tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post2969818196170822294..comments2024-03-16T07:25:36.449-04:00Comments on Yes, That Too: See You and a Social Media CrisisAlyssahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-2018558844057804152013-09-14T10:26:15.610-04:002013-09-14T10:26:15.610-04:00The feminist wire forum might actually want to be ...The feminist wire forum might actually want to be inclusive, but they do not know how. They do not have any friends who speak / write in a cognitively accessible fashion. The request to translate the CFP into something understandable was reasonable. The result demonstrates they can't do ithant. <br /><br />And they're asking you to submit papers and come teach them what they don't know about you. Is it OK with you that academics study disability in contexts other than disability rights and disability justice? Does a disabled radical feminist have a different view of the political landscape than the current voices heard in the media, blogosphere, and academia? But mostly, why is the research landscapes changing now? Disability has been studied for decades. Why is it now academically fashionable to intersect disability with gender studies, animal studies, racial studies, etc, not just nationally, but on a global scale?Kelly L Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03044643935901456523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-61689699449236972282013-09-03T21:34:26.619-04:002013-09-03T21:34:26.619-04:00Oh, for Chey. This is something you should read. h...Oh, for Chey. This is something you should read. https://ollibean.com/2013/08/20/world/Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-73571498682240647872013-09-02T05:54:04.882-04:002013-09-02T05:54:04.882-04:00Don't. Just please don't. Basically everyt...Don't. Just please don't. Basically everything about this is offensive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-21012878511075069712013-09-01T20:49:30.221-04:002013-09-01T20:49:30.221-04:00It's readable, if you ignore all the doublespe...It's readable, if you ignore all the doublespeak and the dilbert-esque management style writing. Basically it says "We know fuck all about disability, come and educate us, but not really, unless you're either NT or very very privileged".Eightdiverginghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261746282487709165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-76473195053678021062013-09-01T20:47:58.200-04:002013-09-01T20:47:58.200-04:00It might help if you hadn't started from a dis...It might help if you hadn't started from a disabilist stereotype of autistics as living inside the world in our heads.Eightdiverginghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13261746282487709165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-22449531928080128232013-09-01T18:15:26.373-04:002013-09-01T18:15:26.373-04:00Hi Chey,
This blog in general could be the right p...Hi Chey,<br />This blog in general could be the right place-ish, but this post is not. I am willing to help, and you can talk to me at autisticflashblogs@gmail.com, and you can post the question to my Facebook page (link in the list at the top right.)<br />I give warning that some of the help is going to be in the form of "this idea is icky because XYZ."Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-68303056233168072322013-09-01T17:49:04.097-04:002013-09-01T17:49:04.097-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04630583630068405801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-86128444163469086272013-08-30T08:09:47.148-04:002013-08-30T08:09:47.148-04:00If I may ...
I am not a academic, but rather a hu...If I may ...<br /><br />I am not a academic, but rather a humble undergraduate trying to complete a B.Sc, double major in biology and chemistry, by distance learning.<br /><br />It just so happens though, through various reasons, that I have read a lot feminist thinking, and narrative, so reading convoluted arguments, and trying to make sense of it all has become part of my life. It took me several attempts, but I think ( and this is merely my own personal opinion), the following statement can be read as follows (my understanding is in square brackets):<br /><br /> 'We are committed to making our forum widely accessible [to be read as is], and we also want to acknowledge and politicize the location [we believe that the intersection between disability and radical feminism is political, and we are going to make it as such] from which we ourselves are located [as radical feminists, we strongly believe all intersectionality is political, and connected to patriarchal thinking] and form critical analysis [we will accept anything that agrees with our thinking, but ignore and / or totally refute anything which doesn't].<br /><br />To my mind, their use of location underscores the believe that the personal is political, which may or may not be a bad thing. But then they say this:<br /><br /> 'We've discussed the concerns, and rather than rewriting the CFP again, or creating multiple versions, we invite you (and others) to share your own interpretation of the CFP with your communities. This seems to us the most reasonable and helpful way to proceed.'