles I...

Filed under: disability, crip culture, accessibility, community, friendship, revolution, activism, advocacy, rebellion, oppression, disability rights, ableism, discrimination, disability culture, crip power, anger, liberation, love, civil rights, justice, able bodied allies, Ed Roberts, history, Independent Living movement

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