Not the Only One

Even those who haven’t really entered the fray have still been impacted by the discourse. Having to listen to white people talk over us about the importance of listening to our voices is a particularly insidious form of white violence. I wrote a long time ago about the damage that is done when we are talked about and debated by non-Indigenous people and, in that process, dehumanised: … the inevitable removing of Indigenous people from the dialogue in favour of another round of ‘Who are the ...

Wikimedia has been making posts like this for the better part of 15 years. I remember attending Wiki editing parties for queers and trans people all the way back in 2010 or 2011. In 2014, I was even in a culture and technology undergrad class where the professor invited a Wikipédia editor on international women's day to coach the class and encourage women to make notable edits about women's rights and labour. Over the years, none of my additions or changes to Wikipédia have survived. Usually...

Video showing a black man standing up against a wall in the Richmond County (Ga.) Jail with his hands behind his back before deputies used a Taser on him directly contradicts a police report stating that the man had become combative, WSB-TV reports.

UC Davis modeling "inclusion" by holding it in person only, no masking, no listing of what accessibility is available even at the in-person event.

Reasons People Don’t Wear their Hearing Aids https://www.hearinglikeme.com/5-reasons-people-dont-wear-their-hearing-aids/

The psychological impact is indescribable. Imagine being told you could do something, then you can’t, but you know you can. But the person telling you has a gun.

In end stage capitalism, society judges our worth based on economic contribution. As a result, it devalues disabled people. That inherent ableism fuels eugenics and fascism. We must stop assigning value to people based on their health or job status. We are all inherently valuable. We all matter.