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Pigeonhole Podcast Episode 2: Disabled at the 2018 Women’s March
Listen to this post: [The podcast episode is at the bottom of the post.] We just had lots of women’s marches. And while they’re an important and valuable event, they’re not without their problems. Emily Ladau wrote on The Establishment last year about the same old broken record of “forgetting” that disability rights are rights…
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Documentary Review: Shameless: The ART of Disability
Listen to this post: “Shameless: The ART of Disability” is a 2007 film you can watch on the site for the National Film Board of Canada. You can view this 70-minute documentary with Closed Captions and/or Audio Description or neither. It’s directed by Bonnie Sherr Klein who joined the disability community after two strokes caused…
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The Autonomous Press revolution
Listen to this post: It doesn’t take checking out many of my blog posts or podcast episodes to come across my familiar refrain that disabled people don’t need non-disabled people to a.) tell our stories, b.) create media content that shares our stories, or c.) tell us what our stories are or should be. I’m…
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StoryCorps Disability Visibility Project and StoryCorps app
Listen to this post: If you noticed a break where no blog posts came out it’s because I was in San Francisco this week to record an interview with Lavaun Heaster for the StoryCorps Disability Visibility Project. It was a great trip. I was thrilled to meet some of Lavaun’s old friends and some family and to try (and…
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Cripping Capitalism
Listen to this post: My cab driver this morning asked me what kind of work I do when I’m not busy hauling my cats to the vet, like I was this morning. When I explained what I do and what “Who Am I To Stop It” is about, his response was disheartening, but common. Driver: Oh,…