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gnatkip: Glee art: Being a Part of Something Special 1.01 Pilot (visual art)
Glee art: Being a Part of something Special 1.09 Wheels

haddayr: Oh, great (on language)

haddayr: PLUCKY CRIPPLE DOESN'T LET LACK OF BINGO CARD STOP HER!
ETA: Final version: PLUCKY CRIPPLES DON'T LET LACK OF BINGO CARD STOP THEM!

trouble: Follow-up on Feministing

sasha_feather

Representation Linkspam #9

Land of Punt: Glee Songs for November 25, Season 1, Episode 11 Hairography (I *think* this post is sarcastic, but readers may find it offensive. Adviso for automatically playing sound, embedded vids.)

it_grrl Where I am right now

Although there was apparently no disability-specific problems with the latest Glee episode "Mattress", I decided to linkspam anyway.

These two posts contain a general trigger warning for discussion of domestic violence:

The Booze Tube: While they were there I told them to go ahead and yank out those tear ducts

This Ain't Livin' (meloukhia): Glee: Mattress

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Feministing:

laughingrat Feministing and Ableism: the Fail continues (from Nov 21, 2009)

ln(olga): breakin' out the old blog

monsters and molotovs: I love you, but your privilege is showing

sophy Transphobia is wrong

sasha_feather

Representation Linkspam #6 with Bonus Feministing Discussions

More on Feministing fail:

angrylemur: ok some things

Catspaw: Wider Boycott for Feministing - disability failures

gudbuytjane: Cosign

Having Read the Fine Print: Fruit and Cake

lauredhel: I drop in so you don't have to

The Pursuit of Harpyness: Is Feminist Punditry Really Possible (Or Positive?)

Questioning Transphobia: Quixotess: please boycott Feministing

Reconcile: Quix Goes Mainstream

This Ain't Livin' (meloukhia): Won't You Join Me?

Glee:

The Inclusion Paradox: People with Disabilities want More Performers to Truly fit Roles

Jumbled Words: Oh Look, more controversy!

jumbled_words Oh Look, more controversy! (cross-post)

Squidalicious: Goodbye and Good Riddance to the R Word

kaz

Representation Linkspam #3

Old Business:
Reconcile: Please Boycott Feministing

Resulting discussion:

bcholmes: Boycott-ification

Blackamazon: Fruit and cake

infamousqbert: On intersectionalities of oppression (signal boost)

maevele: Please boycott Feministing « Reconcile (signal boost)

maevele: Please boycott Feministing « Reconcile (crosspost)

Meloukhia: Pensive potatoes (signal boost)

stoneself: not unexpectedly - nothing (signal boost)

Also Old business:

I would like to point out that

metafandom has a tag on delicious for disability; if you are interested in meta discussions of disability in fanfic/fandom/media, that is a good place to go.

kestrell has an annotated bibliography of Disability in Science Fiction and the Literature of the Fantastic, for representations of disability in SF/F literature.

Cate (

sheafrotherdon) covered "GateFail" in her journal (StarGate Universe episode "Sabotage") and has an article about it at Hard Core Nerdity (August 24, 2009)

New Business:

Adam Bowker: Disability in pop culture 9 - Glee

Deeply Problematic: Ableism in 30 Rock (Oct 21, 2009)

jaltok: (no title)

kaz: Because incurable speech disorders just up and vanish all the time, don't you know

Laura: Glee: Wheels

noracharles: Glee 109 Wheels

Sign on the Window: A review of intellectual disability on "glee"

Stephen: Wheelchairs and weddings

Stonebender: Glee and disability

stonebender: Disability and Glee (crosspost)

stoney311 Glee fills me with... well.

trixiesfic endangered chernobyl species

trouble Can't I make you understand/You're having delusions of granduer

Troy: Glee wheelchair episode shows why we fight on...

Wheelchair Dancer: Glee

Wheelie Catholic: Glee wheelchair episode: not gleeful

zvi Wednesday Night TV

Linkspammer's warning: Although I don't think any of this is really clear-cut enough to warrant warning for on a specific link, I feel a lot of these links are somewhat trivialising of stuttering as a disability - especially when put together.

Current Mood: accomplished

kaz

I know we said we wouldn't post another linkspam until Feministing responded. Well, they have:

Courtney at Feministing: Follow Up on Disability Rights Dialogue. [warning for lots and lots of unexamined privilege in the post, and some rather revisionist history. Also, ware comments.]

Reactions:

sophy: Feminism and Disability stuff

trouble: Latest Follow-Up From Feministing

Posts that went up in before Feministing's response:

angrychihuahua: In what I sincerely hope is my last post on Feministing and its ongoing mess...

