tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201867842024-03-06T21:17:37.310-08:00Angry for a ReasonA place to vent my frustrations about living in a effed up white male dominated, ableist, capitalistic society. And if you're mean, misogynistic, or in any other way effed up I will delete you. And yes, it is at my discretion. Whine about it elsewhere.
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Independence re-declared on July 16, 2008.
<li>(and anonymous posting is rude)</li></li>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.comBlogger511125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-64174487544294885742012-07-16T08:01:00.001-07:002012-07-16T08:01:44.603-07:00Ongoing submission acceptance for Don't Dis My Ability #2<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am putting together a print-zine about living with disabilities. It is called Don't DIS My Ability and will be the second issue. The only requirement is that the author/artist have a disability. The publication date has not been set yet as Issue #1 has just been published, though I will let all submitters know when I plan to publish it (target date in appx 6-8 months which puts us around January - March 2013).<br />
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All people who get published will get a copy free! Send me your pictures, poems, essays, 1st hand accounts, critical analyses, etc.<br />
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email: dont dis my ability AT riseup DOT net<br />
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**EDIT:** I will be using the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" style="color: #007bff;">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs</a> License, which means they have to attribute you, can't use it for commercial endeavours, and have to use it as is (no derivations). If you want a different copyright let me know.<br />
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I do not plan to make any money. I hope to recoup printing costs, but it will be for sale at info shops for as cheap as possible (I am going to be shipping it all over the US, England, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada too).<br />
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-32552958070537020142012-05-08T12:42:00.001-07:002012-05-10T22:51:32.466-07:00Don't Dis My Ability Zine Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Even though the infoshop basically guaranteed they’ll be carrying don’t dis my ability, they still need to have a collective meeting about it and they didn’t have one last week so I have to wait another week to find out if they’ll carry our (yes our, because so many people contributed to it) zine or not. ARGH</div>
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$6 Canada</div>
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-82436411022171784212012-05-02T02:44:00.002-07:002012-05-07T23:59:21.864-07:00DISABILITY ZINE ACCOMPLISHED!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Disability Zine nitty gritty</div>
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42 pages of awesome (plus cover)</div>
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Images by basiL, billie rain, Jessie, Leslie Balch & Sasha Smithy, Amy @ amycakes.blogspot.com, & Sadie Sicko</div>
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POEMS:</div>
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<em style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Helium</em> by Kristin Allen-Zito</div>
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<em style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Art Viewing</em> by Jessie</div>
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<em style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Untitled</em> by Trouble</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Spoon Theory</strong> by Christine Miseradino</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Handicap Nazi</strong> by Christy Leigh Stewart</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Applying for Disability</strong> by Trouble</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">No pause, no break, no end</strong> by Meeresbande</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Disability in the Movement: Including the Invisible</strong> by Comrade Canary<br />
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<b>Accessible Design </b>by Paula Bergman</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Acquiring a Service Dog in the USA</strong> by Morgan at unheardofsongs.tumblr.com</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">It’s Not You, It’s Them</strong> by Michele Kaplan</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">A Dog with PTSD saves an owner with PTSD</strong> by Burrow</div>
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<strong style="margin-bottom: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px !important; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px;">Making Spaces Accessible to People with Invisible Disabilities</strong> collected and edited by Burrow</div>
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Look for it at your local info shop (now becomes that very tricky trying to stretch my disability cheque so that I can print off and post at least 1 per info shop in N. America to see if they want to order them or not)</div>
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$3 to the US, $4 to Canada and $6 international. Prices are all inclusive (printing, buying postage & mailing packets)</div>
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Email dontdismyability AT riseup DOT net</div>
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</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-67515472294794906642012-04-26T16:33:00.001-07:002012-04-26T16:33:14.622-07:00My new blog<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Can be found here: http://burrowklown.tumblr.com/<br />
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I'll still post here from time to time, but I'm really active over there.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-80668752882992453162012-04-19T19:55:00.000-07:002012-04-19T19:56:33.965-07:00Disability Zine Callout for Submissions: I WANNA HEAR FROM YOU!<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 12px; background-image: url(http://assets.tumblr.com/images/input_bg.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-weight: normal; background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; "><p>I am doing a callout for submissions! DUE APRIL 30TH! PUBLICATION MAY 15TH! (though late submissions are OK, just tell me if you're writing something so I know to hold it for you).</p><p>I am putting together a print-zine about disabilities and the activist community. Your post can be about anything related to that topic, whether it has to do with your identity as an Activist with a disability or difficulties fitting into your chosen activist scene (e.g. Earth First!) as an Activist with a disability.</p><p>Though it is activist scene <em>leaning </em>this doesn't mean that other submissions aren't welcome. I actually have submissions on general stuff too so PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR SUBMISSIONS! I want something EPIC!</p><p>Possible topics:</p><p>Did you come to activism through your disability?</p><p>Does your disability make it harder for you to be taken seriously by people in your community?</p><p>Do you feel you have to teach people what life is like in your shoes?</p><p>Do you feel that you are by default a disability Rights activist?</p><p>From the peanut gallery:</p><p>What are ways that people can make spaces more accessible to people with disabilities?</p><p>How can we make spaces accessible to both invisible and visible disabilities at the same time?</p><p>What are the different accommodations needed for different disabilities?</p><p>How do we handle Service Dogs?</p><p>Nitty gritty: DUE APRIL 30th, Publication May 15th. All people who get published will get a copy or two free! Send me your pictures, poems, essays, 1st hand accounts, critical analyses, etc.</p><p>email: dont dis my ability AT riseup DOT net</p><p>**EDIT:** I will be using the <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/" style="color: rgb(0, 123, 255); ">Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs</a> License, which means they have to attribute you, can't use it for commercial endeavours, and have to use it as is (no derivations). If you want a different copyright let me know.</p><p>I do not plan to make any money. I hope to recoup printing costs, but it will be for sale at info shops for as cheap as possible (I am going to be shipping it all over the US and Canada too).</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-72793438519309254972012-04-19T19:29:00.002-07:002012-04-24T18:47:45.472-07:00Need help: ROUGH DRAFT Making spaces accessible to people with invisible disabilities<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Making spaces
accessible to people with invisible disabilities:<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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While others have covered making spaces accessible to people
with physical disabilities, I want to tackle the invisible ones.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many people in our society live with
invisible disabilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the US alone
it is estimated that 10% of people are living with an invisible disability and
96% of people with a chronic illness are living with a disability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means that more then likely you know
someone who has one.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<br />
Examples are, but are <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">not</b> limited
to:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/adhd-autism/"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">ADHD</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/phobias/anxiety-panic.php"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Anxiety disorders</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Arachnoiditis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/article_1302.shtml"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Asperger Syndrome</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/autism/"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Autism</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/bipolar-symptoms.shtml"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Bipolar disorder</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/tbi/"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Brain injuries</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/types/mobility/charcot-marie-tooth-disease.php"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/sleepdisorders/cfs/"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Chronic fatigue syndrome</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/autoimmunediseases/celiac-disease.php"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Coeliac Disease</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/digestive/crohns-disease/"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Crohn's disease</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/article_891.shtml"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Fibromyalgia</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Lupus<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Epilepsy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/syndrome-x.shtml"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Metabolic syndrome</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/autoimmunediseases/ms/"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Multiple Sclerosis</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/respiratory/allergies/chemical-sensitivity.php"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Multiple Chemical Sensitivity</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/neurology/sleepdisorders/narcolepsy/"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Narcolepsy</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Personality
disorders<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Primary
immunodeficiency<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Psychiatric
disabilities<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Reflex
Sympathetic Dystrophy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Repetitive
stress injuries<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/autoimmunediseases/rheumatoid-arthritis/"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Rheumatoid arthritis</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/article_1602.shtml"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Schizophrenia</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/dermatology/skin/stiff-hard-skin.php"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Scleroderma</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.disabled-world.com/health/autoimmunediseases/sjogrens-syndrome.php"><span style="color: #0b356e; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Sjögren's syndrome</span></a><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Temporomandibular
joint disorder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Transverse
Myelitis<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Ulcerative
Colitis.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with the easy stuff:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 26.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Do not judge people by
their disability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We are not our
illness.</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Have seating available</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
have been to so many activist meetings that have “floor only” seating and on a
“first come first served” basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Have
chairs available, and a variety from hard surfaces to cushy ones and make sure
people know that they’re not “first come first served,” but that they are
reserved for people who need them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>People with chronic pain may need a cushy chair and people with other
conditions may need a hard backed chair or else they may not be able to get
back up again.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sitting on the ground and
being able to stand back up is a luxury, never forget that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Watch your words.</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Describing things as “schizo,” “psycho,” or “bipolar” are not cool (for
example, there are a ton of words you can use that slur the disabled but they
are too many to mention – if you think it can offend DON’T USE IT).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I just heard someone describe the weather we
were having as “bipolar.” DO NOT DO THAT.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>That is screwed up beyond belief and reinforces the stigma against
people with mental health issues. Do not refer to anyone as a “crip,” “gimp,”
“wheels,” or “blink,” etc. even if they do themselves and definitely don’t use
that to describe them to anyone else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Don’t ask
stupid questions. </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">This kind of goes hand in hand with the above, but
ffs DO NOT ask someone personal questions about their disability.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If someone wants to share their life they
will, but DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES DO THE FOLLOWING AND CALL PEOPLE OUT
WHO SAY THIS:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">- ask someone how they “got” their illness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">- tell someone with a mental health disability that they can “snap out of
it”</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- ask people
if they’ve tried X remedy instead of medications, chances are they have<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- ask anyone
with PTSD what their traumatic experience(s) was (were)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- at any
point talk to them in a patronizing manner<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- act like
you know what it’s like to have a mental health disability b/c you (and this is
a real example) “felt depressed once too”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- act like
you are an expert at their disability b/c you read up on it<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">- DO NOT ASK
US PERSONAL QUESTIONS.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>WE ARE NOT PUBLIC
PROPERTY.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">NOTHING makes this OK.</i></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> </i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Not “If you don’t mind me asking,” etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we wish to share this information we will,
but invasive questions from strangers are not welcome.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">- Don’t
yell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some people are very sensitive to
loud noises and it can trigger others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">- Do not
stand behind people – this can be very triggering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This list is not exhaustive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Again you should use your judgment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If you are unsure DO NOT DO IT: it is
probably rude.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Be aware of touching. </span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You
may think that tapping someone on the shoulder from behind to get their
attention is A-OK, but trust me it can make someone jump out of their skin (I’m
guilty of this too).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve found that a
lot of people in the activist community are survivors of one sort or another
and have PTSD.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of the things a lot
of survivors <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">don’t </span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">like is being
snuck up on or touched by random people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I made the mistake of touching a friend of mine on the shoulder once to
get her attention and she nearly jumped across the kitchen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wasn’t threatening her, I wasn’t a
stranger, but I took her by surprise and I touched her in a way that she was
uncomfortable with (tapping her on the shoulder <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">from behind</i>).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Since people
don’t always know what will set them off, and are not always vocal about their
conditions it is best not to touch people you don’t know, even if you think it
is something innocuous like tapping them to get their attention.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Just don’t do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’ll make everyone more comfortable.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Take it like you’d take sex.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ASK PERMISSION.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Control the
environment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">If it gets too
hot, too cold, too drafty, or too stuffy it can cause problems for people with
certain disabilities or chronic illnesses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It can aggravate these conditions and sometimes cause the onset of
certain symptoms.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Do not touch a
Service Dog without asking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">A Service Dog is
working.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Petting it without permission
may be distracting it from it’s designated tasks and create a problem for the
owner.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Many Service Dogs are also
trained not to sniff/acknowledge people when in their vests/when they are
