Today marks the fortieth birthday, so to speak, of Roe versus Wade, which is rather exciting. For forty years, this landmark court decision has been used to defend the right to privacy for patients seeking abortion services; this personal medical decision lies between patient and doctor, and shouldn’t involve anyone else. In recent years, we’ve […]
Category: announcements
I’m Nominated for the Women’s Media Center’s Social Media Award! Help Me Win!
I’m really excited to announce that I’m on the list of nominees for the Women’s Media Center’s annual Social Media award, which recognises individuals who work to make women and girls more visible in the media. It’s a huge honour and I’m really flattered to be among such great company with the other fine people […]
Big News!
I have all sorts of exciting announcements for April, but I wanted to roll out the first today. I’ve been blogging here at this ain’t livin’ since 2005, and as my work in other publications has increased, I’ve decided to shift the focus of the site a bit. I know this may come as a […]
A Reminder: I’m At USC This Thursday!
I’ll be at USC this Thursday to give a talk on the desexualisation of people with disabilities with a bonus brief discussion on making queer spaces more disability-friendly, followed by a question and answer session. For a little taste of what I’ll be talking about, you can check out my piece on xoJane today. The […]
Hear Me Speak, Read Me Write
Two items of potential interest to you, gentle readers! Item the first: Anna Hamilton and I are in the Frontier issue of Bitch Magazine, with ‘Access & Praxis—disability at the digital frontier.’ We cowrote it and she illustrated it. It’s pretty awesome. If you want to hear us talk about it, you can check out […]
This Is Entirely Shameless Self-Promotion
My series with Anna at Bitch Magazine has started! You can read our intake interview here, where we discuss what the series is, and why we’re doing it, and all that other good stuff. Anna:…people are afraid of mental health conditions. They see things on TV and decide that that is what “crazy” is. This […]
Servicey: Where’s Your Fire Extinguisher?
As the days start to get long and dry, my mind naturally starts to stray towards fire risks. We have serious wildfires periodically, and a multitude of ‘lesser’ fires that can still be pretty devastating when they happen to you, as the uninhabitable house on my road reminds me every time I head to town. […]
this ain’t livin’ Turns Five!
I know, I didn’t believe it either. What’s more, for the bulk of those five years, I have been writing something here every day. I know that anniversary posts are supposed to be lookback or lookforward posts, talking about the history of the site or where it is going, or that I’m supposed to write […]
Don’t Infringe On Me
Content note: I use ‘me’ and ‘my’ in this post, but there are a lot of social justice writers who feel the same. I could just as easily say, for example, Snarky’s Machine and Tasha Fierce’s. Cara and Chally’s. Etc. These are just some examples of people who have had problems with copyright infringement, not […]
Dear Commentariat
Registration is now required to comment at this ain’t livin’. I don’t really want to get into the specifics of why this is, at this particular moment, but suffice it to say that this is a decision which I have been mulling over for a very long time, and, at this point, I need to […]