Between us, the state (!), and the people who work to keep our family functioning, we form a system of care in which A finds shelter
272. Hood Wellness: Part 2
I experienced and appreciated how two Brown women could love each other without having to pander, or fake a consensus, or swallow the pain of cruel taunts
271. Hood Wellness: Part 1
There is not much difference between being political and your very being existing as politicized
270. Just Go Outside
The outdoors is not apolitical by any means
269. Disability Intimacy: Part 6
Dissociation helps the state
268. Disability Intimacy: Part 5
Love is a complex, mutually entwined thing in disabled family structures.
267. Disability Intimacy: Part 4
I feel a huge amount of reverence for people who are willing to write so honestly about their disabled sex lives.
266. Disability Intimacy: Part 3
Since scholarship is taken more seriously when it is located inside the academe, it is a political act…a choice to keep the discipline (of disability study) small.
265. Disability Intimacy: Part 2
Unlearning ableism isn’t some magnanimous thing we do for the sake of others. It’s a less bullshitty way of living all around.
264. Disability Intimacy: Part 1
No one lives in a box where only one issue affects them.