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    Gaga saying "retarded" contradicts equality-driven persona

    APRIL 21, 2011 1:18PM

    By Cathy Wilson


    Topics: lady gaga, mother monster, little monster, retarded, ableism, disability rights, racism, sexism, equal rights, equality, social justice, homophobia, transphobia, madonna, born this way, chola, orient-made, politically correct, privilege

    • 59 Ratings
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    (explicit) Are You There, God? It's Me, The Crippled Fag.

    MARCH 10, 2010 11:26AM

    By Amanda Gulledge


    Topics: open call, health, gay/lesbian, belief/religion, humor, politics, billiards, political correctness, disability rights, pain, writer, queer, fag, cripple, disability, spina bifida, arthritis, anemia, circumcision, depression, ocd, ptsd, placebostudman

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    My Support of Obama, in a FB Dialogue

    DECEMBER 8, 2009 2:12PM

    By Patrick Frank


    Topics: obama, critics on the left and right, the extreme right, rush limbaugh, george w. bush, civil rights act, voting rights act, fair housing, disability rights, operation chaos, democrats, republicans, liberals, conservatives, moderates, john f. kennedy, health care reform, afghanistan, the dalai lama, capital punishment, independence of scientific research, policy banning torture, new york times, mainstream media

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    Equal Pay . . . Equal Work?

    APRIL 28, 2009 5:11PM

    By CoyoteOldStyle


    Topics: business, government, human rights, glbtqi rights, disability rights, equality, equity, feminism, equal pay day open call, nonfiction, open call

    • 11 Ratings
    • 3727 Views
    • 20 Comments
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    Open Call: April 28th is Equal Pay Day

    APRIL 27, 2009 5:46PM

    By Jon Henner


    Topics: equal pay day open call, feminism, equity, equality, disability rights, glbtqi rights, human rights

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    • 21 Ratings
    • 1158 Views
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    The Uncultured Among Us

    APRIL 27, 2009 12:59PM

    By Jon Henner


    Topics: disability theory, disability rights, autism, aspie culture, deaf, deaf culture, mama salon

    • 3 Ratings
    • 510 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Text you! Text all of you!

    AUGUST 25, 2008 9:35PM

    By Jon Henner


    Topics: cellphones, deaf, deaf rights, disability rights, audism

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    • 2 Ratings
    • 1194 Views
    • 14 Comments
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    Why I no longer fully trust hearing progressives

    AUGUST 18, 2008 2:57PM

    By Jon Henner


    Topics: -isms, disabilities, disability rights

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