Jennifer Franklin: As Antigone (2)
For as long as I can remember
my mother told me how
I should feel, what to eat,
who to date, what clothes
looked good (and bad)
on my shape
Video: Stella Young | I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much
In this very funny talk, Stella Young breaks down society’s habit of turning disabled people into “inspiration porn.”
George Yancy: The “Problem” Isn’t Disabled Bodies — It’s the Violent Structure of Our Society
Christine Wieseler argues that medical models of disability “blame the victim” by emphasizing the idea of a conception of embodied normativity. In contrast, social models of disability rethink ways of “helping people to figure out how to live with impairments and chronic illnesses.”
Video: Jonah Stands Up
Exit, pursued by Death: a young artist and rabble-rouser mines comedy from mortality.
Judith A. Brice: Call Me Simple
A Poem in honor of Serge Kovaleski1 You may shoot me with your words… But still, like air, I’ll rise… — Maya Angelou . Call me simple, crippled, a gimp— … Continue reading
