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So, recently there has been an individual on the intarwebz that has been appropriating disability and trans communities for her own pro-choice agenda.

Now, I am pro-choice. I love choice, and believe abortion should be legalized. However, I do not find it appropriate to constantly post about the politics of it when it is not in a relevant forum. I don't go to feminist boards and talk about my penis, nor do I go to the KKK and talk about how I am multiracial and disabled.

I consider this a snark because, honestly, I want my designated spaces to be safe. I am not saying pro-choice laws are somehow unsafe, but if I really just want to talk about how IDEA sucks for deafness and why doctors are such pisspoor professionals, I want to see THAT in the thread. If I want to discuss pro-choice activism, I'd go to...say, HERE! http://community.livejournal.com/pro_choice/

So yes, so-called-allies, stop appropriating disability and transgender forums for your agenda, and when we tell you it's not appropriate, you get butthurt.

http://community.livejournal.com/glbtq_disabled/
Where it's happening.

http://community.livejournal.com/transfeminism/98303.html
Where people are commenting.

http://community.livejournal.com/transgender/2077700.html?thread=21710596#t21710596
Where it's going to shit.

The Blurb On The Back:

Here’s a question for your secret diary. You know, the one with the flimsy little key. Is it better for him to lie, or to not say it at all?

Parker Prescott is an ice princess. Cold, aloof, a snob. At least, that’s what everyone says on Marion Henessy’s blog. And everyone reads Marion Henessy’s blog.

Parker Prescott is a middle child. She’s the good one, the dependable one, the one her parents trust. Well ... she used to be.

Parker Prescott’s parents want her to break up with her boyfriend. But she already did, two weeks ago. And then she realised it was a mistake. He came over. He had the handcuffs in his pocket. Everything went downhill from there. Sort of.

Parker Prescott’s world is changing and she no longer knows who she is. Does anyone?

( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )

The Verdict:

The story isn’t my cup of tea, but the writing holds the interest and the voices are on the whole credible.

The Blurb On The Back:

Some things are never meant to be revealed.

“It seemed like a dream. The world had exploded ...”

Summer’s ending. Evie’s stepfather is finally home from the Second World War, and Evie is tired of her glamorous mother treating her like a little girl.

Then a mysterious stranger appears: a handsome ex-GI who served with Evie’s stepfather. Slowly, Evie realises that she is falling in love with him – but he has dark secrets, and a strange control over her parents.

When a sudden tragedy occurs, Evie’s world is shattered. Torn between her family and the man she loves, Evie must betray someone. The question is ... who?

( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )

The Verdict:

A complex story with a good sense of period, I didn’t quite buy into Evie’s naiveté but it’s still worth a read.

From TPM.


Credo Action Pro-Choice Petition Website

This isn't for the squeamish. It's about as hardball and brutal as it gets.

The liberal group CREDO Action will soon ask over 1,000,000 members to sign a petition condemning the Stupak amendment...and with each signature, CREDO will send a coat hanger to the 20 supposedly pro-choice members of Congress who voted for it.

"We know what happens when women are denied access to reproductive health care including abortion," the petition reads. "And we can't go back to an era of coat hangers and back alley abortions. Reconsider your vote on the Stupak Amendment. Tell House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid that the final health care bill that emerges from the conference committee can't turn the clock back on women's rights."

The email hasn't been sent yet, but you can read the language below the fold.
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The Blurb On The Back:

The first feeling is exhilaration. The second feeling is pain. The feeling that never comes is regret.

Jonah is on a mission to break every bone in his body. Everyone knows that broken bones grow back stronger than they were before. Jonah wants to be stronger - needs to be stronger – because everything around him is falling apart. Breaking, and then healing, is the only way he can cope with the stresses of home, girls, and the world on his shoulders.

When Jonah’s self-destructive spiral accelerates and he hits rock bottom, will he find true strength or surrender to his breaking point?

( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )

The Verdict:

A satisfying and edgy tale from a writer to watch.

