tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067297604993165361.comments2014-10-08T04:11:13.633-07:00The evolution of a cripAvahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13865031284938337154noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067297604993165361.post-28076758414545380382014-01-22T14:13:00.073-08:002014-01-22T14:13:00.073-08:00Wow, this is beautiful. Again, thank you for shari...Wow, this is beautiful. Again, thank you for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067297604993165361.post-37518377853135810462014-01-22T14:10:30.339-08:002014-01-22T14:10:30.339-08:00Thank you for sharing this, I tweeted it! Thank you for sharing this, I tweeted it! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067297604993165361.post-53838304796530041652011-10-24T13:14:29.154-07:002011-10-24T13:14:29.154-07:00Fabulous start, comadre!
I look forward to hearin...Fabulous start, comadre!<br /><br />I look forward to hearing/reading/seeing/experiencing more.Shannon M. Tubbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836979442135952297noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067297604993165361.post-34856391352330419362011-01-03T02:53:00.212-08:002011-01-03T02:53:00.212-08:00Ava your posts are very inspiring and interesting....Ava your posts are very inspiring and interesting.<br />I have albinism and have always been self-conscious of that, particularly in relation to sexuality and attraction. One thing I have fouhnd that is really making a difference to my self-perception is my practice of Zen Buddhism. I notice that you have an interest in that too and wonder if you practice and if it has had a similar impact for you.<br />Take care.Delbertinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09412061220995085735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067297604993165361.post-24405413300646701842010-06-20T18:59:40.727-07:002010-06-20T18:59:40.727-07:00Ava, as a society we are socialized to look a cert...Ava, as a society we are socialized to look a certain way and be a certain way which in turn affects our bodies. This socialization prescribes to us [society] a notion of what is "normail". Everything from buildings to toilets are designed with the able-body in mind. People do not think of the able-body as being temporary as we all know it is. Or people do not like to think of the frailty of the body because it can be a very frightening thing.<br /><br />Because of all these things being in place (and I can name more), we, as disabled individuals, form negative internalizations about ourselves. These negative internalizations, for myself, at least are a constant battle. However, every now and then I have to look within and realize that my disability helped to form my strength, life path, identity, and community.Queer on Wheelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12827397144061501717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067297604993165361.post-14411517206882080872010-06-19T07:54:59.025-07:002010-06-19T07:54:59.025-07:00Ava: You're asking a lot of really important q...Ava: You're asking a lot of really important questions about the intersections between disability, sexuality, language, bodies, culture, community...<br /><br />When talking about changing the language, it sounds like you're talking about rhetoric. What are the stories we, as individuals and members of these identities/cultural groups, tell ourselves? How can changing the stories we tell ourselves and each other, and reclaiming / re-inventing languages to describe ourselves and name our experiences help us survive? -KGo,Violet!GO!https://www.blogger.com/profile/01398764346956213656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3067297604993165361.post-44632981319760136622010-06-18T14:43:04.159-07:002010-06-18T14:43:04.159-07:00Great post, Ava. I would also add to it that the ...Great post, Ava. I would also add to it that the term Crip has potential as a term for political solidarity as well (maybe another similarity to the term Queer?). That is, there is no such thing as a "mild or severe crip" there is only crip (some use assistive devices, some use personal attendants, but we are all crips). Naming not only others crips from the mainstream, but it also others us from our own community. By embracing cripped language, we can do some work toward challenging our oppression divides us through labels. That is the disability hierarchy is only possible through the medicalization of disability and the diagnostic labels that map onto it. If we are all just Crips, then we are all just one unified political force. <br /><br />This can be problematic too though. For more on all of this, see my essay http://www.philosophercrip.com/2008/12/29/some-words-about-a-word/ and the (constructively) critical comments left there.PhilosopherCriphttp://www.philosophercrip.comnoreply@blogger.com