Disability Studies

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Bleed

Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care

Journalist Tracey Lindeman knows it all too well. Decades of suffering from endometriosis propelled the creation of BLEED — part memoir, part investigative journalism, and all … 322 View

Crip Kinship

The Disability Justice & Art Activism of Sins Invalid

The remarkable story of Sins Invalid, a performance project that centres queer disability justice. In recent years, disability activism has come into its own as a vital and necessary means to … 201 View
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Foreword by Patty Berne

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Introduction

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Oh Bondage, Up Yours!

how the system got its power

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In this chapter, Lindeman examines how the power imbalance of the doctor-patient relationship and the feminization of "sick role" impact the medical care received by women and those … 38 $3.80 Add
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Sins Invalid’s Origin Story

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Topics discussed include crip beauty and sexuality, ableism, historical eugenics, assumptions about disabled folks, intersectionality, medicalization, disability justice, activism through … 14 $1.40 Add
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Creating Crip-Centric Liberated Zones

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Topics discussed include crip-centric approaches to activism and community, Crip-Centric Liberated Zones, Disability Justice, madness, decolonizing our bodyminds, institutionalisation of the … 15 $1.50 Add
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Open Up and Bleed

the mental dimensions of pain

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Lindeman explores the correlation between psychological distress and physical pain, and how this manifests for people who suffer from endometriosis, PCOS, and other pelvic disorders. She … 17 $1.70 Add
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In Love and Community, Like the Trees

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Topics discussed include the role of love in social justice, collective liberation and freedom, love as a practice, accountability, and nature. 11 $1.10 Add
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Typical Girls

Intersections

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Lindeman examines how the various intersecting characteristics of a patient’s identity will directly inform their ability to be accurately diagnosed and receive proper medical care. She … 32 $3.20 Add
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Storytelling as Activism, as Crip-Centric Strategy

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Topics discussed include storytelling as a form of activism, silencing of the disabled and ill, empowering and using one’s own voice, historical lineages of oppression, mapping community, … 15 $1.50 Add
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Artmaking as Evidence

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Topics discussed include multidisciplinary artmaking, strategies of resilience, building disabled queer art-activism, crip time, Disability Justice and Transformative Justice, eugenics, and … 18 $1.80 Add
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Education Bringing Us Home

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Topics discussed include education, communal awakening, reclaiming one’s own autonomy and history, education as a way towards justice and freedom, oppressive frameworks, creative workshops … 12 $1.20 Add
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I Wanna Be Well

the pain scale and other lies

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In this chapter, Lindeman discusses how male dominant medical trials, a universal pain scale, and the chronic but non-fatal nature of pelvic disorders contribute to a disregard for the pain … 33 $3.30 Add
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Crip Kinship and Cyber Love

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Topics discussed include kinship networks, online community, online romance, “crip emotional intelligence,” microcultures, and digital crip kinship during Covid-19. 15 $1.50 Add
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Notice of Eviction

2 legit 2 quit (the system)

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In this chapter, Lindeman narrates her experience of receiving a hysterectomy during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. 24 $2.40 Add