Blogging Against Disablism Day

Please participate on May 1 to raise awareness about disability issues and the impact of disablism/ableism.

Clicking on the banner will take you to Goldfish’s blog. She started Blogging Against Disablism Day last year, and I’m grateful she’s continuing such a great idea. Guidelines for participating are available on her site.

My personal request: I hope that more able-bodied people will participate this year. There’s a lot of great work being done by disability activists, but really, who should be involved in addressing and attacking disablism more than those with able-bodied privilege? I promise we don’t bite-it’s a very friendly group.

No Illegal Humans

Plainsfeminist and Brownfemipower have done a lot of work to let us know what we can do to help the people targeted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in New Bedford, MA. Then Donna posted exactly the type of message I needed to read to kick my butt into gear. That, and the video that bfp posted here, which everyone needs to watch, made me need to puke. Thanks to Plainsfeminist, Bfp, and Donna for getting the word out!

Please take action.

Please Take Action

First, read Brownfemipower’s post, Why feminists must stand against government oppression. Then, see the two posts below it for people to call/mail/email.

Look What I Found!

A great activism blog, called Stick It!

What to do?

Dedicate yourself to ending torture worldwide.

Feminist Depression Support Group

Does someone have rocks I can use to fill the holes in my head?

My energy level is at a lifetime low, so I decided to create a feminist depression support group! Amananta was looking for one, V was discussing it, I’ve been chatting with Belledame about depression in comments, and today, I read Pippi’s post about depression. Her comparison of depression to a near-drowning incident shook me up. Considering the life-changing impact depression has had on me, and the lack of a feminist perspective on depression, forming a group seemed like a good idea.

I hope that women will join to give and receive support. Given my current health status, I’d be grateful for 1-2 women willing to serve as moderators. The fastest way to destroy a group is by having trolls posting unchecked or member’s messages drowned out by spam. To join the group:

Click to join feminist_depression_support

Any questions can be left in comments or you can email me: spotted_ele@hotmail.com Please feel free to invite women you think would be interested in the group.

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