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Tag Archives: resistance
CALL FOR PAPERS Knots: An Undergraduate Journal of Disability Studies ***SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 30th, 2014***
i am working with Dr. Anne McGuire and the lovely Sarah Hoedlmoser this year as part of the disability studies stream through the equity studies program at new college, university of toronto. with the support from Dr. June Larkin, we will … Continue reading
would you sell me out if you ever had a doubt?
to start the day: inner self, guide me so that i can be of maximum service to others. let me stay focused throughout the day and allow me to be kind to myself. book appointment with medical doctor at health … Continue reading
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Tagged accessibility, addiction, disability, institutionalization medicalization, madness, oppression, resistance, spirituality, trauma
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three dolla billz and for the love of snapbacks
i never “came out of the closet”. i would like to think that but eve sedgwick says the closet will always be there and that i am continuously coming out. i know i have to come out, here and there, … Continue reading
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Tagged anarchism, creative writing, gender, normalcy, queer, queerness, resistance, sex, sexism, sexuality, transgender
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introducing, tangled art + disability
i recently started doing work with tangled art + disability, formerly known as ability arts festival. tangled is an organization that brings together all kinds of people and practices to explore art, culture and disability. i love this conceptual metaphor. i … Continue reading
with love and hope
i hate it when i hear a friend of mine is struggling. instances of struggle shared by friends are indicated by phrases like, “i’m not doing so well,” “i have relapsed,” “i’m living on the streets,” “i’m just trying to … Continue reading
taulabe, por amor y paz
you know your town is safe when a march for love and peace is coordinated. taulabe really prides itself for being a safe town. this march demonstrated against corruption, gangs and violence in the name of love and peace. early … Continue reading
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Tagged community, direct action, gangs, oppression, organizing, resistance, spirituality, violence
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make all good things fall apart: unravelling identity
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Tagged addiction, alcohol use, alcoholism, anarchism, anti-capitalism, anti-consumerism, community, direct action, disability, disability studies, drinking, drug use, how to be a supportive ally, institutionalization medicalization, madness, mutual aid, normalcy, oppression, organizing, race, racism, recovery, resistance, safe space, sex, sexism, sobriety, spirituality, trauma, triggers
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The Addict Constructed As Disposable
Presentation of, “The Addict Constructed As Disposable,” by geoff as part of the talk, Sobriety As Accessibility: Interrogating Intoxication Culture, at the Reclaiming Our Bodies and Our Minds conference on March 16, 2013. *author’s retain copyright to their own presented materials. … Continue reading
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Tagged 12-steps, addiction, alcohol use, alcoholics anonymous, alcoholism, anarchism, anti, anti-capitalism, anti-consumerism, biopolitics, capitalism, community, consumerism, critical addiction theory, disability, disability studies, drinking, drug use, homelessness, how to be a supportive ally, institutionalization medicalization, madness, mutual aid, normalcy, oppression, organizing, race, racism, recovery, resistance, safe space, sexism, sobriety, spirituality, trauma, triggers
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reclaiming our bodies and our minds conference @ ryerson university march 15-17 2013
check out the conference website HERE. as part of the conference, my dear friends amy and clementine morrigan, & i will be presenting a panel talk titled “sobriety as accessibility: interrogating intoxication culture”, followed by an open discussion. when: saturday … Continue reading
nomad philosophy: diversion tactics and affect forces
this is the first paper i have wrote drawing on the concepts of affect and the body as becoming by gilles deleuze and felix guattari. if you would be interested in understanding some of the concepts by deleuze and guattari, … Continue reading
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Tagged affect theory, anti-identity, bin, body as becoming, gender, gilles deleuze & felix guattari, normalcy, resistance, sex
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living not existing 