Journalist – Historian – Speaker
I wrote about one of the great Civil Rights acts in US History, the “Deaf President Now” protests at Gallaudet University. Read more! “Deaf President Now is an American story. It’s not my story, or only the Deaf community’s story, or Gallaudet’s story, but an American Civil Rights story. It needs to be told in …
#MedievalTwitter. 8 authors on “oooh Vikings used crystals to navigate” story. No historians involved. Vikings particularly susceptible to having this kind of thing spread through MSM. https://t.co/JhU7rTniJD — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) April 9, 2018 In the last year or two we’ve had numerous “oooh Vikings!” news stories hit national and international media, all of …
There’s a new report out from the GAO showing that for 2013-14 (the most recent data), black and disabled kids are penalized heavily and disproportionately in schools, nationwide. Boys and poor kids also disproportionately disciplined. Read the full report here. I’ll be digging in later today to see the more complicated data when they combine …
BREAKING: I sent @JerryFalwellJr a sincere request to pray with us at the #LynchburgRevival. His response? A letter threatening up to a year in jail and a $2500 fine if we attempt to pray on campus @LibertyU, even with students and alumni. Here are both letters. pic.twitter.com/hiGq3C0Zh5 — Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) April 5, 2018 Last …
The brilliant author Nicola Griffith has written a new book, So Lucky. As the reviews roll in, she’s been talking online and now blogging about the ways that ableism intersect with sexism in the response. She writes: In How to Suppress Women’s Writing Joanna Russ lays out eleven methods to belittle the work of women …
Review of two recent books on trying to fix policing.
Minnesota remains highly segregated when it comes to adults with disabilities. Read this new Star Tribune report.
Here are two stories recently on murder and attempted murder of disabled children. They follow the same pattern I discussed here in which the murderer is praised as a kind caregiver who inexplicably murdered their children/attempted to murder. No disabled people are quoted. We learn little or nothing about the victim of violence, their story erased. …
Roxane Gay wrote about the new “Roseanne” for the New York Times with typical brilliance, including this paragraph: As I watched the first two episodes of the “Roseanne” reboot, I thought again about accountability. I laughed, yes, and enjoyed seeing the Conner family back on my screen. My first reaction was that the show was excellent. …
I missed this story (a talk delivered a few days before the presidential election in 2016). Reading now. https://t.co/57niEhYQjE — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) March 26, 2018 I’m writing a piece right now on sexual harassment and history departments (and Title IX offices). This piece from Catherine Clinton came through my feed. Ample warnings for …