working.</span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;">Invite people to ask for help if they need
it, and don’t treat them strangely if you think that any request is “weird.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Act like their partner is their “handler”
i.e. talk to their partner instead of them</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Each person is still a person
no matter if they have a disability or not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Talking to their partner/friends instead of them is a disgusting thing
to do and dehumanizes them.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>DO NOT DO
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</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-1400564217028746252012-03-18T01:34:00.002-07:002012-03-18T01:38:21.308-07:00Disability Carnival NOW UP at Not My Disease!<a href="http://notmydisease.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/welcome-to-disability-blog-carnival-82.html">Disability Blog CARNIVAL # 82 which is titled FIRSTS</a><br /><div>Read all about people's 1sts there!</div><div><br /></div><div>At <a href="http://notmydisease.blogspot.com.au/">I'm Not My Disease</a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-71739645232093318792012-03-13T01:00:00.000-07:002012-03-13T01:01:05.612-07:00#ididnotreport<div>If you have a twitter account please go to #ididnotreport. There is also a sister hashtag #ididreport that kind of explains why there are so many stories on #ididnotreport. I have to say there is a strong <em>TRIGGER WARNING</em> for sexual assault, harassment, abuse and domestic violence. These are women giving reasons why they did not report their assaults. It can be overwhelming and devastating. I, myself, have given over 25 #ididnotreports. It's both cathartic and depressing for me how easily it flows from me.</div><div><br /></div><div>People are also keeping an archive of it <a href="http://archivist.visitmix.com/soundmigration/9">here</a> for those of you without a twitter account. It hasn't been updated tonight, but I'm sure they'll get on that when they awaken.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-53155267409038492422012-02-28T04:57:00.003-08:002012-02-28T05:00:37.325-08:00What is your definition of (dis)Ability?This debate has come up in forum I am a member in. People say that severe food allergies should count - I'm saying no. As a sufferer of a severe food allergy and a person with a (dis)ABility (several in fact) I call foul.<div><br /></div><div>Your thoughts?</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-40714543825558234492012-02-23T14:56:00.006-08:002012-03-27T02:18:34.649-07:00(dis)Ability Zine CALLOUT!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:7;color:#2a3d4b;"><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-top: 8px; margin-right: 12px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 12px; background-image: url(http://assets.tumblr.com/images/input_bg.gif); background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 1.4; font-weight: normal; background-position: 50% 0%; background-repeat: repeat no-repeat; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I am doing a callout for submissions! DUE APRIL 30TH! PUBLICATION MAY 15TH!<br /><br />I am putting together a print-zine about (dis)Abilities and the activist community. Your post can be about anything related to that topic, whether it has to do with your identity as an Activist with a (dis)Ability or difficulties fitting into your chosen activist scene (e.g. Earth First!) as an Activist with a (dis)Ability.<br /><br />Possible topics:<br />Did you come to activism through your (dis)Ability?<br />Does your (dis)Ability make it harder for you to be taken seriously by people in your community?<br />Do you feel you have to teach people what life is like in your shoes?<br />Do you feel that you are by default a (dis)Ability Rights activist?<br /><br />From the peanut gallery:<br />What are ways that people can make spaces more accessible to people with (dis)Abilities?<br />How can we make spaces accessible to both invisible and visible disabilities at the same time?<br />What are the different accommodations needed for different (dis)Abilities?<br />How do we handle Service Dogs?<br /><br />Nitty gritty: DUE APRIL 30th, Publication May 15th. All people who get published will get a copy or two free! Proceeds will go to a (to be voted on) (dis)Ability Right's Activist group! Send me your pictures, poems, essays, 1st hand accounts, critical analyses, etc BY APRIL 15th! I want this out on MAY DAY!<br /><br /><br />email: </span>dont dis my ability AT riseup DOT net</span></p></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-31228312469373719412012-02-21T20:45:00.005-08:002012-02-21T20:47:12.225-08:00Reproductive rights quick hit<a href="http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/425765_362512403772556_153964677960664_1287000_176036268_n.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 441px; height: 750px;" src="http://sphotos.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash4/425765_362512403772556_153964677960664_1287000_176036268_n.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-36672157167479277692012-02-20T23:38:00.000-08:002012-02-20T23:39:03.850-08:00Women's Studies and ScienceTook me awhile, but here it is:<div><div>I wrote a long time ago about my entry into Physics/Math from women's studies. (<a href="http://angryforareason.blogspot.com/2007/05/from-feminist-theory-to-mathematics.html">Read all about it here</a>)</div><div><br /></div><div>It Begins: <i>I need to preface this with stating that I have been to a plethora of colleges, the majority of which were art and design schools with one liberal arts school before I came to my current university. I was admitted to the hippie college because I wanted to create a concentration in Media, Women's, and Labour studies, which was my life for the years that passed between colleges. I had no idea I would throw off my intended concentration for mathematics, but one person made me dream of a future filled with equations.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>It inspired a post by <a href="http://scientopia.org/blogs/thusspakezuska">Zuska</a> (an engineer), after it showed up in Scientiae, a blog carnival for women scientists.</div><div><a href="http://scientopia.org/blogs/thusspakezuska/2007/05/18/is-womens-studies-good-for-science/">Is Women's Studies Good for Science?</a></div><div><br /></div><div><i>This is indeed a wonderful tale to read. What is heartening to me here is to see women's studies acting in concert with support for women in science - not just focusing on theoretical critiques of science and engineering, but actually aiding in the mentoring of a woman into science. When I was a graduate student at Duke University, women's studies played a vital role in helping me finish my PhD. The director, Jean O'Barr, and the members of my women's studies reading group all encouraged me. They advised me how to deal with the knucklehead professor in my department who was on a vendetta to drive out all the women; consoled me after a grueling 4.5 hour preliminary exam; and just provided a general network of support.</i></div><div><i>How discouraging, then, how depressing, to receive the latest newsletter from women's studies at Duke, and read the tale of not one, but FOUR women who talk of leaving science to major in women's studies! </i></div><div><br /></div><div>To make matters worse, we hear the following from one of the students:</div><div><i>After my first class, I knew that Women's Studies was about more than just the history of women, which common perceptions indicate; it is rich and bursting with theoretical questions, with competing analyses about society, with vibrant accounts of identity. Unlike engineering, where I only used my mathematical, scientific side, Women's Studies gives me the opportunity to think both abstractly and concretely, with one foot in an academic discussion and one in the realities of everyday life.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>Now I use all of my brain all of the time. I even was talked into going into Physics by combining women's studies AND physics. Behold:</div><div><i> Nancy Swanson (my prof) and I had many discussions about me going into a scientific field; I was still concerned about leaving a possible career in women's studies for one in science, she told me about how I could work for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and work to enact policies that ensure that girls and women were getting the same access to mathematics and science that boys and men have, and ones that could encourage girls to go into the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). She talked to me about ways in which I could incorporate my work in feminism with science.</i></div><div><br /></div><div>And today I am first author on a paper that is about to be resubmitted (with the minor revisions finished) that is all about closing the gender gap in introductory physics using practices called "Wise Schooling" in the field of Educational Psychology. I can't talk about it much now, but after the paper gets published will I be talking about it then! You Betcha! (Also we're doing a workshop on it at this summer's American Association of Physics Teachers Conference in Philly, PA so WHEEEEEEEEEE!)</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-45898475306409162562012-02-20T22:50:00.001-08:002012-02-20T23:13:45.873-08:00Testing One, Two....You may have noticed that I have a blogroll again, but there are some very near and dear to me people missing. Mainly science geeks that I adore, so if you would please comment here with your blog so that I can add it to my blogroll. (First I must get rid of all the f*cking spam I have collected.)<div><br /></div><div>I'm looking at you lovely math blogger in TN, among others.</div><div><br /></div><div>ALSO: If you are a male blogger that I used to read/keep in touch with and are a science geek or radical I especially have no way of getting in touch with you b/c I've been trolling Scientiae and rad fem blogs for links. LEAVE YOUR INFO HERE so I can add you. I'm thinking of some "SYTYCD" fans!