Beloved Shapeling and occasional blogger Buffpuff wrote to me this morning about a piece in the “Daily Hate” giving 19-year-old Princess Beatrice crap for–stunningly enough–having the same body shape as her mom, Sarah Ferguson. (Sanity Watchers warning applies.) Sarah in 2001 and Beatrice, recently Now, I’ll grant you that Beatrice–like countless other young women–could really … Continue reading »
Posted on May 1, 2008 …
Why I don’t use the word “retarded”
This post is for Blog Against Disablism Day; it’s about my experience as an able-bodied person who has a sibling with disabilities. I also have a cousin with disabilities and a parent with serious progressive cognitive impairment. I’m sure I could write a whole blog’s worth about growing up with my brother, but this is … Continue reading »