Blackamazon: Dangerous Ideas Part 1_ See us as people not as tools

Reconciliate: Chat with Feministing and other things

Other links of interest:

Liz Henry: Disability Blog Carnival 59: Disability and Work

were_duck

I know we just posted a link roundup, but I thought you all would like to see how the chat between several disabled activists and two Feministing editors went, so I'm dropping a few links now.

As always, please leave us more links if we've missed any!

lauredhel: Oh no she didn't! Open Letter to Feministing followup

meloukhia at This Ain't Livin': The Chat with Feministing

trouble Chat with Feministing

troubleinchina Chat with Feministing

And here's a DW feed if you'd like to follow FWD/Forward blog on your reading list:
Dreamwidth Syndicated Feed for FWD

sasha_feather

Many thanks to

kaz and

were_duck as usual. Feel free to drop us links in comments.

Sparked by the "Ressentiment" post from Linkspam #5:

belledame22: [Title redacted on account of ableism] [note: post is attacking, not defending, the attitudes expressed in the title]

Kristen: The Resentment of Ressentiment or Entitlement in the Extreme

About FWD/Forward

Note: As you might guess from the title, most of these are just linkages/"this is really awesome!"s

Adventures of a Young Feminist: Tuesday Link Love

Cara: New blog by feminists with disabilities

Chally: I roam the internet claiming my places

Foxtrot: Quick Hit: FWD/Forward

Heather: New Feminist Disability Blog launched

Illegal Jesus: I bring you links and not much else

kaninchenzero [Disability] Out of Sight

lauredhel: FWD: Feminists With Disabilities is GO!

Melissa McEwan: Monday Blogaround

Ouyang Dan: Psst... pass it on!

pharaoh_katt Today in "I hate the world sometimes"

sanguinity: (no subject)

SarahMC at Pursuit of Harpyness: Rad New Blog Alert

sophy New Website addressing the intersection of Feminism and Disability

Tera: New blog of awesomeness

were_duck: FWD FTW!

The, er, original discussion:

FWD: Ableist Word Profile: What's Your Damage?
FWD: Ablesit Word Profile: Retarded

hokuton_punch (no subject)

Meloukhia: Putting some money where my words are

Shut Up, Sit Down:
Cosigning

stoneself (no subject)

Other links of interest: (because we're really into this)

Eli Claire: Thinking about the word crip

Womanist Musings: Negotiating Disableism

FWD: Telegram to TABs, On Spoon Theory
Crossposted at Hoyden About Town: Telegram to TABs, On Spoon Theory

FWD: What We Talk About When We Talk About Language

ETA: One link removed at request of OP

were_duck

Thanks to

kaz and

sasha_feather for all of their work collecting links!

I'd like to take a moment to highlight an exciting new blog: FWD/Forward is a blog by a group of fine and talented rabblerousing feminists with disabilities, several of whom you'll recognize from these link roundups. If you're looking for an RSS feed to bring this blog to your reading list,

lauredhel has RSS feeds for LJ and DW in a post here.

Abbyjean at FWD: Ableist Word Profile: Hysterical

Anji: Cosigning-An Open Letter to Feministing

The Czech: Feministing & Ableism

Fangirl: How to Be A Better Feminist

kaz: On talking vs. silence and currently-abledness
Crossposted at

kazaera: On talking vs. silence and currently-abledness

Mary at Geek Feminism: Link roundup to watch out for

Meloukhia: Rouged Pigeons
Meloukhia: Trembling Hydrangeas
Meloukhia: The Bystander Effect
Crossposted at This Ain't Livin'
Meloukhia at FWD: Ableist Word Profile: Lame

sasha_feather: Watch this documentary!
Crossposted at

sasha_feather: Watch this documentary!

sasha_feather: I believe in what you do - Arguing against the dictionary
Crossposted at

sasha_feather: I believe in what you do - Arguing against the dictionary

stoneself: (no subject)

susanreads: If it's not one thing it's another

were_duck

Feministing Linkspam #5

Thanks to my co-linkspammers

sasha_feather and

kaz! If you have a link to add, please leave it in comments and we'll add it to the next post.

Buttersisonlymyname: Leftist Ressentiment in the Extreme (WARNING. Seriously offensive and ableist. We are not kidding, this is VILE. Your hardened linkspammers could not make it all the way through this post.)

Fangirl: this ain't livin': an open letter to Feministing

ithiliana: Signal Boost: Feministing and Disability Issues

Jennifer: On the Feministing Ableism debate

Laura: My use of ableist language

Meloukhia: FWD: Ableist Word Profile: "Cretin" (not related to Feministing specifically, but great analysis of ableist language)
Meloukhia: FWD" Ableist Word Profile: "Idiot" (not related to Feministing specifically, but great analysis of ableist language)

mystickeeper: Signal Boost

Nancy Lorenz: Feministing: Time to Change

pharaoh_katt: Alternatives to Ableist Language

pharaohkatt: Alternatives to Ableist Language (same post, different site)

Rebecca: Links, yo!

