I grew up in a world most people will never see. My childhood was one where I knew about chest tubes, how to use syringes, running jokes about biohazard signs. I learned what sex was at the same time that I learned what death was. I wore plastic gloves more often than any child did in my grade level. My… Read more →
Well, this dovetails awfully nicely! My piece “It Happened to Me: I’m Disabled But People Don’t Think I’m Blind Enough” is over at xojane.com!
I remember the first time that an adult made excuses for someone being mean to me. I remember when my training began to not know when to say no to people, or to not stick up for myself I was seven. I was being teased by a boy at school, and I was told “It’s ok. He’s doing it because… Read more →
I am a nerd. I love scifi, fantasy, you name it – I probably want to watch it. And yes, I probably want to go on opening day. But there has been a sneaky trend in the last few years, one which made it impossible to see “Thor” in the theater after 4pm or on the weekend. One which made… Read more →
Yesterday was TDoR. I respectfully ask everyone reading this post to please open this link to the list of all those who have died because they were living in their own gender. Please do so knowing that this is triggering for almost anyone. TW on this post in general for violence and bigotry. I want to tell you the story… Read more →
One of my biggest concerns looking forward for this country has to do with the way that we handle children. It isn’t just that parents have become more protective, or that the world has suddenly become more dangerous. What worries me is the trend towards having a diagnosis for everything. So when I saw the following news item on BoingBoing… Read more →
What’s a sad voter to do? Pick up a new hobby? Find a new political cause you care about? Call your mom? … Oh. I see. Okay. You’re going to start a petition to secede from the United States of America. Gotcha. That’s… uhm…. Unreasonable. Yes. Secession. So very 1860. In fact, this has almost become a fad. Now it’s… Read more →
Welcome to Uganda, the country where the “Kill the Gays” bill of 2009 will become law as a “Christmas Gift to the population” (according to Speaker Rebecca Kadaga) The bill has been written to allow the death penalty in cases of what is defined in the text as “aggravated homosexuality”. The Offence of Homosexuality will still be punished with life… Read more →
Last night was definitely an all around win. We got President Obama for another four years. And in his acceptance speech he acknowledged all creeds, disabled Americans and gay voters. In other words, he recognized that his constituency is not the 47%, but 100% of the people. In Missouri Claire McCaskill (a woman!) beat back rape apologist Todd Aiken for… Read more →
So I’m going to ask you to vote! I already did! So vote. Vote because you have the right. Vote because you believe in your candidate. I’m living in a city where we just experienced a natural disaster, water came up my street, electricity and cell phone service were down. So for me, Romney’s comment about getting rid of… Read more →