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-42031842956117096712011-12-06T22:44:00.000-08:002011-12-06T22:45:06.721-08:00Remember them<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px; font-family: sans-serif; "><ul style="line-height: 1.5em; list-style-type: square; margin-top: 0.3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1.5em; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; list-style-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAANCAMAAABW4lS6AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAAZQTFRFAFKM////QIUK9QAAAAJ0Uk5T/wDltzBKAAAAGklEQVR42mJgBAEGokgGBjBGBxBxsBqAAAMACHwALd5r8ygAAAAASUVORK5CYII=); "><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Nathalie Croteau (born 1966), mechanical engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Barbara Daigneault (born 1967), mechanical engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Anne-Marie Edward (born 1968), chemical engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Maud Haviernick (born 1960), materials engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Maryse Laganière (born 1964), budget clerk in the École Polytechnique's finance department</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Maryse Leclair (born 1966), materials engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Anne-Marie Lemay (born 1967), mechanical engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Sonia Pelletier (born 1961), mechanical engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Michèle Richard (born 1968), materials engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Annie St-Arneault (born 1966), mechanical engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Annie Turcotte (born 1969), materials engineering student</li><li style="margin-bottom: 0.1em; ">Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (born 1958), nursing student</li></ul><div><br /></div><div>Died December 6th, 1989</div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-1016843110508213862011-05-03T12:18:00.000-07:002011-05-03T12:19:43.524-07:00Angry<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 19px; font-family:Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, 'New Century Schoolbook', serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.9em; ">So Canada voted in a Conservative Majority despite what would be best for the country so I went to drown my sorrows in one of the two bars I frequent in town. Upon arrival I was told that I had to go outside because my dog was not allowed. I tried explaining that she was a service dog, even producing her papers which were pushed aside and not even glanced at, and firmly told that it didn't matter that they can refuse service to anyone. I asked if they would say the same if I were blind to which they replied again "we can refuse service to anyone."</p><p style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.9em; ">Having already bought a drink I went outside, but I went back in to ask when I could speak to the owner. They said I could speak to the manager tomorrow at 4. I plan to and if he does not understand the law I am contacting the state disability board and a civil rights lawyer. I have been to this bar many times with Sadie and do not understand why this time was a problem. To top it off there was another, non-service dog in the bar, but apparently that dog is a-ok (he said it's the only dog allowed in the bar).</p><p style="font-size: 1em; margin-bottom: 0.9em; ">Yes I cried. To deny my dog is to deny me. I may not have a visual disability, but I have one and I require a service dog to function "normally." To deny me a service because I require outside assistance is just as bad as not having a ramp for wheelchairs. So fark you Overtime in Clemson, SC. I'm going to fight for my right to frequent you then you can kiss my white butt because you will never get my business again.</p><div><br /></div><div class="service-links"></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-46193820937137517312011-02-09T16:27:00.000-08:002012-02-21T06:43:51.581-08:00My PTSD Dog<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X8T-oAddcX8WF-qU-1nd4XzGomE4UWA_Z6dS6cQB12rSAEdxIAtOQtJE-hzkebvfCY8NtLNLaDpjrMMmWoE5zuKOpR9snEHNy9Lw2-De8ldCu2clKWV5vgNn5NQjYL60Kn7BWw/s1600/Sadie+smile.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X8T-oAddcX8WF-qU-1nd4XzGomE4UWA_Z6dS6cQB12rSAEdxIAtOQtJE-hzkebvfCY8NtLNLaDpjrMMmWoE5zuKOpR9snEHNy9Lw2-De8ldCu2clKWV5vgNn5NQjYL60Kn7BWw/s320/Sadie+smile.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571851833633534578" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); line-height: 16px; font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X8T-oAddcX8WF-qU-1nd4XzGomE4UWA_Z6dS6cQB12rSAEdxIAtOQtJE-hzkebvfCY8NtLNLaDpjrMMmWoE5zuKOpR9snEHNy9Lw2-De8ldCu2clKWV5vgNn5NQjYL60Kn7BWw/s1600/Sadie+smile.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}">This post is brought to you by the anxiety attack that the Super PTSD dog Sadie interrupted last night.</a><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X8T-oAddcX8WF-qU-1nd4XzGomE4UWA_Z6dS6cQB12rSAEdxIAtOQtJE-hzkebvfCY8NtLNLaDpjrMMmWoE5zuKOpR9snEHNy9Lw2-De8ldCu2clKWV5vgNn5NQjYL60Kn7BWw/s1600/Sadie+smile.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></span></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8X8T-oAddcX8WF-qU-1nd4XzGomE4UWA_Z6dS6cQB12rSAEdxIAtOQtJE-hzkebvfCY8NtLNLaDpjrMMmWoE5zuKOpR9snEHNy9Lw2-De8ldCu2clKWV5vgNn5NQjYL60Kn7BWw/s1600/Sadie+smile.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px;font-size:11px;"><u><br /></u></span></span><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">So I am obviously still training my dog, but her medical training is all complete. She does amazing things for me (listed below), now if only I could get her to do the "little" things. LOL. She's a perfect example of a service dog, walking with me, sitting next to me, doing her medical duties, etc. But when not wearing her vest she doesn't always listen. *sigh* We're working on that. </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I felt as though I should share her story with you as I love sharing her story. From scared abused dog who had to be carried into the yard to go to the bathroom to dog who walks proudly around campus when she has her vest on (without her vest I doubt she would).</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">She is a 3 year old abuse rescue American Pit Bull Terrier. Because she has PTSD and her momma has PTSD we got her a patch for her vest that says "PTSD DOG." :D Surprisingly I don't mind telling people that yes I do have PTSD, but I do get persnickity when they ask me how I got it. The patch on top of her back says "Service dog access required."</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I originally just rescued her because I knew what an abused dog needed and I love pitties. But when she interrupted my first anxiety attack I knew that she may be able to help me in other ways with my PTSD/Bipolar/Depression. Here's what she did during my first and subsequent anxiety attacks: if I'm sitting or lying down she'll put her paws on my chest and paw at me until I make eye contact with her and start interacting with her. This brings me back to the present and out of whatever hell hole of the past I am stuck in. If I'm standing she paws at my legs and stands on her hind legs leaning on me (which she has been trained not to do) until again I start to interact with her - not just brush her off, but really solidly connect and interact with her. She knows when I'm about to have an anxiety attack (I don't know how, but she does) and she knows when I'm just going through the motions of interacting with her and when I'm really connecting with her and being pulled out of my head.</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Since I realised she could do this, she has been taught to bark when it's time to take my meds, she nudges me in bed in the morning when my alarm goes off to get me to get out of bed at least to walk her which usually prevents me from staying in bed all day, and she comes out with me in public (we're still working on socialisation - that part takes about 6 months and she's strides ahead of where an abused dog should be, I've only had her since August). I feel like I can go so many more places now - I'm not scared to go out in public.</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I ***HIGHLY*** recommend a service dog for people with PTSD. Here's a <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/PsychiatricGabe">story</a> of a PTSD dog. Let's just say I see my Sadie in there.</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">UPDATE: <a href="http://stubbydog.org/2011/09/saving-each-other/">Here's </a> Sadie's story on Stubbydog.org. And <a href="http://www.diamondrescue.org/special-needs-1/baby">here's</a> her complete background since she was rescued.</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">P.S. We went to the <a href="http://www.pitbullgear.com/category_s/222.htm">American Bully Kennel Club show</a> on January 29th in Tampa. It was so fun being around all those pit bulls and pit bull lovers! Plus SADIE WON 1ST PLACE FOR BEST RESCUE:</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/union_clown/5403580790/" title="1st place winner! by union_clown, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5091/5403580790_a5c1f995c2.jpg" width="500" height="375" alt="1st place winner!" /></a></p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I don't know what I'd do without her - she makes my life so much more liveable.</p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><p style="font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><br /></p><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDo7XA_pYaHQQwkYlLQeMbvho9uySurgvZhODuXawaURQB_RGLe4J3Lye8aGTj4STG9LtiAOZPx7KcTWoqYov5vXu8mV6NVibtYS_peX-u8hPPcPZ8X3M-L5Pm154vfCVjDgGTTA/s320/Sadie+kiss.