disability
Human Subjects: Should We Rely on Technology for Transcendence?
For the diehard technophiliac, the true calling of implants and cybernetics is to create a human no longer wracked by the vicissitudes of their own flesh.
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Popaganda: Invisibility
Invisibility is the theme of Bitch magazine’s summer print issue. What are we not seeing in our films? Who are we not hearing from in our media? Despite having more technology than ever before to broadcast ourselves into the... Read more »
A Modest Proposal for a Fair Trade Emotional Labor Economy: (Centered by Disabled, Femme of Color, Working Class/Poor Genius)
Imagine if we were respected for our care labor, but also allowed to be more than our care labor.
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Popaganda: Life in Late Capitalism
“Late capitalism” is a phrase that was first used by Marxist theorists at the turn of the 20th century. Over that time, it’s been used in different ways by different people, but right now, it’s popping up all over as a both funny and cutting term to describe the absurdity and lack of dignity that... Read more »
Hold the Line: What Do Pre-Existing Conditions and Disability Activism Mean Under Trump?
Many politicians see disability as a personal problem to be overcome only by those with diagnoses.
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Poetic Resistance Against Everyday Transphobia, Racism, Ableism: A Review of "When the Chant Comes"
Within its pages, When the Chant Comes delivers profound, often gut-wrenching meditations that explore what it means for Barrett to navigate life in the United States as a disabled, pilipinx-amerikan, transgender queer.
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New Music Monday: Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm on the Healing Power of Music
Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm is using music to advocate for people who are chronically ill.
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Sages, Villains, and Seers: Mapping Disability in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Bodies and minds will always be rooted in a sociopolitical context, and it is that context that privileges one type of body and one type of mind over all others.
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The Complexities of Cure Culture : An Interview with Eli Clare on Cure, Diagnosis, and a Crip Writing Practice
I want us to turn our backs on normal. I want us to build and practice a body politics that is as complicated and contradictory as our body-minds. Otherwise we will never find liberation.
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We've Always Been Here: One Mujerista Talks Back to Intersectionality and White Feminism
When I see the word “intersectionality” being used, I want to see a sincere invitation to the table (it’s accessible right?) in a genuine attempt to build community. And if I do decide to show up, I expect to see the more privileged, abled parties willingly give up their seats for us Brown queer... Read more »