We Need the Humanities
Why we need the humanities (a blog post). In other news I am moving my blogging over to my Patreon site, but will keep linking here!
Author: David Perry
Voting Rights Now
My first piece for HuffPost Opinions: “Our country has changed,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his decision in Shelby County v. Holder. Congress had reauthorized the Voting Rights Act in 2006 by a 98-0 Senate vote and a gaping 390-33 tally in the House, but in 2013 the Supreme Court’s conservative justices voted 5-4 …
Stimming Beauty
My son stims with beads. Most people see just a boring repetitive moment. But slow it down. Watch. Set it to Bach. #Neurodiversity #DownSyndrome #Autism #Parenting (Note: My son approves of this video).
Murder in Kentucky
I mostly share pieces now via Twitter and Facebook, but am going to make a new site to share stories (Both mine and those of others) soon! Just waiting to see what next year brings at Pacific Standard. Meanwhile, here’s my latest: Speaking as an American Jew, one reeling and in mourning over the massacre …
Hutch for Sheriff
New at Pacific Standard: Hutchinson wants to show respect toward groups that feel excluded and bring them into the conversation. “I agree that black lives matter,” he says. “They [community groups including BLM] deserve a voice and deserve to be heard.” If elected, Hutchinson may have one advantage when it comes to drawing in the diverse …
Interview – Bruce Schneier and the Internet that Wants to Kill Us All!
NEW AT PACIFIC STANDARD! Is the problem that corporations want to sell the data generated from devices like an e-toothbrush? In computer security, we have something called the CIA triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. Most of what we worry about with data is confidentiality. That’s the Equifax hack, or the Office of Personnel Management hack, …
Interview – Maysoon Zayid
I talked to the comedian Maysoon Zayid about her new ABC Comedy Can Can. Is this a comedy about identity? About your identities as a disabled Muslim woman? Is it political? Being Palestinian is inherently political, [but] it’s funny first—really, really funny. I am super excited to see what I didn’t see [on TV as …
My Brain
I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety on the day that Anthony Bourdain committed suicide. A personal essay about struggle, diagnosis, disclosure, and hopefully stabilization. New @PacificStand – https://t.co/KzpAIA2CYX — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) October 1, 2018 I wrote about my brain for Pacific Standard, with gratitude for the people who have cared for me. …
Hurricane Maria and the Human Choices that Kill
New from Pacific Standard: On February 2nd, 2018, Aníbal Dones Flores, 54, woke up in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, with an asthma attack. It was almost half a year after Hurricane Maria had savaged the island, but Flores still didn’t have power in his house. His condition grew worse as he labored to awaken his …
Norm Macdonald and Dehumanizing Intellectual Disability
New piece on Norm Macdonald and his use of “Down syndrome” as a slur. Macdonald used the clinical term, Down syndrome, as an attempt to maintain his ability to make de facto “retard jokes”and use intellectual disability as a comedic punching bag without coming under criticism for doing so. In the aftermath of the Stern …