Renee: Drop it like it's hot

stoneself: (no subject) (Signal boost)

stoneself: (no subject) (same post, different site)

sasha_feather

Feel free to drop us links in comments! Thanks to

kaz and

were_duck for their hard work with this.

amazon_syren: Links of the Day

Andrea Rubenstein: Ableism is not feminism. Spread the word.

angrychihuahua: In brief

angrylemur: via maevele

Debbie: Disability language: Respect is a Feminist Value

jesse_the_k: One More Voice

kaz: Why I no longer read Feministing

kazaera: Why I no longer read Feministing (same post, different comments)

Liza Eckert: Sorry, Feministing: I'm Pretty Much Over It (warning: defends ableist language)

logansrogue: Fucking Feministing Part 38212312347239487234232...

neekabe: (no subject) (LJ version of DW post included in earlier roundup)

pocochina: disability fail

Maria V.: Links of Great Interest 10/09/09

trouble: A Brief Update about the Feministing Thing

troubleinchina: A Brief Update about the Feministing Thing (Same entry, different comments)

ETA: Removed one link at request of Original Poster.

kaz

Hi, I am

kaz and I will be spamming your links today. :)

Audrey: Dear Feministing: Your feminism is not mine

Cara: A Brief List of Ways that Ableist and Misogynistic Oppressions Intersect

denelian: co-signing

gryphonsegg: Ableism and Feministing

Lauredhel: Open letter to Feministing - co-signed

Liz Henry: Changing ableist, racist and sexist language habits.

mawaridi: I want Neil Gaiman's House (one paragraph in the post, more in the comments)

Meloukhia: Silky Pontoons

Meloukhia: This Ain't Livin': How to Mess Up

Niemaodpowiedzi: Why I'm angry

pgdudda: AbleFail at Feministing

Quixotess: Cosigned

pharao_katt: An Open Letter to Feministing

Rachel: You know you're privileged when...

stoneself: ableism and feminism

trinityva: Whaaa?

unusualmusic: Feministing Fail on disability issues

Writer Writing, Indie Goddess, Illegal Jesus: This ain't livin': An Open Letter to Feministing.com (co-sign)

Also, note the hashtag! For all you Twitter-using people.

If you think we've missed anything, please drop us a link in the comments!

Current Mood: accomplished

were_duck

More links re: feministing. I know I'm missing some, so if you have any links you'd like to add, please leave us a comment.

disabled_fandom: Signal boost post by pgdudda

jadelennox: ableist language

mariness: Narrative

mariness: Narrative (same post, different comments)

Ouyang Dan: Well, I guess the gloves are off...
Ouyang Dan: More Open Letter Links

neekabe: (no subject)

sasha_feather: Mini Link Spam on Disabling Language Topics

sophy: More on the Feministing Thing

sophy: Co-signed

sqbr: Various links and stuff

were_duck

Most of these links are via

trouble, I'm reposting and linkspamming to signal boost. Please spread the word!

I'm going to post links to this comm as things develop on Feministing as a result of Meloukhia's Open Letter to Feministing, calling them out for ableist language issues in their posts and comment moderation. Meloukhia has been updating that post, so it's a good one to check back in with frequently.

trouble has collected relevant links here. She has written to Feministing about their ableism several times before and not gotten any responses.

There's a thread at feministing to discuss this, please beware comments.

Please, if you see a post that you think should be added to the next linkspam, drop me a comment or PM. ALSO, if you would like to join in the linkspamming effort, please know this comm allows members to post--all you have to do is join! If you are not a member of Dreamwidth and would like to have an account here, PM me your email address--I have several invite codes I'd be happy to give out.

That said, here are some related posts:

abbyjean: Feministing and Disability: the Stats

Amandaw: Open Letter to Feministing

Annaham: Confessions of a Reluctant Young White Feminist

Chally: Feminism that Doesn't Advance Women Is No Feminism At All

giandujakiss: Ouch.

giandujakiss: Ouch. (same post, different comments)

ithiliana: Signal Boost: Meloukhia's Open Letter to Feministing

Laura: An Open Letter to Feministing (from This Ain't Livin')

maevele: what I finally posted over at feministing

maevele what I finally posted over at feministing (same post, different comments)

Meloukhia: Why Inclusionary Language Matters (this is an older post, linked in her open letter--very good)

Pieces of String: Open Letter to Feministing

sasha_feather: Some More on Disabling Language and Inclusionary Language

sasha_feather: Some More on Disabling Language and Inclusionary Language (same post, different comments)

The Trouble Is: Tiny Cuts

trouble: (no subject)

troubleinchina: (no subject) (same post, different comments)

trouble: Ongoing Feministing Drama

troubleinchina: Ongoing Feministing Drama

were_duck: Feministing