Glee. It’s supposedly THE happening new US TV show, piloting now, and continuing next northern autumn. EW’s Popwatch calls it … the most joyous, exhilarating, fresh new series I’ve seen in a long time. TVSquad says For me, I saw… Read More ›
disability
Quickhit: is this one of those “life’s ironies” then?
As I move back into the income-earning world after many years of misdiagnosed and mismedicated mental illness, I no longer have the time to spare to blog extensively, yet blogging is what kept me going while I couldn’t manage anything… Read More ›
Disability and masturbation – how can sisters do it for themselves?
Reading this review of “Getting Off” by Jamye Waxman at Menstrual Poetry, I started to wonder: who’s assessing sex toys from an accessibility point of view? Where are the easy-grip variety-of-angles assistive devices for women with a range of different… Read More ›
“Mens sana in corpora sano”
I’m reading “Enforcing Normalcy”, by Lennard J Davis. The second chapter, “Constructing Normalcy”, talks about the development of the concept of “normal” in European/American culture, mostly from the seventeenth century onwards. On page 37-38, he talks about early twentieth century… Read More ›
Can I have a seat? Blogging Against Disablism Day, 2009
Blogging Against Disablism Day 2009 Strategically placed seating costs next to nothing for a business to implement. It requires no building modification. And it can make a huge difference to accessibility for some people with disabilities. Bouquets and Brickbats A… Read More ›
Linkdump: In the Papers: “Work-life balance”, and disablism gone rampant
Ugh, this article shits me: “Vote Yes for work-life balance: industry leaders“. You’re the fucking CEO of a company, start work earlier if you want an extra hour of business communications with the Eastern States. (Background for furriners and t’other-siders:… Read More ›
Psychiatrists see reasonable adaptations to CFS, label it “cause” and “maladaptation”
There’s a whole industry that involves measuring the survival techniques and truths of people with CFS, then pointing the finger at them for causing their own illness with their Scientifically! Proven! personality “deficits”. Here’s the latest product of that industry…. Read More ›
Double Carnival Reminder: Blogging Against Disablism Day, and DUFC First Birthday
Blogging Against Disablism Day is May 1st – everyone is welcome and all topics are go! To participate, you need to go to the Blogging Against Disablism Day page at Diary of a Goldfish and register your interest. Then write… Read More ›
Severely injured asylum seekers and the right to privacy
As Aussies probably know, folks on a boat were rescued by the Navy up off Ashmore Reef this week, after their boat caught fire. The origin of the fire is a matter of some dispute. The Liberal (conservative) Premier of… Read More ›
101: A note to able-bodied readers
I just left this comment on the Painkiller Troubleshooting/Medicine is the best medicine thread from last month: I left this thread because I wondered whether my feelings about it were being unreasonably pissy. Now, nearly a month later, I’ve decided… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 