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The Yellow Balloon Movement by Maria Temming

Within jam band fandoms often dominated by substance use, clean and sober fans are building their own communities

Fansplaining — a podcast and publication by, for, and about fandom — published a thoroughly reported piece, in both text and audio, about mutual aid and peer support for recovering addicts and alcoholics in jam band fandom. The Grateful Dead set the pattern for musicians who celebrate substance use while creating a nomadic community of listeners. Maria Temming dives deep into when and how clean and sober fans are building safe spaces within these communities:

365-word excerpt forom 4000-word article )

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The Society for Disability Studies annual conference is fully online from 17 to 20 April 2021. It shares virtual space and expenses with the Ohio State University's Mulitple Perspectives on Inclusion conference: you get two cons for the price of one.

Wait ... for even less:

There are three no-cost member scholarships available. This offer expires at 4pm Central Standard Time (1300 UTC) on Monday 4 April. Drop me a direct message if you’re interested, or email me at jesse_the_k@dreamwidth.org

more background on SDS )

The conference theme:

DEEP SIGH: (Re)Centering Activism, Healing, Radical Love, Emotional Connection and Breathing Spaces in Intersectional Communities

more details on that )

Presenters and program items are being developed as I type, with details available by 1 April. I guarantee you’ll find something intriguing and educational.

Conference Schedule Overview

2 days of SDS )

2 more days with SDS and Multiple Perspectives )

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at Twitter with the hashtag #FilmDIS
https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23FilmDis
The recent convos re: demanding Netflix add audio description to DAREDEVIL were in that hashtag

I discovered at this Daily Dot article
http://www.dailydot.com/entertainment/filmdis-disability-film-twitter/

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