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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
The Double Bind of a Professional Activist

“ You can only become truly accomplished at something you love...

Filed under: crip culture, accessibility, community, disability experience, revolution, disability rights, ableism, bioethics, empowerment, disability culture, crip power, liberation, justice, history, Independent Living movement, responsibility, money, capitalism, self promotion, professional activism, career
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
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
An Alloy of Love and Anger

“O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And...

Filed under: disability, accessibility, friendship, revolution, activism, advocacy, defiance, rebellion, oppression, disability rights, discrimination, empowerment, crip power, racism, anger, liberation, love, Rage Against The Machine, civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr, justice, vietnam war
The War of the Words

“ The limits of my language means the limits of my world.” ~...

Filed under: crip culture, community, revolution, activism, advocacy, defiance, rebellion, oppression, disability rights, discrimination, philosophy, empowerment, disability culture, linguistics, language, crip power, meaning, words
Live Like An Iconoclast

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become...

Filed under: disability, crip culture, disability experience, revolution, activism, advocacy, defiance, rebellion, oppression, ableism, discrimination

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