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17 May, 201726 March, 2017

Connecting the dots: Trump and disability

A wheelchair user holding up a sign: DISABILITY RIGHTS ARE CIVIL RIGHTS
Posted in disability by s.e. smith

Why isn’t anyone listening to the disability community when it warns about the future abuses of the Trump Administration?

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16 May, 201730 April, 2017

The practice of medicine should not be the practice of bureaucracy

A dark-skinned physician examining a dark-skinned baby.
Posted in health by s.e. smith

Physicians should not be spending more time on administrivia than they are on patient care.

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14 May, 201724 March, 2017

Will we ever shake the manic pixie dream girl?

An iron sign reading GIRLS.
Posted in gender, pop culture by s.e. smith

Why is the manic pixie dreamgirl such a mainstay in youth adult literature, and what does that say about our attitudes on mental health and young women?

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13 May, 201724 March, 2017

In storytelling, context matters

People walking through a crowded transit station.
Posted in pop culture by s.e. smith

Criticising representations and challenging embedded attitudes in text is common, but what happens with authorial context is introduced?

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12 May, 201724 March, 2017

What will Trump do to maternal mortality rates?

A pregnant person with dark skin and texture hair lying down with a young child.
Posted in health by s.e. smith

The United States likes to advertise its health care system as the best in the world, with top of the line treatments and pioneering care, but the truth is more complex. Financial status can have a huge influence on the type and quality of care received, as can race, especially when the two are compounded. […]

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10 May, 201721 March, 2017

Do we really need to personalise everything?

A silhouette of a parent holding up a child.
Posted in media by s.e. smith

The fixation on personal stories happens at the expense of real conversations about policy and culture.

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9 May, 201721 March, 2017

It’s all about ethics in citation practices

An array of books with call slips tucked into their covers.
Posted in media by s.e. smith

What are you saying when you cite a person or organisation? Are you endorsing poor practices by lending your weight to bad entities?

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6 May, 201721 March, 2017

Pop culture and parental exploitation narratives

The shadow of a parent reaching for a child's hand.
Posted in pop culture by s.e. smith

Can we get a moratorium on parents exploiting their children for kudos and profit in the world of pop culture?

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5 May, 201713 March, 2017

Stop saying we need to ‘punish’ red states with a bluexit

A bridge leading into the state of Arkansas, viewed at night.
Posted in politics by s.e. smith

Liberals insisting that blue states should withdraw from the union are bigoted and cruel, and also wrong on every imaginable level.

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4 May, 201713 March, 2017

Notes from the urban/rural divide: Trucks

A blue truck.
Posted in commentary by s.e. smith

The truck has become an enduring symbol of rural life, but sometimes a truck is just a truck, no matter what conservatives think.

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