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571852016917296162" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></div><div><br /></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-56704043008113918252009-06-18T01:56:00.000-07:002009-06-18T23:31:10.406-07:00Sea of Green<img src="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e201157023b39b970c-320wi" /><br /><br />Day 5 and indeed the protest is picking up steam. People have asked me, since I have friends in Tehran who (surprise, surprise) are highly political and were around for the 79 revolution if this protest is different then the last round in 99 which eventually fizzled. Indeed it is. It is not just students and it is not just the highly educated. It is spreading to everyone. <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31413956/ns/world_news-mideastn_africa//">Women in Chadors join Iran's opposition</a>.<br /><br /><blockquote>Boorghani is typical of the young reformists who initially backed Mousavi — but that support is growing to include grandmothers, government employees and hotel clerks.<br /><br />The last time Iran was engulfed in similar anti-government action was a decade ago when a deadly raid on a Tehran University dorm sparked six days of nationwide protests. At the time, they were considered the worst since the 1979 revolution that toppled the pro-U.S. shah and brought hard-line clerics to power. But the student-driven movement eventually fizzled, leaving many people more bitter but the system intact.<br /><br />This time, though, the protesters are not just affluent students and youth. The middle class is also flooding the streets and even conservative religious Iranians are joining the Mousavi supporters.<br /><br />.......<br /><br />"This (the Mousavi opposition) is completely different to 1999. That was between the students and the government. This is between the people and the government. This time it is all of Iran. This is a historic movement," Boorghani said.</blockquote><br /><br />Today at 4pm Tehran time there will be a silent march in honour of all the <a href="http://iranrevolution.wordpress.com/revolution-martyrs/">fallen protesters</a> of the uprising. (That link gets updated with names as they become available. Dead bodies are taken from hospitals and thrown into the back of trucks and driven away before names can be taken so there are many unknown.)<br /><br />A letter from an Iranian medical student:<br /><blockquote> Hello,<br /><br />It’s painful to watch what’s happening.<br /><br />I don’t want anything to do with what has been said this far, as I neither have the strength nor the resilience to face all these unfathomable events.<br /><br />I only want to speak about what I have witnessed. I am a medical student. There was chaos last night at the trauma section in one of our main hospitals. Although by decree, all riot-related injuries were supposed to be sent to military hospitals, all other hospitals were filled to the rim. Last night, nine people died at our hospital and another 28 had gunshot wounds. All hospital employees were crying till dawn. They (government) removed the dead bodies on back of trucks, before we were even able to get their names or other information. What can you even say to the people who don’t even respect the dead. No one was allowed to speak to the wounded or get any information from them. This morning the faculty and the students protested by gathering at the lobby of the hospital where they were confronted by plain cloths anti-riot militia, who in turn closed off the hospital and imprisoned the staff. The extent of injuries are so grave, that despite being one of the most staffed emergency rooms, they’ve asked everyone to stay and help–I’m sure it will even be worst tonight.<br /><br />What can anyone say in face of all these atrocities? What can you say to the family of the 13 year old boy who died from gunshots and whose dead body then disappeared?<br /><br />This issue is not about cheating(election) anymore. This is not about stealing votes anymore. The issue is about a vast injustice inflected on the people. They’ve put a baton in the hand of every 13-14 year old to smash the faces of “the bunches who are less than dirt” (government is calling the people who are uprising dried-up torn and weeds) .<br /><br />This is what sickens me from dealing with these issues. And from those who shut their eyes and close their ears and claim the riots are in opposition of the government and presidency!! No! The people’s complaint is against the egregious injustices committed against the people.<br /></blockquote><br /><br />Today the Iranian football team wore green wristbands in a show of solidarity. They were forced to take them off at half-time.<br /><br /><img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/ygGstJmnpotj2l0gewUihbwDo1_500.jpg" /><br /><br /><a href="http://persianq.com/">Persianq</a> is broadcasting live & recorded footage from the streets.<br /><br /><a href="http://tehranbureau.com/">Tehran Bureau</a> is an excellent source of information on what's going on in Tehran. You can also follow them on twitter at @TehranBureau.<br /><br />If you're tweeting make sure you check <a href="http://twitspam.org/">Twitspam</a> for a list of bad accounts, liars, gov't spooks, and people posting goatse in the #iranelection and #gr88 channels.<br /><br />If you read Farsi better then I do <a href="http://www.nimaheydarian.com/2009/06/irans-election-reliable-and-useful-resources/">here's a list</a> of reliable bloggers and news sources in Farsi that are updating semi-regularly.<br /><br />Youtube has finally buckled to pressure from the masses and relaxed it's standards in re Irani protest videos and has organised a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=7A80EC9F4C083901">channel</a> dedicated to videos coming out of the Irani protests.<br /><br />The Pirate, excuse me, <i>Persian</i> Bay has created a secure forum <a href="http://iran.whyweprotest.net/index.php">Why We Protest</a> for Iranians and supporters to gather and talk.<br /><br />Another pretty good <a href="http://shutupxo.tumblr.com/">site</a> rounding up info and info on solidarity protests in various cities.<br /><br />Reliable sources say that the Basiji are randomly attacking people in the street now and that they can be heard speaking Arabic and <i>not</i> Farsi. Rumours that the police and the militia will not attack their own people are true. Only foreign calls are allowed from gov't monitored landlines - will probably not get to talk to my friends, at least not about what's going on.<br /><br />On Friday Khamenei will preside over Friday prayers. Iranians are calling for global day of solidarity. There will be a march in Tehran with Mousavi.<br /><br />"Loyalty to one's country, always. Loyalty to one's government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain.<br /><br />Let the revolution be here and the 30 year reign of terror in Iran be ending.<br /><br /><b>SEA OF GREEN! SOLIDARITY WITH IRAN!</b><br /><br />(I'm too tired to continue - I was up to see the Iran/S. Korea match at 0400 my time this morning. UGH. More as I come upon it.)<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-13541904251932243302009-06-16T20:21:00.000-07:002009-06-16T22:57:01.785-07:00This blog has gone green for Iran<img src="http://9.media.tumblr.com/SluaPp6yQos91chqqmeh4MnMo1_500.gif" /><br /><br />So everyone should be aware that the protests in Iran are not stopping and in fact in many ways have picked up steam. At the protests on the 15th flyers were being circulated with a list of demands:<br /><blockquote>7 point statement distributed among the protesters in Tehran today:<br /><br />Dismissal of Khamenei for not being a fair leader<br />Dismissal of Ahmadinejad for his illegal acts<br />Temporary appointment of Ayatollah Montazeri as the Supreme Leader<br />Recognition of Mousavi as the President<br />Forming the Cabinet by Mousavi to prepare for revising the Constitution<br />unconditional and immediate release of all political prisoners<br />Dissolution of all organs of repression, public or secret</blockquote><br /><br />Ayatollah Montazeri has released a statement saying that no sane person should accept these results. There have been several reports from trusted sources that the night before Ahmadinejad's victory announcement Mousavi was called and told that he had won with a 57% majority. <br /><br /><img src="http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/0fpM6ur6Shc88/610x.jpg" /><br />Translation: "We write Mousavi, they read Ahmadinejad" <br /><br />All sorts of communication: SMS, cell phones, texts, internet (twitter & facebook & the like), etc, are all being blocked by the Iranian government. They are also searching for the IP addresses and locations of twitterers and bloggers. If you want to help by setting up a proxy go <a href="http://blog.austinheap.com/2009/06/15/how-to-setup-a-proxy-for-iran-citizens-for-windows/">here</a> for instructions in Windows and a link to instructions for Linux, and <a href="http://extrafuture.com/2009/06/15/how-to-set-up-an-anonymous-proxy-for-iranians-using-squid-on-mac-os-x/">here</a> for instructions for Macs. There's instructions to get your IP info to people tweeting/blogging from Iran. I used mine for my friends I met there when I visited way back in the 90s. Whoever they share it with I trust. If you do this <b>do not publish it anywhere public</b>. Also if you are on Twitter please change your location to Tehran and your local time to GMT +03:30. Flood them with targets to hide the actual twitterers.<br /><br />To follow on twitter the hashtags are #iranelection (which we know is being monitored so be careful - don't RT using the names of any Iranian tweeters), and #gr88 (which we should assume is being monitored as well). I recommend following @persiankiwi as well.<br /><br /><a href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2009/06/livetweeting-the-revolution.html">Best of Tweets live round-up</a><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/13/iran-demonstrations-viole_n_215189.html">Live-blogging the Uprising (huffpo)</a> Best place to find videos and stuff<br /><a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/8sz12/comprehensive_breakdown_of_the_current_situation/">A comprehensive breakdown of the current situation in Iran including timeline</a><br /><a href="http://loft965.com/2009/06/17/picture-that-proves-iran-election-rigging/">Pictures showing that candidates lost votes as the day went on</a><br /><a href="http://iran.whyweprotest.net/">Why We Protest.net</a> Links for rallies around the world, info, etc.