A new UK film, “Special People”, has had a special warning slapped on it by the film classification board. The film, which casts actors with disabilities in a comedy about film-making, continues to carry the warning, because the Board only… Read More ›
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Quick hit: Aboriginal languages are like Deafness, and condoning either is “criminally insane”
Eric Brodrick from Alice Springs has a piece in Crikey this week titled “What’s the Pitjantjatjara word for computer?” His argument boils down to this paragraph: Not being able to speak the major language of a country is a disability… Read More ›
“A change in attitude led to my CFS cure!” – a rant
I don’t share Made in Melbourne’s optimism about this piece in the Age, Layne Beachley’s “Beating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome”. (Yes, she’s selling something – her book and her sports clothing brand.) Beachley writes: Relief finally came when I sought treatment… Read More ›
Journalwatch: Emergency dept “frequent flyers” not hypochondriacs, says new study
Y’all know that one of the science-reporting peeves is the media not providing enough information for readers to find the original source without detective work. There’s often a last name, and sometimes a journal name, but publication dates are uncommon,… Read More ›
Peeve Time: “The Obese” as Walking Dead
[cross-posted at Shapely Prose.] People with disabilities have for quite a while been promoting “people-first” language to reinforce the simple, yet radical, notion that people with disabilities are people first, PWD second. “Diabetics” are people with diabetes; “disabled people” are… Read More ›
“Your only chance to get inside her”: disability and that Belgian transplant porn
There’s quite a lot of chat around the femiblogosphere about this ad for organ donation, spotted at Sociological Images. (See also The Curvature, Feministe, the F-Word.) The advertisement depicts a very young, thin white woman with long blonde hair, wearing… Read More ›
Quick hit: Second Shift for the Sick
Amandaw has a superb post up at Three Rivers Blog: Second Shift for the Sick. She describes the energy and time requirements for someone who is sick or has a disability, in terms of what it takes to keep an… Read More ›
People with disabilities not quite yet people. Trifecta edition.
Further to the story on a doctor working in rural Victoria denied residency because he has a son with Down Syndrome, CBC News Canada has reported that a critical care doctor’s residency status has been up in the air because… Read More ›
Down Under Feminists Carnival is up at Penguin Unearthed!
It’s Carnival Time! Penguin Unearthed has the Sixth Down Under Carnival of the Feminists up. The carnival opens with a collection of posts about its focus, feminism and the workplace, then moves on to feminist mothering, sexual harassment, art, elections,… Read More ›
“Are Republicans healthier than Democrats?”
What am I missing, here? Red State Blue State quotes from a study that found that people in poorer health tend to vote Democrat. This is a big ol’ “duh”, surely – people who don’t have temporarily-able-bodied privilege are more… Read More ›
Hoyden About Town 