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This is Not Over Yet (But I’m Still Celebrating)
On June 26th 1993 Lawrence v. Texas was handed down by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ensuring that people in same sex relationships were safe from prosecution based upon who they...
View ArticlePro Choice Should NOT Mean Ableist
About a half an hour ago Representative Thompson from Texas spoke words that broke my heart. They weren’t words about how abortion shouldn’t be a choice. Hell, she was speaking FOR women who are...
View ArticlePolitical Parody Via Musicals
With the shutdown still looming, I woke up on 4 hours of sleep and turned on my happy music. My happy music happens to be mostly Broadway Musicals. Which resulted in me parodying a few. And here’s what...
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Autism Speaks Does Not Speak For Me
Autism Speaks doesn’t speak for autistics. Real live autistic people and their loved ones have known that for some time. But they may have finally crossed the line with their hateful, fear-mongering,...
View ArticleLife & Death With Dignity
I’m going to feel like a bitchy curmudgeon at some point during the course of this post, but I want to draw your attention to something very important: a dangerous precedent is being set by society...
View ArticleSCOTUS We Have a Problem
Last Friday the Supreme Court of the United States decided in a unanimous decision to erase protest free buffer zones around abortion clinics. In addition, today they sided with Hobby Lobby in the...
View ArticleHB135 in Ohio Is Ableist, Here’s Why!
As a disabled woman, whenever disability and abortion are in the same sentence I get angry. The most popular post on this blog is from 2013, when I wrote a passionate piece about why the use of...
View ArticleDonald Trump Is the Monster Under my Bed
Crippled America. The want to ban Muslims from entering our country. Donald Trump is terrifying, and not just because of what he says, but moreover, what he normalizes and rationalizes. Trump isn’t who...
View ArticleNotes from a Front Line
I hear him before I see him. “Fuck you” He slides into my limited periphery, finger thrusting in my face, camera phone lifted at my eye level. “Fuck you” he says again, quickly, forcefully. To me. He...
View ArticleThe Privilege of Survival
There’s a phrase going around a lot. People are saying it to make each other feel better, but to me, it’s not making anything better. In fact, it’s making things worse. “We survived Reagan.” My father...
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