Before you get snobbish about e-readers, remember that they allow large text for those with sight disabilities, alternate fonts for those with dyslexia, and can be laid down flat for those lacking mobility in their hands. That last point is especially helpful for me right now. Go e-readers!

One amongst a project started in 2020. Micro Mutant Postcard #369 for Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa: Tagawa you were Shang-Tsung, no doubt. SalientStar sputtered out, winked away. My Mutant Muscle Memory toes the party line. Fragrant Fae Knäckebröd[NEK-uh-brood] tastes radiant yet stale upon my tongue.

Disability in the United States at 250 Reflecting on disability history and looking forward to the American dream. [ID: Children using sign language to sing the U.S. national anthem at the St. Rita School for the Deaf in Evendale, Ohio, 1935] www.newamerica.org/insights/dis...

Disability in the United States at 250

A timeline of U.S. disability history and a reflection on its resonance as the nation turns 250.

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Making Disability Visible in History: A Conversation With Rosemarie Garland-Thomson Dr. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is a pioneering scholar of bioethics, humanities, disability justice and culture, and professor emerita at Emory University.

Making Disability Visible in History: A Conversation With Rosemarie Garland-Thomson

Dr. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is a pioneering scholar of bioethics, humanities, disability justice and culture, and professor emerita at Emory University. Widely considered the founder of feminist disability studies, Garland-Thomson is the author of several canonical works, including <em>Extraordinary Bodies: Figuring Disability in American Culture and Literature</em> (1997) and the influential essay, “Integrating Disability, Transforming Feminist Theory” (2002). On the nation’s 250th anniversary and for the series on “America’s Founding Feminists,” <em>Ms.</em>’ guest editor Janell Hobson spoke with Garland-Thomson about disability history and its connections to women’s history. She argues centering disability reshapes our understanding of history, citizenship and whose lives are recognized as foundational to U.S. democracy. "Women's bodies have always offered men an opportunity to talk about nations, to talk about themselves, to talk about government." "... These human variations that we think of as disabilities are often an opportunity for resourcefulness." <strong>(This essay is part of the <a href="https://msmagazine.com/feminist-250/">FEMINIST 250: Founding Feminists</a> series, marking the 250th anniversary of America by reclaiming the revolution through the women and gender-expansive people whose ideas, labor and resistance shaped U.S. democracy.)</strong>

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The academic journal, Mapping the Impossible: Journal of Fantasy Research is looking for editors, copyeditors, and social media coordinators. We are a completely graduate student-run, open-access, and peer-reviewed publication that publishes on all types of fantasy media.

Cruel April: Poetry Reading Time: April 8, 2026, 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. Location: SU Art Museum An evening of powerful readings by Urayoán Noel and @stevekuusisto.bsky.social, two poets whose works embody resilience, imagination, and the transformative power of language.

Calling all high-school-aged poets! To celebrate National Poetry Month, Nine Mile Magazine is opening up submissions to all high-school-aged poets for potential publication in our special Fall 2026 High School Poetry issue. All poets age 14-19 are invited to submit during the month of April.

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We accept poetry submissions during our reading periods (generally February-April and September-November, but it may vary). You may submit once per reading period. The editors at Nine Mile will attemp...

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Join us for an evening with poets from Propel poets Anne Kaier and Lisa Dougherty! This hybrid event will take place IN-PERSON at the Downtown Writers Center (in Syracuse NY) and ONLINE via Zoom. Click on the link and register today!

Friday, April 24, 7:00 p.m. - Poets ANNE KAIER and LISA DOUGHERTY

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Please join us for a Contemporary Disability Poetry Reading @AWP26! For the past four years, Nine Mile Press has been publishing books by disabled poets supported through a grant from the Propel Foundation. We believe American readers need to hear disability voices.

ONLINE EVENT: Disability Under Threat: Confronting Harmful Rhetoric and Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services When Feb. 4, 2026, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Where: New America Online Only RSVP via link

Disability Under Threat: Confronting Harmful Rhetoric and Policy at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Join New America for a virtual forum on the impacts of recent HHS decisions on disabled people, caregivers, and families.

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Ableism is everywhere, especially from... *them.* I have to watch it; my rage is tingling.

White House Says ASL Interpreters 'Intrude' On Trump's Ability To Control His Image

The administration is pushing back on a lawsuit seeking to ensure that interpreters are included at White House events by suggesting that the accommodation is incompatible with the president's image.

