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There’s been a lot of coverage (in my little slice of the world) of a medievalist at the University of Chicago who has been writing quite outrageous things about Milo the Professional Bigot. There’s more to say about Milo, but lots of folks are already saying it. Here’s my thread on the context surrounding Fulton. …
Amidst all the furor over Milo and UC Berkeley, in which non-students staged an action to shut down a speech, the GOP keeps doing its thing – using money and access to power to try and overthrow public universities. I wrote about this most recently here for Pacific Standard and on the blog. Latest examples: Waiting excitedly …
In the wake of Split, disability rights folks have been grumpy about the ways that the show depicts Dissociative Identity Disorder (aka Multiple Personality Disorder). It’s one of the most stigmatized, and broadly misunderstood, disabilities, especially in the context of creating fictional killers. But Kim Sauder, one of my favorite writers on disability and culture, …
@LaurieBerkner we should talk someday about “special needs” vs “disabled.” 🙂 Though I admit most parents like the former. — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) February 14, 2017 My son’s love of music is known across the multi-verse, specifically Hamilton and the band Flogging Molly (though yesterday he chose and danced to Alan Jackson’s, “5:00 somewhere”). But …
Anti-vax advocates are as emboldened by Trump as the neo-Nazis are. Good round-up of the threats from Vox. Not long ago, Republicans believed in evolution, believed in climate change, believed in vaccines. The first two are gone, now. The third is coming. In fact, as I wrote in early November, anti-vax is one of Trump’s …
READ THIS: How to write an inclusive job description. STEP 1: UNDERSTAND ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS The essential functions of a job are not synonymous with all the functions of that job. A disabled person’s inability to perform a nonessential function is not a valid basis for disqualifying that person from employment. It is important that …
Ezell Ford is still dead. The family has been given some money. The officers remain undisciplined and certainly won’t be charged. This is the pattern. Disabled people – especially but not exclusively black men, especially but not exclusively people in mental health crisis – get killed by cops. No one is held responsible. But sometimes …
The other day I suggested that a person being shot at a Milo protest in Washington deserved at least as much coverage as, say, Oberlin students arguing about sandwiches … or even the property damage and action at Berkeley. Because someone was shot. Now The Chronicle of Higher Education has (paywalled, but this link might work) …
UPDATE: A spokesperson for the Department of Education sent me this (I updated the title as well) We were made aware of the problem with the site early this morning and we are actively working to resolve. There have been server issues relating to this site going back to at least Jan. 27. We’re actively …
A good piece on media links between mental illness and violence: Mostly done pretty badly. It’s from last June, but I post this in light of liberals making lots of “mentally ill with guns” comments in the last few days. Here’s a great quote: Dr. Joshua D. Lee, an associate professor in medicine and psychiatry …