Posts tagged disability
Commentary: Care Work + Kimiko Does Cancer
Commentary: Care Work + Kimiko Does Cancer

For the March Decolonize This Book Club, we read a collection of essays, Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Kimiko Does Cancer: A Graphic Memoir by Kimiko Tobimatsu.

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Commentary: “Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings” by Marta Russell
Commentary: “Capitalism & Disability: Selected Writings” by Marta Russell

Capitalism killed someone I love. Here’s a crash course on capitalism, thanks to Marta Russell’s Capitalism & Disability.

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Commentary: Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata
Commentary: Mis(h)adra by Iasmin Omar Ata

"Misadra" means "seizure" in Arabic, whereas "Mishadra" means "I can't."

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