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e2011570277e4c970c-800wi"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 399px;" src="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/.a/6a00d83451c45669e2011570277e4c970c-800wi" border="0" alt="" /></a><br />Rally in Tehran<br /><br /><br />Also people are pressuring Google to follow in the BBC's footsteps and go green in support of the protesting Iranians. Do what you can. If I have anything that I think is not publicised well enough I will post it here.<br /><br />Protesters take on the police:<br /><lj-embed id="29"><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dSECAvBTanQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dSECAvBTanQ&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></lj-embed><br />(now this is what you do. They were outnumbered, but they didn't let a few police stop them.)<br /><br />Wear Green, show your support. The BBC went green (for some reason they have since reverted).<br /><br />WARNING: This is a video of a man being beaten by the police.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hWRni9KEgmI&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/hWRni9KEgmI&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />Hopefully the genie is out of the bottle and the revolution and overthrow of Ayatollah Khomeni and his religious thugs will occur. To everyone in Iran: stay safe. To my friends in Iran who will probably not get to read this: you are constantly in my thoughts and in my heart I am there standing by your side on those streets.<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-21978221397859370832009-05-10T14:07:00.000-07:002009-05-10T14:14:20.594-07:00I'll be back soon, but in the meantimeAll you British Colombians:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://stv.ca/sites/default/files/rio/images/vote-may12-4.gif"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 438px;" src="http://stv.ca/sites/default/files/rio/images/vote-may12-4.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />You need to vote on May 12th. First off, Campbell's an ass whose very image induces a blind rage in me, but even if you're not interested in that, we need you to VOTE YES ON STV!<br /><br />Here's some propaganda:<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/quCnGMSGFt4&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/quCnGMSGFt4&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />See you all soon - APS meeting this weekend, and I'm printing the poster Tuesday (the day you should all be voting) so I'll have that time stuff.<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-384975886807397912009-04-02T14:47:00.000-07:002009-04-02T14:48:31.392-07:00They'd never show that this side of the pondKeira Knightley's Domestic Violence PSA (it may be triggering)<br /><br /><lj-embed id="27"><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eTYir_48EZk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eTYir_48EZk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /></lj-embed><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-9940535470669795752009-03-30T01:08:00.001-07:002009-08-29T21:11:00.371-07:00Got my first acceptance letterIt's from Clemson University. WOO WOO.<br /><br />Still waiting to hear back from my first and second choices: SUNY Stonybrook and UH Manoa.<br /><br />Also starting in on crunch time for my research. The APS meeting is the weekend of May 12th/13th and I will be presenting then. I've got some great stuff about how to improve teaching methods and retention rates for women in STEM from various studies and C.M. Steeles' work on stereotype threat. More on this later.<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-86322845756215161642009-03-10T22:18:00.001-07:002009-03-10T22:23:41.990-07:00A little late, but here's something for Int'l Women's DayI wrote it as an assignment for a math history class. I could have kept writing. Sophie Germain ROCKS! (and it's written for non-math people to read so if you want to read about a brilliant woman from Revolutionary France here you go!)<br /><br />Sophie Germain – Revolutionary Mathematician<br /><br /> The streets of Paris were bustling with people. Marie-Madeleine Gruguelin was on an outing to the market with and her two oldest daughters, Marie-Madeleine and Marie-Sophie (just “Sophie” to avoid confusion with all the other Maries in the house) were on an outing to the market. Marie-Madeleine was reticent about taking the girls out, as the air was electric. There had been bread riots occurring with more frequency lately, the King was bankrupt, and the Estates Général had been called for the first time in a hundred and fifty years. Her husband, Ambroise-Francois Germain was asked to serve in the Estates Général, a group composed of what were called the three estates: the clergy, the 1st estate, the nobility, the 2nd estate, and the middle class, which included her husband, the 3rd estate. Everywhere people were writing pamphlets and petitions on their plights to the King. Many were unhappy with what they perceived as a lack of representation in the Estates Général. Marie-Madeleine had to concede that they would always be outvoted due to the structure of the system.<br />The price of bread had gone up again and Marie-Madeleine feared another bread riot. The women of the working class would instigate these whenever the prices got too high. It didn't affect her family that much as her husband had done well as a silk merchant. There was an assembly outside the Church of Sainte Geneviève; the working women saw her as their own saint. They were there in support of the Estates Général and inadvertently her husband. They were here some days and in front of City Hall other days.<br /><br /> “Maman, why are there so many people here?” Marie-Madeleine asked.<br /><br /> “They're here supporting your father,” her mother replied. “Move along, we've got to get home soon. Your little sister is waiting.”<br /><br /> They made their way down La Rue Clovis back to their apartment. Marie-Madeleine was taking her daughters out less and less these days and refused to take her youngest out at all. There were groups of people amassing on every street, and there were more people begging for food, for work, for money. Food prices were going up, as were taxes. There was so much unrest among the people and many with an overabundance of time on their hands due to the lack of jobs. There were often meetings held at their house. Her husband was among one of the liberal social reformers and he invited many like-minded people over for meetings. Ambroise frequently held meetings in the house with other like-minded individuals. She would continually find Sophie eavesdropping in on the meetings, entranced by what was going on. After a few tries she gave up on trying to keep her away – Sophie would always find a way to sneak back to them. None of her other daughters took any notice of the meetings except to complain that they couldn’t use the front room during these times. Sophie, despite her age, had a keen interest in the tumultuousness happening on the streets of Paris. And she had the opportunity to get the latest news from her father often in these meetings. Ambroise found it amusing that his 13-year-old daughter took such a keen interest in politics. At least this was all she was doing, Marie-Madeleine thought. After all, she could be taking to the streets to find her information and the meetings in the house were much different then those in the street. The air was becoming more desperate and Marie-Madeleine hoped for change to come soon and come peacefully, but she feared the worst. It would only be a matter of months before the Germains would be keeping their daughters inside continually.<br /><br /> In July of 1789 Marie-Madeleine's fears of a violent uprising came to fruition. That afternoon a group of armed people stormed the Bastille, which led to a day of bloody combat and several assassinations. Though they were part of the Third Estate, Marie-Madeleine and Ambroise-Francois felt that it would be best if they kept their children confined to the house until the city calmed down. The children did not react well to this decision. What would they do imprisoned in this house day in and day out with no end in site? Sophie took to her father's immense library to stave off the boredom. She read through everything she could.<br /><br />It was here that she found a book by J.E. Montucia, History of Mathematics, and in it the story of a man named Archimedes (Osen). Sophie delighted in the odd stories of this man and his inventions, his refusals to take baths, and his obsession with mathematics. But this was not the best part of the story. It was not until she read of Archimedes' demise that she became engrossed with mathematics. The story of Archimedes' death was that as the Romans were capturing his city he was engrossed in a math problem and when engaged by a soldier he ignored that solider, enraging the soldier and prompting him to stab Archimedes. This man gave his life for geometry, for mathematics! This must be one interesting subject indeed. At that moment Sophie put down her book. What could be so interesting about mathematics that someone would give his or her life for it? She sat silently contemplating the subject until she was summoned for dinner. That night she lay in bed thinking of his circles, his diagrams, and his gadgets. Eventually she fell asleep, her mind still racing over the story of Archimedes.<br /><br /> The next day Sophie searched her father's library and found several books on mathematics. Many were older books, but she devoured them voraciously. She found that she would have to learn Greek and Latin in order to study Euler and Newton. Luckily her father had plenty of books on those subjects as well. Every day she spent with her father's books learning as much as she could: Latin, Greek, and about mathematics. She would work through the problems on paper, marveling in their intricate beauty. This went on for some time until one day her parents discovered how she was spending her days. It upset her mother that she was spending her days studying mathematics – this was not something that a young girl did. After dinner one night her upset parents sent her to her room without a book. She sat at her door listening to their conversation.