Flaming Fishbowl
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Flaming Fishbowl
In America, losing a job means making a hundred phone calls to a state unemployment-insurance system. Getting hit by a car means becoming your own hospital-billing expert. Having a disability means launching into a Jarndyce v. Jarndyce–type legal battle. Needing help to feed a toddler means filling out a novel-length application for aid.
The Atlantic • The Time Tax
i now remember what it is like to be in 8th grade, comparing yourself to all of the other girls, everyone at different stages of puberty and maturity. some are the youngest and some are the oldest, experiencing the world for the first time vs. having seen it through the eyes of older siblings. small things can be isolating, and big things can feel ... See more
Meighan Grady • i think it's brave: to be 13
Adoption, Abortion, Class, Poverty, Gender Studies, Family Life, Life Skills, Community Care, Mutual Aid
The question is not whether algorithms can ever foster greatness—they cannot. Their design is fundamentally at odds with the qualities that define great art: depth, complexity, and the capacity to provoke discomfort or transformation. The question is whether we, as creators and consumers, are willing to resist their influence.
Resistance does not me... See more
Resistance does not me... See more
Dr. Felix S. Grenwood • Algorithms of Mediocrity — william
the historical origin of disability was “anything that kept people from participating in labor”).
Ashley Shew • Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (A Norton Short)
disability not as an individual defect but as the product of social injustice,
Karen Hellekson • SF 101: A Guide to Teaching and Studying Science Fiction
Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement (A Norton Short)
Ashley Shew • 2 highlights
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Fanfiction, Biblical Fanfiction, Judaism, Jewish author, Dinah, Fiction, Anita Diament, Jacob (Bible), Midwifery, Midwives, Genesis,