Archive for May, 2008
New Bike Club Member
Friday mornings, I usually go for a long bike ride with friends from Eastern Bloc Cycling Club. Yesterday was a gorgeous day, and two-thirds of the way through our 40 mile ride, we stopped at the Planted Feather Farm and Bakery for some fresh-baked goodies. Here, we got to meet Ruby the Sow, whom we [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )School is not an episode of “Survivor”
There are a number of disability blogs discussing this outrageous report of a kindergarten teacher in Florida named Wendy Portillo, who let her class humiliate a five-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome. Here’s the brief version:
“After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn’t like about Barton’s 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher [...]
Book Club Backlog
Now the semester is over and we just had a long holiday weekend, I’ve managed to get caught up with the last two books from my bookclub (I’ve missed or been late to the last two, didn’t finish either book, just like my students, hah!) As it turns out both selections involve psychotherapy and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Michelle Obama Racism/Sexism Watch Part Bloody Two
Thanks, Historiann, (I think) for posting the latest mash-up of racism and sexism from What About Our Daughters. This was originally posted on the so-called liberal blog Daily Kos as satire, then taken down after many complaints across the blogosphere.
Oh, just FYI Kos, not all white southerners are Klansmen, and the epicenter of the [...]
Friday Funny, or, Men: WTF?
This came from hispanic male mention in an earlier post on the Committee on the Concerns of Men (or as another member likes to call it, Men:WTF?) The illustration is from a story in New York Magazine about an NYU student who created a “virtual girlfriend” for NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications Program Spring Show [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )MentalHealthEdu
I just completed the training module for MentalHealthEdu, an online program to raise awareness about college mental health issues . I found the website was very accurate, drawing on material from the American College Health Association. It also gave good practical information for faculty, staff, administrators on how to help students in distress. However, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )HPV Vaccine Conference
Now that my grades are done (woo-hoo!) I can blog about the conference on “Cancer Vaccine for Girls” that I presented at last week. My paper went really well — I was the resident expert on history of adolescent girls and gynecology. My paper pointed out that pap smears and routine gynecological exams [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Disabilism in Campaign Language
Taking a quick break from grading to post this link sent to me by Historiann, regarding the use of “lame” to describe political strategy. This is a no-no to us disability studies folks.
Back to those exams — one more class to go!
Obama Racism and Sexism Watch
The blog Shakesville keeps track of racism and sexism in the 2008 campaign — not surprising sexism is way ahead! She hasn’t posted anything about this double-whammy mash up of racism and sexism directed against Michelle Obama, in which Zsa Zsa Gabor’s hubby referred to Ms. Obama as a “washerwoman.” Fortunately the Rev. Al [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Diversity and Mad Pride
I’ve been meaning to write a post about this article on “mad pride” from this weekend’s New York Times, featuring Liz Spikol who writes the blog, The Trouble with Spikol, which I read from time to time. This was just a fabulous article but I’m wondering whether putting it in the style section trivializes [...]
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