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Sometimes Pride breaks your heart
THIS ISSUE COMES WITH A BIG OL’ WARNING ABOUT ABLEIST VIEWS OF THE VALUE OF DISABLED LIVES
Pride and protest don't have to be loud
Hello, Last week I wrote that Pride feels different this year, with queer and disabled people (and lots of other groups, especially immigrants) under…
Maybe we (and I) have always been here
On resistance, Pride, history - and things I have learned about myself
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We're going to prom!
Hello, My school didn’t have a prom, as such, but it did have a sort of weird end-of-A-levels party.
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We need to talk about hate
Hello, A few months ago I posted a video on Instagram in which I said disability was a feminist issue.
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Showing up
I gave a TED talk
1
A brief update
Hi, Whew.
Vietnam on wheels
Completely worth the chaos
A brief note from Vietnam
Hello, By the time you read this, I’ll be on a beach in Vietnam, having had a lovely time travelling around the country.
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It's not feminism if it isn't diverse
On the silencing of disabled women on International Women's Day
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It's lonely to be the first
On wishing there was a path to follow
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Flirting is inaccessible
Something that is more of a problem than it used to be
The View From Down Here
The View From Down Here
What's it *really* like to be disabled? How can you fight ableism? A newsletter aiming to demystify disability through personal stories and observations, from journalist and card-carrying disabled woman Lucy Webster
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