June 2011
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What is Able Privilege? →
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- Able privilege is when you assume someone is not disabled and abusing resources just because they look able.
- Able privilege is putting out the message that a person’s illness does not exist, even though it’s well-documented by the medical community.
- Able privilege is assuming someone is more fragile due to their disability. (They will tell you what they can and can’t do, don’t assume anything.)
- Able privilege is telling a person with emotional illness that if they just think happy thoughts their illness will go away.
- Able privilege is assuming it’s okay to ask a person personal questions about their disability.
- Able privilege is telling a person on the Autism Spectrum they are unable to feel emotions or empathy.
- Able privilege is telling sick people that we are not allowed to get health insurance because we are a risk, even though health insurance is made for sick people.
- Able privilege is thinking a person with AIDS should have to let everyone they come in contact with know that they have this illness.
- Able privilege is the fact that someone with a disability or illness usually does not disclose this disability unless it’s very obvious for fear of losing their job.
- Able privilege is telling a person with chronic illness that if they just ate healthier or exercised more they will no longer be sick.
- Able privilege is stereotyping people with allergies or Asthma as all being nerds.
- Able privilege is telling a person with chronic or terminal illness, “We all get tired sometimes.”
- Able privilege is not allowing a person with disability to vent.
- Able privilege is feeling sorry for people with disabilities.
- Able privilege is assuming disability only affects children.
- Able privilege is using terms reserved for describing disability or illness in a negative way see: the r-word.
- Able privilege is refusing to add trigger warnings for people who have emotional illness.
- Able privilege is saying crap like “Life is hard,” if someone bothers to mention anything to do with their disability or illness.
- Able privilege is praising sick people who don’t complain.
- Able privilege is patronizing a person with disability.
- Able privilege is saying things like, “I hope you get AIDS and die.” “This dog guarding this house has AIDS.”
- Able privilege is labeling a child in your class as difficult rather than trying to see what is going on with them.
- Able privilege is apologeticism about people being disabled. Like, “I almost had a retarded child, I’m so glad I don’t have one. I love all kids now.” or “Whoah I didn’t know you were disabled (or sick). If I had I wouldn’t have said that.” Why don’t you do some research and talk when you’ve actually learned something?
- Able privilege is holding a picture up of a person who is disabled or sick, who probably never gave you permission to use their picture in this way, and say that you’re so thankful not to be them. We’re not here to be an example of what life shouldn’t be.
- Able privilege is assuming everyone with disabilities and illness use it as an excuse for every situation at every moment. We don’t. Period.
- Able privilege is telling someone they can’t use whatever word they want to label themselves as because they haven’t gone through enough pain or suffering. Fuck you I’m a survivor.
- Able privilege is labeling someone before they get the chance to tell you what label they would prefer.
- Able privilege is telling people they don’t need medication for their illness, or that emotional illnesses don’t require medication. WTF?
- Able privilege is telling parents of children with ADHD/ADD they are harming their children by giving them medication.
- To add to the link above, Able privilege is also telling an adult that they are to blame for their child’s disability, and we are excluding abusive or neglectful parents.
- Able privilege is assuming a person who can’t spell/punctuate/use grammar correctly must be stupid.
- Able privilege is assuming a person who can’t read a clock must be stupid.
- Able privilege is the fact that term “wrong” is what’s used to describe disabilities and illnesses, ie, “What’s wrong with you?”.
- Able privilege is not allowing people to do religious activities or enter countries just because they are disabled.
- Able privilege is making someone talk about their disability or illness when they don’t want to.
- Able privilege is if someone with disability has an exceptional talent, they are treated like they have overcome something very huge in their life, rather than recognizing their talent for what it is.
- Able privilege is staring at someone in public who has disability or illness.
Feel free to add more as you see fit.
WHAT?!?!?!?!?!?!?
IT ALREADY SAID IT HAD BEEN SHIPPED MAY 5TH WHAT I’M SO CONFUSED!!!!!!
holy shit, does this mean something?
“Yes, Marcos is gay. Marcos is gay in San Francisco, black in South Africa, an Asian in Europe, a Chicano in San Ysidro, an anarchist in Spain, a Palestinian in Israel, a Mayan Indian in the streets of San Cristobal, a Jew in Germany, a Gypsy in Poland, a Mohawk in Quebec, a pacifist in Bosnia, a single woman on the Metro at 10pm, a peasant without land, a gang member in the slums, an unemployed worker, an unhappy student and, of course, a Zapatista in the mountains. Marcos is all the exploited, marginalised, oppressed minorities resisting and saying `Enough’. He is every minority who is now beginning to speak and every majority that must shut up and listen. He is every untolerated group searching for a way to speak. Everything that makes power and the good consciences of those in power uncomfortable — this is Marcos.”
—Subcomandante Marcos (via bestpossible)
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Cis people seem to think that self-identification is only for trans folks. They don’t have to ‘identify’ as men and women– they just ARE! Their gender isn’t ‘self-identified,’ it’s ‘self-evident!’
What they fail to understand is that self identification is the only meaningful way to determine gender. Any other method is wholly dependent upon what that doctor said way back when we were still red, wrinkly, writhing, screaming newborn messes, completely unformed as individuals and without any identity at all to speak of, too bloody and scrunchy-faced to even be called cute. The fact is that cis people self-identify too– they just happen to agree with what the doctor said all those years ago. Anybody who answers the question of ‘are you a man?’ or ‘are you a woman?’ with ‘yes’ has just self-identified.
” —Asher Bauer, Not Your Mom’s Trans 101 (Tranarchism)
This group of Mexican American flappers are standing in a park somewhere in Southern California. The only woman identified is Lucinda Ordonez, who’s standing second from the right. The photograph was taken in 1925.
Credit: Los Angeles Public Library
“Tell me Jimi, do you smoke?”
“No.”
