Year: 2015

  • Intimate partner violence and brain injury

    Listen to this post:  A note: Today’s post talks–not in graphic detail–about intimate partner violence (domestic violence) and brain injury. The topic is highly sensitive. Some of the links in this blog post go to other publications that have graphic descriptions of brain injury and violence. Please read or listen with discretion or stop. The video…

  • Justice on Trial Film Festival

    Listen to this post:  We’ve known for ages in this country that our justice system is not exactly just. Some people don’t want to face a critique of it because we do have a lot of freedoms compared to some other countries. But this is precisely why critiques are a good thing in a democracy. They point…

  • The AutistiX Rock!

    Listen to this post:  Here is a wonderful counterpoint to the scare-tactic media that’s easy to find where people portray Autism as a terror, something that steals children away and breaks up families. (Note: These particular videos by a particular group don’t feature actual Autistic people sharing their perspectives, which ought to be a red…

  • “Waking the Green Sound: a dance film for the trees” by Wobbly Dance

    Listen to this post:  There are so many movies in the world that I rarely watch any of them twice. I’m already so behind in watching films that have been on my list for years. But let me tell you, I happened upon a second screening of Wobbly Dance’s “Waking the Green Sound: a dance…

  • Following along “Becoming Bulletproof”

    Listen to this post: In May, I reviewed the documentary “Becoming Bulletproof.” Great film! You gotta see it. That’s why I’m writing again: to make sure you see it. In fact, you can read the film with Closed Captions and hear the film with Audio Description. There’s a few different ways to get a hold…