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Tropic Thunder Protest Effect?
In spite of the entertainment industry’s attempt to claim that Tropic Thunder had a good opening and that protests by people with disabilities and their advocates made no difference, Tropic Thun… more →
What Sorts of People
Tropic Thunder Protest Effect?
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dsobsey wrote 1 day ago: In spite of the entertainment industry’s attempt to claim that Tropic Thunder had a good openi … more →
Call for Abstracts: Embodied Resistance: Breaking the Rules in Public Spaces
stremain wrote 1 day ago: Call for Abstracts Embodied Resistance: Breaking the Rules in Public Spaces Co-Editors, Chris Bobel, … more →
Tropic Thunder and the R Word
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kristina wrote 4 days ago: Following up on dsobey’s post on Tropic Thunder: From insult to injury, a brief review of what … more →
The personal tragedy theory of disability, Mike Oliver, and the social model
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stremain wrote 4 days ago: In 1976, a group of activists known as the Union of Physically Impaired Against Segregation (UPIAS), … more →
Blindness
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virtualjess wrote 4 days ago: A still shot from the movie with one blond, seeing woman leading a train of about 7 blind people beh … more →
CFP: Feminist Disability Studies in/and Feminist Bioethics
stremain wrote 5 days ago: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO A SPECIAL ISSUE OF INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FEMINIST APPROACHES TO B … more →
Peeling Bananas
biella wrote 6 days ago: An ex-student of mine pointed me to this blog on media, communication, the body, and drugs,The Banan … more →
Eugenics 2008? The deportation of Lucy Chapman
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dsobsey wrote 6 days ago: Anyone who reads the news has heard stories about killers, rapists, and suspected terrorists that ha … more →
Tropic Thunder Box Office Expectations
dsobsey wrote 6 days ago: This weekend Tropic Thunder opens amidst some protest by people with disabilities. It is expected to … more →
Face of a Nation
Michael.Billinger wrote 1 week ago: Yang Peiyi, who recorded the song that Lin Miaoke lip-synced at the Beijing opening ceremonies. Toda … more →
Ableist language alternatives
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virtualjess wrote 1 week ago: Iris: A Gaming Network is a discussion board that seeks to subvert the status quo in gaming in attem … more →
CBC News - Disability Matters
In Darkest Night wrote 1 week ago: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) ran a monthly column focusing on disability issues in 2 … more →
In Theaters: Late Bloomer
jackieostrem wrote 1 week ago: Late Bloomer (Osoi Hito) chronicles the life of Sumida, a disabled man in Japan, who is played by di … more →
Normalizing Gender for Olympians
jackieostrem wrote 1 week ago: An opinion piece in the New York Times by Jennifer Finney Boylan, “The XY Games”, explor … more →
Beauty through the eye of a camera
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virtualjess wrote 2 weeks ago: Isabelle Caro, a 27-year-old French woman, has battled anorexia for 15 years. (image courtesy Nolita … more →
Women and Botox
jackieostrem wrote 2 weeks ago: Botox has been a hot topic in the news for the last few years as one of a string of new less-invasiv … more →
Anthropological Interventions in Transhumanism
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biella wrote 2 weeks ago: Chris Kelty over at the excellent anthropological blog Savage Minds has written a thought provoking … more →
Imaginary Beauty
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jackieostrem wrote 2 weeks ago: Musician, dancer, and British TV personality Alesha Dixon has recently spoken out against the practi … more →
Knowing Thine Enemy?: a book to look out for
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Joanne Faulkner wrote 2 weeks ago: cover image for Enhancing Human Capacities by Julian Savulescu et. al Some of you — and especially … more →
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