Guest Post: Temporarily Able-Bodied: Useful, but not always true
by Laurie Toby Edison and Debbie Notkin Body Impolitic Following up our post here late last year about “disability and aging,” we’ve been thinking about the phrase “temporarily able-bodied,” a mainstay...
View ArticleThe New York Times Tackles Teens and Cancer
Reader note: I’ve started using my name, ’s.e. smith,’ rather than my pseudonym, ‘meloukhia,’ to identify myself on FWD. I apologise in advance if that causes any confusion! I’m sticking this notice on...
View ArticleBullying – How Can We Stop It?
Here’s another horrific story of bullying, this coming out of Dickson, Oklahoma. Austin Avery was born prematurely and suffered developmental issues as a result. Last week, when the school called [his...
View ArticleKids these days! The “Generation Y” panic, privilege, and erasure
Recently, I read this odd article, penned by Judith Warner, in the New York Times–one in a stream of many that detail how excessively awful the current generation of young people (read: young workers)...
View ArticleQuick Hit: The Horrors of Solitary Confinement
When I first saw this post on the ACLU’s blog about solitary confinement for juvenile girls in criminal detention, I was so horrified that I opened it in a tab and then couldn’t look at it again for...
View ArticleDear Imprudence: Why Yes, Your Mother Does Have Bodily Autonomy!
A reader wrote in to ‘Since you asked…’ on Salon last month about her 90 year old mother; I’m going to summarise her letter, because it’s a bit long. The letter writer’s mother has some health...
View ArticleReactions, part 1
[Warning for somewhat graphic discussion of medical procedures and adverse allergic reactions.] I have been dealing with weird, severe, and inexplicable allergic reactions since the age of 14. Most of...
View ArticleTrailer for Gen Silent (Video with Transcript)
Transcription with description follows. GEN Silent Trailer 2.0 from Stu Maddux on Vimeo. Transcript: Images of Boston (I believe) during autumn and early winter. Lawrence, who is identified in...
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