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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 ArticleDo I have to start playing the cripple card on the subway?
Today was a long day. I had to carry a 5 pound bag of paper to Bronxville, NY from my home in Jersey City. I got up there, I turned in my MA Thesis, and I got back on the train to go home. During rush...
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 ArticleCultural Responsibility in Burlesque
There’s a saying that you can’t pick your family, but you can pick your friends. Well this is also true of your performance context. You can’t pick what has come before you, but you can pick how you...
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...
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Smashing Ableism with Intersectionality
About a year and a half ago now I moved into a house in the suburbs. When one of our neighbors came by to welcome us to the neighborhood, they came with some gifts. A nice bottle of champagne…. and a...
View ArticleMiss Manners Didn’t Cover Facebook
Facebook is a weird place. We’ve created a place online where you can self select the people who can see what you post – people you know from different stages in your life, people who work in the same...
View ArticleLack of Accessibility Isn’t Just Illegal – It’s Gatekeeping
I work for a couple cons as a disability access coordinator – that’s the first thing you need to know. I’m not willing to engage in a dialogue about “what are YOU willing to do about it?” Because I’m...
View ArticleSurvival is Not One Size Fits All
There’s been a lot of talk about what sexual assault survivors think and feel about abuse. There’s been a lot of thinking about how we handle the death of someone who perpetrated abuse, and about how...
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