<br /><br /> “This is all she does day and night! How can we keep her from this? It isn't OK for a young girl to study mathematics, especially not this obsessively,” her mother exclaimed.<br /><br /> “We'll just have to watch what she reads. Perhaps we shall no longer give her unfettered access to the library during the day that way we can monitor what she reads,” Ambroise-Francois replied. “There are many other places where she can sit and read since that is how she likes to fill her days. We do not have to keep such a close watch on the other children. When I am not here, if we limit her access to the library, it should not be too hard for you to make sure that she is not reading mathematics books.” The Germains were in agreement: they wouldn't let Sophie into the library on her own during the day and they would then be able to make sure that she did not continue her study of mathematics.<br /><br /> Sophie softly closed her door and tiptoed away from the door. She sat down and thought about ways in which she could sneak the books away from the library without her parents noticing. Surely they would keep close watch on all the books and would notice if they went missing. In that case hiding them in her room was not an option. Sophie decided that she would wait until after everyone went to bed and then go into the library and continue her studies. * Why her parents wouldn't understand her love of mathematics confused her, after all Archimedes gave his life for it, this was obviously a very important subject.<br /><br /> Sophie spent many nights in the library. Then one night, while she was consumed with a geometry problem, her father saw a light coming from the library. He opened the door and discovered his daughter poring over one the books that they had forbidden her to read. He immediately sent her back to her room and removed all of the candles from her room. And so it began. Sophie's parents tried everything: stealing her candles, her clothes, even cutting off the heat to her room at night. No matter what she always had a stash of hidden candles and quilts that she would wrap herself in and continued her studies. Despite all their efforts they continued to find Sophie curled up next to her books morning after morning. At this point the Germains realized that Sophie's love of learning mathematics could not be willed away or forced out of her and they allowed her free reign of the library once again. She was allowed to study mathematics freely during the day and with all her clothes.<br /><br /> In 1794 the École Polytechnique opened in Paris. It's mission statement was to “train mathematicians and scientists for the country”(Perl 64). The school did not admit women, but as with her earlier studies, she didn't let this obstacle stop her from learning even though she could not physically sit in on the classes. She was able to obtain the lecture notes from students in the classes and would send comments to the professors, which would at times include original notes on mathematics problems, but unlike other students she had to use a pseudonym to disguise her femaleness. And so Sophie became M. le Blanc.<br /><br /> During this time she became especially interested in the work of one professor, Joseph-Louis Lagrange. Lagrange was so impressed by her work that he insisted upon meeting the student who had produced it. * Upon discovering that it was a woman who had created it he was surprised, but not put off by it. He praised her for her analysis and would continue to support her and her work, becoming a mentor and a friend. Such encouragement from such a prominent mathematician energized Sophie and gave her more confidence in her work as a mathematician. With this newfound confidence Sophie moved from solving problems in her course work and into studying unexplored areas of mathematics. It was at this point that she became aware of Fermat's Last Theorem**. Fermat's Last Theorem continues to puzzle mathematicians to this day. It states that there are no solutions to equations of the form x^n+y^n=z^n where n ≥ 3.<br /><br /> After many years of work she believed that she had made a breakthrough in Fermat's Last Theorem. She felt that at this time she would need to talk to a fellow number theorist. After reading Gauss's Disquisitiones arithmeticae, a work on the theories of cyclometry, having to do with measuring of circles, and arithmetical forms she became obsessed with the works of Gauss. Using her alternate identity, M. le Blanc, she then sent Gauss the results some of her of work in number theory in 1804. Gauss was impressed by her findings and this began a correspondence between the two. She approached the theorem in a way that no other mathematicians had, possibly owing to the self taught nature of her education. She used a far more general approach then any of the other mathematicians of the day and this intrigued Gauss, whose contempt for Fermat's Last Theorem was well known.<br /><br /> In her letters she showed that she was not trying to prove that there was no solution for each equation one at a time, but instead she approached the Theorem holistically and tried to make a general statement that would cover all the equations. She focused on the equations in which n was a prime number. A prime number is a number such that itself and the number one can only divide it without leaving a remainder. For example 7 is a prime number because only 1 and 7 divide 7 without leaving a remainder whereas 9 is not since 1, 3, and 9 all divide 9 without remainders. Sophie was only interested in a particular brand of prime numbers, p, which were such that 2p+1 was also a prime number. For example 3 is a Germain prime because 2*3+1=7 and 7 is also prime. But 7 is not a Germain prime because 2*7+1=15 and 15 can be divided by 1, 3, 5, and 15 without remainders. She used these numbers to show that it was highly unlikely that any answers existed for the equation x^n+y^n=z^n, when n = p, with p being a Germain prime (as described above)**.<br /><br /> Had it not been for Napoleon's soldiers marching on Germany and Sophie fearing for Gauss's safety we may never have known that she was responsible for this breakthrough. We might know these numbers as le Blanc primes. Though Sophie and Gauss had been corresponding for 2 years by the time Napoleon invaded Germany, Gauss had no idea that M. le Blanc was actually Sophie Germain. Just as Archimedes' death inspired Sophie to begin her studies, so too did it weigh heavily on her mind as she thought of Gauss in Germany and the French army marching through. She worried that Gauss may suffer the same fate that Archimedes did and contacted a General friend of hers, Joseph-Marie Pernety, and asked him to guarantee Gauss's safety (Osen 85). True to his word General Pernety sent an emissary to Gauss's home to make sure that he was safe while they were in nearby Breslau, but confusion arose at the mention of Sophie's name. He did not understand why this woman was making inquiries about his safety – he had been corresponding with M le Blanc! It was after this that Sophie was forced to reveal her identity to Gauss. Upon learning of her true gender Gauss's respect and admiration for Sophie grew. For a woman to study mathematics at this time, and at this level required a high level of determination. He writes:<br /><blockquote>“But how to describe to you my admiration and astonishment at seeing my<br />esteemed correspondent M. le Blanc metamorphose himself into this illustrious<br />personage [Sophie Germain] who gives such a brilliant example of what I would<br />find it difficult to believe. A taste for the abstract sciences in general and above all<br />the mysteries of numbers is excessively rare; one is astonished at it; the<br />enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal themselves only to those who<br />have the courage to go deeply into it…Indeed nothing could prove to me in so<br />flattering and less equivocal manner that the attractions of this science, which has<br />enriched my life with so many joys, are not chimerical, as the predilection with<br />which you have honored it.” (Bell 1937, pg 262)(Osen, 86-87)</blockquote><br /><br />Sophie and Gauss would continue to correspond throughout her lifetime, though they unfortunately were never able to meet face to face.<br /><br /> Though Sophie's work with Number Theory and Germain primes would prove to be her most famous work, she became consumed with the work of Ernst Chladni. Chladni was a physicist who was interested in the mathematics of the vibrations of elastic surfaces in two dimensions. Chladni observed that figures would form when a bow was dragged across the edge of an elastic surface covered in fine powder. Lagrange declared that the current form of mathematical thinking would not be enough and that a revolutionary new form of analysis would be the only way that this problem would be solved. So in 1808, by order of Napoleon, the French Academy of Sciences issued a challenge for all mathematicians and scientists:<br />“Formulate a mathematical theory of elastic surfaces and indicate just how it agrees with empirical evidence. (Perl)” <br />Sophie, despite being wholly unschooled and up against highly trained mathematicians found the problem challenging and took to the task of trying to solve it with the passion that marked all her endeavors. In 1811 she submitted her first attempt in an anonymous memoir. Her mentor, Lagrange, was part of the commission that evaluated the submissions and had written that her method of jumping from a line to a surface did not seem complete or accurate. Her work was rejected, but that did not stop Sophie from working on the problem. In 1813 another competition was held. This time Sophie's memoir won her an honorable mention. As you should know by now, this was not enough for Sophie. She tried again in 1816 and this time her work Memoir on the Vibrations of Elastic Plates earned her the prize. But her win did not come without immense criticism. She had won, but the commission had not been completely satisfied with her entry, and Sophie admitted that her connection between the theory and the observation was not rigorous. Many mathematicians for this criticized her, but one may wonder if that is because they themselves could not come up with something better.