Sometimes, I’m a jerk
Yeah, that’s right. I can be a big jerk sometimes. I’m not proud of it. I’m just not in denial about it, either. You’re probably a jerk sometimes, too. Don’t get me wrong. I’m not saying that as an insult. I think that there may be a lot of good reasons why you’re a jerk [...]
...read moreA Dollop of Schadenfreude
Is it okay if I take a few minutes out of my day and lul over this? There’s nothing funnier than watching Republican candidates have to deal with the mob mentality that they’ve been fomenting over the past few elections. Seeing this tinfoil hatter ranting about conspiracies, followed by watching the sheeple in the audience [...]
...read moreThe Oppressor Within
As a child, I always dreamed of getting away from Louisiana. After I matriculated from high school I got the opportunity to do it. I tried out Los Angeles for a while. A few years later, I found myself in Evanston, Illinois, just one “L” ride away from Chicago. A year later, I spent some [...]
...read moreThe Hammering
I’m may end up regretting this, but I’ve come to feel that there’s really no way around it. I’ve tried to figure out how I could ignore what I’m feeling and move on to the stuff that I’d rather use this time to blog about, but it hasn’t worked. So here it is: Lately, whiteness [...]
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Bonjour!
Hello there beautiful people! My name is bint alshamsa and I’m going to be guest-blogging here at Feministe for the next two weeks. I’m not sure how to transition into a formal introduction, so I’ll just start by telling you a little about me. I was born and raised in the wonderful city of New [...]
...read moreThanks for the Memories
I have had a marvelous time posting here this week. Thank you so much for the engaging discussions. I’m really thankful that the wonderful folks at Feministe provided me with this opportunity to talk about a lot of issues that I think are rarely addressed outside of people of color and people with disabilities communities. [...]
...read moreDisability Culture: Defining Our Lives
In the comments of another post that I wrote a few days ago, a few people questioned the idea that Elizabeth Edwards’ cancer is incurable but not terminal. Different authorities were cited and used as the basis for how the commenters defined what conditions should rightly be called “terminal”. Some appealed to legal definitions of [...]
...read moreBodily Autonomy:Jehovah’s Witness Teens and Blood Transfusions
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about bodily autonomy. It seems to me that when feminists discuss this issue it is usually with regards to reproductive justice. However, I’ve got something different in mind right now and I’m hoping that others could give me some input on it. As a member of disability [...]
...read moreHandicapped Sex Lives?
Hey y’all. I’m bint alshamsa from over at My Private Casbah and I’m really excited to be guest-blogging at Feministe this week. I just realized that i forgot to introduce myself before I posted my first entry. Sorry about that! Well, let’s just jump right into this, shall we? I have a dirty little secret: [...]
...read moreModern Surgery and Patriarchy
Right now, JusticeWalks has a post on her blog called “Anxiety” where she discusses her feelings about an upcoming procedure she will be undergoing. In it, she makes a connection between the body trauma associated with surgeries and the experiences of those women of color from our past who have suffered under patriarchal systems. She [...]
...read moreGet It Straight, Sil Vous Plait
What the deal with how Elizabeth Edwards is being portrayed in the reports about her husband’s philandering? It might not seem like a big deal to other people but, I just want to yell into the television every time I hear someone refer to Elizabeth Edwards as “terminally ill”. This woman is not dying, at [...]
...read moreI Wouldn’t Want To Live Like That! Meh, On Second Thought…
“Misery can only be removed from the world by painless extermination of the miserable.” -Gerhard Hoffman, Nazi propagandist in defense of direct medical killing of all those possessing serious medical disorders Those first few years of having Systemic Lupus Erythematosus were pretty challenging. Before that I was just “sickly”, but knowing that it was a [...]
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