Here’s a good resource for those of us trying to do better about avoiding ableist language in our writing and conversation. It’s a Microsoft Document from Augsburg University.
[sc name="voicefemlower" ][/sc] I have recently begun professionally stalking a young man named Bar. He is an interesting specimen: a male witch, Straight, and a master of puppets. Literally. He makes, paints, sews for, strings, and does theater with puppets. Like many artists in Israel, he doesn’t have the “proteksia” to gain a lot of…
Today I built my first “crazy ex hosted” site, Arden’s Web. That’s where I basically stalk someone’s social media and curate posts for their website using this as source material. It’s like having an obsessive fan, but you pay me to do that. I thought of this because it seems that almost nobody interesting knows…
I’ve begun work on a new website, Maaternal.com. I think it’s about time more people knew that afrocentric and Panafrican maternal feminists and Africana womanists exist. What gave me the inspiration to actually buy a domain and give this some focus is that most of the writing around it is academic and it’s not being…
[sc name="responsivevoice" ] I’ve recently gone “eggs as needed” with Facebook. As a webmatron these days it’s impossible to completely disconnect from them since they own so many of the resources most people on the internet rely on. However, I can so what many who are forced to live with psychos do and minimize contact as…
Here’s a good resource for those of us trying to do better about avoiding ableist language in our writing and conversation. It’s a Microsoft Document from Augsburg University.
I’m not usually that vocal online unless I’m bored or sick. In this case I’m getting ready for surgery next week, so I’ve been too wired to write or do too many readings, and guess what I stumbled onto in Twitter? Carlos Maza, a reporter, LGBTQ activist, Gay, and Latino man has been having trouble…