<br /><br /> Despite this criticism she had an impact on those around her. One of the judges, M.H. Navier wrote on her paper “it is a work of which few men are able to read and which only one woman was able to write.”(Perl) Her win also thrust her into the world that she belonged to. She was welcomed into circles with other noted mathematicians of the time, and able to talk with her peers openly and not have to hide behind letters and the fictitious M le Blanc. She was not one of the most noted mathematicians in the world, and her work would finally be known as her own. She was now able to attend sessions at the Institute de France with other prominent mathematicians, and was the first woman who was able to do so.<br />Sophie continued to publish papers on elasticity, including one on the nature and extent of elastic surfaces. She also continued to try and perfect her theory that won her the prize in 1816. One of her papers drew heavily from the works of her mentor, Gauss, though it was widely criticized for not thoroughly understanding the potential of Gauss's theories.<br /><br />In 1829 Sophie developed breast cancer. Though this became her biggest battle she continued her work in mathematics until her death at the age of 55. At Gauss's urging Sophie was granted an honorary PhD from the University of Gottengen (Osen 89), but unfortunately died before she was able to receive the award. Though she made great strides in elasticity and was one of the leading minds of her time, when the Eiffel Tower was erected and the engineers inscribed the names of those who contributed to the study of elasticity of materials of the 72 people listed her name is conspicuously absent (Osen 89). So too in her death certificate was her membership to the French Academy of Sciences overlooked as she was designated a rentière-annuitant (a single woman with no profession) and not as a mathematician.<br /><br /> Her work as a woman who defied the expectations and restrictions of her time is one of the most lasting parts of her legacy. Sophie Germain was not only one of the most brilliant minds of her time, and she excelled almost only through her own devices. Without any formal training and guided only somewhat through her correspondence with leading mathematicians she snubbed societal conventions and changed mathematics in lasting ways. The child of revolution, she gave us a revolution all her own and that was by following her passion and not letting the mores of the day or the obstacles that she faced dissuade her from following her heart. And mathematics is a richer field for that.<br /><br />Bibliography<br />Osen, Lynn M. Women in Mathematics. Cambridge: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1974<br />Perl, Teri. Math Equals: Biographies of Women Mathematicians + Related Activities. Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1978.<br />*http://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/germain.html<br />**http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/proof/germain.html<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-6757814986934035562009-02-07T20:02:00.000-08:002009-02-07T20:18:40.222-08:00WOOT WOOT I'm going to the Spring APS meetingSo my research prof has asked if I would be interested in presenting my research into differences in performance between men and women on the <a href="http://modeling.asu.edu/R&E/FCI.PDF">Force Concept Inventory</a>, a test of basic understanding of Newtonian principles administered at the beginning and end of algebra and calculus based introductory physics courses, at the <a href="http://www.aps.org/meetings/meeting.cfm?name=NWS09">11th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Section of APS</a>.<br /><br />While I'm not interested in going into Education Research and I'm not doing this as a Senior Project (or actually getting credit at all for this this quarter) it is something that I approached him and the other prof who is working on Physics Education research with at the end of last quarter and am highly interested in. I actually chose to get into Physics partly because my dream job is working for the NSF on working on increasing accessibility and retention of women and girls in STEM fields, so it kind of makes sense that this is what I am now doing. (Even though I am now in the mathematics department and in love with group and field theory and research I would never turn down a job at the NSF doing that.)<br /><br />I am really excited and may be paying out of pocket (since I will have graduated at the end of this quarter) for one credit of independent study to work on this and to get departmental funds to present this at the APS conference. We also talked about me presenting it at scholar's week since it comes after the APS conference and I will already have everything put together. Also, even though this is not a senior project and I'm not officially a physics major I agreed to present my findings to the Physics Department as studies have shown that non-traditional teaching methods, i.e. those that incorporate interactive sessions, show greater improvement in women's scores then in men's (men's scores generally improve well no matter what teaching method is used.)<br /><br />SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE<br /><br />I have to work on my presentation skills. Hopefully I will be able to post some of my findings here as I work on them more. I just received some new data so I'd like to add that first before I start talking about it publicly.<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-6332539131997014242009-01-11T17:51:00.000-08:002009-01-11T17:52:52.935-08:00Reasons I shouldn't teachI might turn out like this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/pictures/mcdonalds-is-your-only-hope.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 600px; height: 450px;" src="http://newmedia.funnyjunk.com/pictures/mcdonalds-is-your-only-hope.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20186784.post-21784935187359118202008-12-26T21:48:00.000-08:002008-12-26T21:51:50.563-08:00Chicago reawakening<div style="float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/union_clown/3139680103/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3103/3139680103_0b9bdba6a1_m.jpg" alt="" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/union_clown/3139680103/">Chicago Compass</a><br />Originally uploaded by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/union_clown/">union_clown</a></span></div><br />I remembered a part of myself today, a part that went missing years ago that I didn't notice among all the clutter of trauma and flurry of running. It is a part of me that once reawakened caused me to mourn it's absence even though I never noticed that it had gone. It came back to me during my trip to <a href="http://www.fieldmuseum.org/">The Field Museum</a> with my dad (though I was left to myself most of the day as I "take too long" to go through an exhibit) where I spent the day wandering amid the relics of civilisations past and dinosaur bones, including the dinosaur that for the first half of my life was my beloved brontosaurus (now <a href="http://www.infoplease.com/spot/brontokids.html">apatosaurus</a> (I don't know if the Field Museum was calling it an apatosaurus growing up, all I know is that I called it a brontosaurus and had a brontosaurus lunchbox) Sidenote: brontosaurus shows no red squiggly line of bad spelling whereas apatosaurus does. Hmmmm).<br clear="all" /> <br /><br />Amid the carvings and the idols of the ancient Aztecs I remembered that child like quality that I had lost for so many years: my need to experience things tactilely. When it was gone I do not remember. I do remember walking through Chicago and having to run my hands over every different kind of stone surface that I would meet. To not just see the buildings and hear the city, but to touch it, to know it, to feel it. I remember, back in art school, asking to run my hands over paintings that were not flat, always liking those with texture more then the others (and making them that way myself). To feel the complexity of emotion, the hidden layers where mistakes and old feelings were hidden away beneath a new coat of paint. To interact with something that was not just flat, and to me that makes it flat in more ways then one-funny for a printmaker, but rich and complex and layered. Knowing that whatever was buried there was just a few scrapes away from exposing itself to the world.<br /><br />It came to me staring at the first piece in the Aztec exhibit which was a statue of some unknown stone pockmocked with tiny craters. I knew that if I could just touch it my experience would be fuller. That I would somehow understand it more; that I would become more involved in the exhibit. So I did all that I could do: I imagined what it would feel like. I flipped through every single piece of rock that I had ever touched until I came across something that resembled the one standing in front of me. I recreated it's features, even the pieces that had succumbed to age and had fallen off and especially those that were crumbling. I continued to do this throughout the rest of the exhibit. Through the rest of the museum. Imagining what the ancient papyrus in the Egyptian exhibit must feel like, at one point actually getting to feel hieroglyphs. Touching the models, knowing that the texture was wrong but the topography right in my <a href="http://www.fieldmuseum.org/evolvingplanet/">journey from the beginning of the earth</a>.<br /><br />I missed this. I'm realising as I type this that I have been doing this to a small extent as I have visited my ancient old growth stands, but that is more like caressing an old friend. But these streets, these buildings, all these things that I encountered...they can be friends too. Possibly just acquaintances for a brief time, telling me their story and moving out of my life forever, but at least there will be that.<div class="blogger-post-footer">A blog made by a disillusioned clown living in the Cascadia Free state. Mostly centering on calling out misogyny in this society and worldwide, but also with radical unionism and notes on the problems with living in the US. (i.e. Radical)</div>lost clownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02751161198550585778noreply@blogger.com1