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Sick Women: How Women Took Control of Chronic Illness Narratives
After decades of erasure, the tide is turning.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: "Sick" Questions How We View Women With Chronic Illness
There’s a class of illnesses—multi-symptomatic, chronic, hard to diagnose—that remain associated with suffering women and disbelieving experts.
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Tammy Duckworth is Unapologetically Paving the Way for Disabled Mothers of Color
Senator Duckworth unapologetically brings her full self into every space she navigates as a parent, veteran, politician, and disabled woman of color.
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The Legalization Puzzle: We Need Recreational Highs To Get Medical Marijuana
Medical marijuana and recreational marijuana are intrinsically intertwined battles.
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The Cure-All Plan: Pot Is No Panacea For Disabled People
The trend of treating pot as a panacea is escalating and that’s very frustrating.
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7 Women of Color Activists Who Are Making History
Women of color activists are relying on collaboration as a leadership model for progress.
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Already Whole: How Hollywood’s Biggest Hits Shut Out Disability
Disability discrimination is deeply ingrained in the fabric of our society and almost universally enforced by the stories we tell in the media we gleefully consume.
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The Fragility of Body Positivity: How a Radical Movement Lost Its Way
Focusing on feelings, clothing, and empowerment doesn’t combat discrimination.
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Popaganda: Designing for Democracy
Political observers often blame people for not voting. But we don’t often stop to examine what barriers keep people from voting—or make them feel like it’s not worthwhile. On this episode, we examine our democracy as a design problem—and explore what structural issues are built... Read more »
Biopower to the People: Fitness Trackers Are Redefining What It Means to Be a Human Subject
Order has always been a human ideal—has it become a defining category of a worthy life?
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