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November 28, 2014 - 16:55

Gabrielle Smith

Disability, Identity, Culture

28 Nov, 2014

 

Ton père, dit-elle parlait une fois de l’exil, de notre exil actuel, et il disait, oh! Je me souviens bien, car personne ne parle comme ton père, il disait: “Il n’y a pas d’exil pour tout home aimé de Dieu. Il n’y a que des épreuves.”

 

Elle continua encore, mais j’ai oublié la suite, sauf qu’elle répétait très souvent “nous”, d’un accent passionné. Elle disait ce mot avec une particulière énergie, si bien que je me mis à me demander, vers la fin, si ce mot nous désignait nous deux seules, et non pas plutôt les autres femmes, toutes les femmes de notre pays.

 

This is an excerpt from “Il n’y a pas d’exil”, pg 84, which translates to

“Your father,” she says, “Spoke once about exil, of our current exil, and he said, oh! I remember well, because nobody speaks like your father, he said, ‘There is no exil for all men who love God. There is no hardship.’”

 

October 9, 2014 - 03:12

Beverly McIver is a woman whose life has taken her on a non-normative path. She is an artist who was “thrust” into the role of taking care of her sister who has developmental disabilities. We can see the journey that she has taken with her sister, Renee, and how they have coped with it through Beverly’s portraits. Beverly invites the viewer to peek into her life, and shows them how a ‘non-normative’ life can be fulfilling.

 

Part I: Queering Time

 

September 28, 2014 - 23:52

Gabrielle Smith          

Critical Feminist Studies

Anne Dalke

28 September 2014

 My Anaconda Don't Want Your Normative Feminist Standards

“Oh, my, god. Becky, look at her butt.
It is so big. 
She looks like one of those rap guys' girlfriends.
But, you know, who understands those rap guys? 
They only talk to her, because, she looks like a total prostitute, 'kay?
I mean, her butt, is just so big.
I can't believe it's just so round, it's like, out there, I mean— gross. Look!
She's just so... black!”

Baby Got Back music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kY84MRnxVzo#t=12

Postings

Intersectionality Essay
12/07/2014 - 21:32
Nego-Feminsim
12/01/2014 - 17:17
Tags: Feminism
Who Cares
11/30/2014 - 21:12
Tags: Aging
#12 Focusing on Representation
11/23/2014 - 11:21
Tags: Feminism
#11
11/23/2014 - 10:34
Tags: Feminism
Persepolis Pt 1
11/10/2014 - 16:57
Tags: Feminism
Life
11/02/2014 - 14:12
Tags: Aging
Body Image Conversation
10/27/2014 - 13:48
Tags: Feminism
Queer Nondisabled
10/26/2014 - 15:58
Tags: Disability
Invisible Disabilities
10/26/2014 - 14:36
Tags: Disability
Black American
10/20/2014 - 16:37
Tags: Feminism
Beverly McIver
10/08/2014 - 01:07
Tags: Disability
What is Accessible?
10/07/2014 - 23:34
Monica and David
10/04/2014 - 14:28
Tags: Disability
Teens Health Survey
10/03/2014 - 15:43
Tags: Aging
How to be a Dope Ally
10/03/2014 - 15:06
Tags: Feminism
Eyes Wide Open
09/30/2014 - 14:05
Tags: Disability