The talk by Dr Grubbs was about Abby Folsom, a radical19th century feminist and abolitionist. On top of her focus on women’s rights and abolition, she also was known to advocate for disabled bodies and prisoners and never pit the communities she was standing for against one another. I think this really speaks to her non-hierarchical advocacy and underlying perspective of the world. In her obituary by Wendell Phillips, he states that she lived for others. At the core of her existence and her work, I think embodies the spirit of offering care to any and all.

Hi All! I am doing a critical disability studies zine for my mid-term project. There a still a handful of other ideas I want to incoprorate and am thinking about how to thoughtfully show through my zine. For now, here is a first draft of some of the pages of my zine -- I am super excited to be sharing this and really looking forward to hearing any and all feedback. So far, I have a few pieces of writing including an open invitation for readers and an ode to space. The other ones are pieces of art I have tried to curate that expresses my thoughts towards using space as a tool of understanding, engaging with ideas, and learning. 

Is anyone planning on going to the Swarthmore's Troy Dance Lab tonight at 8PM? 

"Too Late to Die Young" by Harriet McBryde Johnson reveals the profound sadness and morbidity that permeated the her life from childhood due to a healthcare system that failed her. Johnson's contemplation of her own mortality stems from the perceptions and  attitudes towards disability, framing her existence as unsustainable. Her life shows the consequences of a world that consistently devalued and stigmatized disabled lives. Each milestone in Johnson's life becomes a poignant reminder of the societal expectation that her worth would be only fully realized in death. It is so tragic that someone must live a life from being a child, thikning death is around the corner, and seeing every milestone as honorable after death but not in the living moments.

All Students Includes Disabled Students

by Sarah Weill-Jones in the Haverford Clerk

Hi all, I’m posting some thoughts I had from the Jan 29th to Feb 2nd  week of readings(a while ago) as a make-up post from when I was out sick with the flu. But I recently went to the Makers Space CCW session and it brought me back to that week’s reading about the Creative Growth Art Center. It made me recall that the Creative Growth Art Center was built on the belief that art is a fundamental pillar of human expression and that as such, everyone should have the right to access these modes of expression. In being in the space today with the CCW artists, Jose, Paige, and Jenna, it was clear that each one had their own unique taste and style with their artwork – something that spoke directly to an aspect of their life or preferences.