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Because I'm taking a 5 min break, I have to read email and of course there's a link to Hasbro, and well, I'm nerding out, big time. There is a cool new Sentinel figure. I've already bought two Sentinels, so maybe I need to add to my collection? But $$$ #XMen #Sentinels #ActionFigures

Marvel Legends Series X-Men '97 Marvel's Sentinel - Hasbro Pulse

Marvel Legends Series X-Men '97 Marvel's Sentinel

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With all that's going on the world, maybe I need to read about the history of mac n cheese, cause why not?

The Epic History of Macaroni and Cheese | Columbia University Press

Today, macaroni and cheese is the ultimate comfort food, a staple of weeknight dinners, family gatherings, and Soul Food restaurants. Humble though the dish ... | CUP

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He'll always be Meathead to me... but what a career! So sad at the lost of such a great man. Rest in peace and power. www.instagram.com/p/DSSmpv1jkR...

VANITY FAIR on Instagram: "Rob Reiner: A Life in Pictures From his breakout role as Michael ‘Meathead’ Stivic on ‘All in the Family’ to directing classics like ‘This Is Spinal Tap,’ ‘Stand by Me,’ ‘T...

51K likes, 295 comments - vanityfair on December 15, 2025: "Rob Reiner: A Life in Pictures From his breakout role as Michael ‘Meathead’ Stivic on ‘All in the Family’ to directing classics like ‘This ...

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You will be visited by three spirits...

Sue London@cmdrsue.bsky.social · 8mo ago

You will be visited by 3 spirits... in the material world

Micro Mutant Postcard #315 John, you were *just* Starting Over. Perhaps you really were some sort of Semantic Superhero or simply a Mad Troubadour out of time, eluding the Conservation of Mass. Divine Divas and I both agree: 45 years is far too long for you to be gone.

The Afterlife of Alice Wong "The disability justice activist's life proved that anger can be an act of care." Preview features Portrait of Alice Wong, with credit to Allison Busch Photography/Disability Visibility Project.

Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or sought better lives for themselves and their descendants. Politicians who stoke fear and hatred over immigration want you to forget this. Do not.

2026 GM Conference: Call for Submissions! The Graphic Medicine International Collective is thrilled to announce that the annual Graphic Medicine conference will be held in Baltimore, at Johns Hopkins University, on July 23-25, 2026.

2026 GM Conference: Call for Submissions! | Graphic Medicine

The 2026 Graphic Medicine Conference in Baltimore, MD is now taking submissions for talks, presentations, and more.

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Online Panel of interest "Decarcerating Care: Lessons in Transforming Crisis Response" Exploring the trajectory of efforts to remove police from mental health crisis response since 2020 & how to advance non-carceral care today

@stevekuusisto.bsky.social a chonky puppy, just for you.

I 💙 Dogs@dogs100.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Am I chubby

Read This When Things Fall Apart (Preorder) Letters to Activists in Crisis "A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes"

OPINION/LA Times: "...autism is back in the national spotlight [feat. debunked science]. But it isn’t the misinformation that troubles me the most. It’s hearing people talk about autistic lives without including us. It’s the subtext that the world would be better off without autistic people in it."

Contributor: Autism is not your enemy

It isn’t the misinformation that troubles autistic people the most. It’s the subtext that the world would be better off without us.

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If the government is in shut-down mode, why are ICE agents still making (illegal) arrests? Does this mean they're doing this without pay?

The rhetoric, and the damage done: "The Trump admin’s declaration that it has finally 'discovered the cause of autism' and is blaming it on something as common as acetaminophen...is not just scientifically baseless, it’s a direct threat to decades of hard-fought advocacy by and for autistic people."

The rhetoric, and the damage done - Medical Republic

We need to take Mr Trump’s claims seriously, because we're going to be dealing with the impacts for a long time.

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Screen shot from "Deadpool Samurai Volume 3" Deadpool is shown from the upper chest to his head and is lying on his right side. He says, "no vulnerabilities? "y'know, despite what society would have you believe, it's okay for men to be vulnerable, healthy even"

✨️ Sydney ✨️@deadpoolian.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It's okay for men to be vulnerable 🥰 Deadpool Samurai Volume 3

Time Magazine: Latino Leaders 2025 Daphne Frias Is Connecting the Dots Between Climate and Public Health

How a Deaf Quarterback Changed Sports Forever By Inventing the Huddle Paul Hubbard called for the football team at Gallaudet University to circle around him back in 1894 [ID: Young football players locked in a huddle in the 1960s, jealously guarding their strategy for the next play. Getty Images]

How a Deaf Quarterback Changed Sports Forever By Inventing the Huddle

Paul Hubbard called for the football team at Gallaudet University to circle around him back in 1894

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"Donald Trump's assault on disability rights. Federal offices and programs that insure equal treatment are being shuttered and scaled back."

Stephen Kuusisto@stevekuusisto.bsky.social · 11mo ago

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