<br /><br />In other words, rather going through the lengthy and laborious process of consultation, and multiple redrafts so everyone is included, we will just ask for feedback, that will be cherry-picked for the bits the we, and only we, agree with, even if it means excluding some people. That is not surprising; during my critical analysis of radical feminism, it strikes me how common exclusion lies beneath the veneer of inclusion; just ask anyone in the trans* community. You are right; it isn't very feminist. But given the anger that radical feminists have towards some women, especially transwomen, for them to have a very specific view of the intersection between disability and their take on feminism, and to exclude anyone outside that is not surprising.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-82281830319381222542013-08-29T17:04:25.982-04:002013-08-29T17:04:25.982-04:00I have a BS in Paralegal Studies and do a whole lo...I have a BS in Paralegal Studies and do a whole lot of academic social science reading, particularly in gender and disability studies. I'm familiar with the terminology and I know how to navigate around doublespeak.<br /><br />After reading, and re-reading, and squinting and looking at it sideways (both literally and figuratively), I still have no idea what they were asking for in the RFP.<br /><br />Unless they were saying that they've just discovered disability studies and disability advocacy are real things. Now they want people to come and tell them everything about it without admitting their own ignorance.<br /><br />Because for a lot of it, I could understand the individual words just fine, but when they were put together into sentences all that my brain could read was "I'm trying to sound like I'm asking an intelligent question but I don't have a clue what I'm talking about." Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-46690734994069349082013-08-29T16:50:26.638-04:002013-08-29T16:50:26.638-04:00Yikes! I love (don't love) how, when you were ...Yikes! I love (don't love) how, when you were like, "Hey, I can't really understand this and I'm sure a lot of other disabled people won't be able to either", they were like, "Oh, well, why don't you just rewrite it for us then? Because we sure don't want to be putting an undue burden on our disabled readers!"<br /><br />*dies of the irony*<br /><br />Anyway, hope you have a fun trip to China!Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-37164910533894694532013-08-29T12:28:40.416-04:002013-08-29T12:28:40.416-04:00I have an MSc in chemistry and am a PhD candidate ...I have an MSc in chemistry and am a PhD candidate in chemical engineering. I was a kid who read the dictionary and am the former master of using words like "defenestrate" to talk about cartoons, and I can't make heads or tails of their bullshitese.<br /><br />I <i>have</i> been dealing with a migraine all day, but even still. It's not just you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-65962427055721896492013-08-29T11:15:38.874-04:002013-08-29T11:15:38.874-04:00Thanks for the mention! I hope when you have time,...Thanks for the mention! I hope when you have time, you'll read more of my blog :)K Bron Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15568810726327536470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-76790768461074689592013-08-29T10:36:59.196-04:002013-08-29T10:36:59.196-04:00Writing a NeuroQueer about it, embedding it.Writing a NeuroQueer about it, embedding it.Elizabeth J. (Ibby) Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08330631899371657005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-26601823822686634272013-08-29T08:33:04.756-04:002013-08-29T08:33:04.756-04:00Enjoy China and all your studies! I will be thinki...Enjoy China and all your studies! I will be thinking about you and living vicariously. And I'll be boosting this post.Brenda Rothman (Mama Be Good)https://www.blogger.com/profile/17399227210081662280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-75290376055708331302013-08-29T00:43:20.790-04:002013-08-29T00:43:20.790-04:00My degree is a bachelor's in math, but I do th...My degree is a bachelor's in math, but I do the whole disability studies thing, and I do the gender and women's studies thing well enough that academic-ish should be within my reach on feminist stuff, even when it's not got to do with disability.<br />But yeah. Multiple readings people can disagree about, but "people in target audience can't make any reading" is definitely a bug.Alyssahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06413844178426365789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5426050656197929065.post-45084011975442444822013-08-29T00:38:16.950-04:002013-08-29T00:38:16.950-04:00Feministwire is absolutely ridiculous. I can't...Feministwire is absolutely ridiculous. I can't understand their statement either, and I have a master's degree.<br /><br />Of course, my master's is in Biology, not humanities doublespeak. Biologists actually want people to understand what they're saying and think that having multiple readings of a text is a bug, not a feature.BiolArtisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16330367623093253412noreply@blogger.com