Dave at Chewing the Fat created a list of hopes today. I followed his example, starting off with one he created as it something I hope everyday as well.
“I hope I can go the whole day without hearing the word ‘r*tard’ even once.”
I hope I learn to check if I have all the ingredients before almost completing whatever [...]
A friend was getting out of his wheelchair one day in the metro and I instinctively knew to block people’s would-be stares
Not out of shame, mind you
but for space and a right to privacy
He was taken by surprise but this is community
Sometimes my body does things I don’t want it to do,
Things that are natural [...]
Though I walk down this path of life willingly,
I don’t feel like it’s been much of a choice.
I might have lost friends and lost family,
and for a while I even lost my own voice.
But now it’s time to take back who I am,
for me to realize my life’s just beginning.
I believe in myself as much [...]
Mmm yeah, one of my close friends called today to tell me his friend’s girlfriend, who lives in Portland, is queer and into disability activism. Neither of us know this person (Portland is pretty much the other side of the continent) but we cheered over the news and then tried to think of ways that we could explore [...]
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