We got into Punta del Diablo so late that we couldn't really tell what the town was like, or even how close to the ocean we were. The next morning I woke up at 6am with the sun and when I stepped outside this man was walking up with his thermos, cigarette and the ubiquitous yerba mate.

To drink it, the Uruguayans fill a gourd with the tea leaves, then pour in hot water. They drink it through a special straw that has a filtered end so it can draw in the tea without taking the leaves. When the tea is gone they pour in more water.

When I saw him I asked if I could take a picture and only really snapped this one shot, the first shot I took in Diablo, and the best.

Dear Walt Disney Home Entertainment,

I realize you wanted to upsell the retail DVD of Up to people who rented the DVD through Netflix, Redbox and Blockbuster, and felt that the best way of doing this was to remove bonus features from the DVDs you distributed to those chains.

But what possessed you to think that closed captioning is a bonus feature? (Seriously, that's why Disney says they removed it.) And particularly on a movie whose protagonist is a hearing-aid-wearing curmudgeon in his 70s?

Dogs with voice-chip collars are quite hard to lipread, y'know.

And it's funny how the audio track isn't considered a bonus feature...

— a very disappointed Netflixer who might have bought the DVD if he could have watched the rental

In March and April of 2005, I wrote an aweful lot about a guy named Rick who I'd been mentoring and eventually dated even though he technically had a girlfriend in canada. In about mid-April, we split up and went our separate ways. About a month or so ago, Rick and I met up and restarted a much healthier friendship. We also rekindled our mentoring relationship, too. He's doing much better now: he's doing things for himself now and is quite eager to learn more. I've been teaching him how to use the computer with System Access. He's also learning how to use a cane and how to run our chapter since he'll probably become the next President of the NFBW Northwest Chapter.

Today, Rick, his next-door-neighbor, and I went to seattle for our affiliate's Braille Readers are Leaders campeign kick-off at the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library. John, Rick's neighbor, drove us down. We had a good time on the way there and back, and I could tell that both guys had a blast working booths and just helping out down there. We didn't have too many kids, but the event was still quite fun.

John reminds me an aweful lot of Mark, my ex room mate. I miss Mark a lot. I miss his sense of humor and his willingness to have fun. Despite our differences, we had some good times together. I wish he'd return my calls. Anyway...

Hey
I am looking for some more LJ friends. Its nice to have the support aside from the community groups.

Here is a little about me
I am 32, married to my husband Jeff. Together we have a beautiful 3 year old boy named Alex, who has a big time obsession with Thomas the tank engine right now.
We reside in a great city called Waterloo which is in Ontario, Canada.
I went about 10 years with out being diagnosed with Bipolar. Finally was Nov 2008.
I have a very supporting family and a close friends. I am a medical secretary for a doctors office that has 3 family and one OBGYN dr. I love my job.
I love to read, spend time with my family, I am physically active which has helped me lost almost 50 pounds.
So there is a little about me. If you want to add me as a friend, either comment on my own journal.

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Has anyone here used Navigon's Mobile Navigator IPhone application? If so, how
well were you able to navigate the areas you attempted to use it in? I know that
more than likely it doesn't compare to something like Wayfinder Access; however,
I just am not sure if it is worth actually purchasing the app, or is it better
for me to just switch phones when I need navigation. Thoughts anyone?

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This beautiful history book by former APH Museum director Carol Tobe was commissioned to celebrate the company's 150th anniversary. Packed with rare details about the origins of APH, this 180 page book features rich photography, reproductions of tactile pages embossed from vintage printing plates, and an accessible audio book version read by APH narrator Jack Fox. The hardbound 12" x 12" book was designed by nationally known graphic artist Julius Friedman and features color photography by Geoffrey Carr. Five tactile pages from vintage books embossed on original APH presses using original plates are scattered throughout the book.

Braille Edition: Two hardbound braille volumes with color covers contain the text of the regular print edition, including the pages embossed from vintage APH printing plates. Pages are bound with metal rings and a cloth page marking strip is bound into each volume. The CD containing the audio book version, narrated by Jack Fox, is included.

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