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  • Narratives, Pacing, and Conundrum of Ableism

    Crossposted to Comradery The day starts cold, the wind brisk, and the pain I feel simmers at the usual 5 out of 10 pain scale. It is rare for it to drop below 5, even with pain meds like Tynelol, but after awhile, the body grows accustomed to the pain, making it an annoying background…

  • Clair Obscur: To be accountable to those that come after

    CROSSPOST FROM COMRADERY. Part of a three part series: Disability (part 1), Right to Exist (part 2), and Accountability and Healing (part 3). In my prior essays, I related themes woven through Clair Obscur to show how it can parallel real world complexities and oppression. For the character of Alicia and Gustave (and even Lune…

  • Clair Obscur: That Which Seeks The Right To Exist Temporally and Spatially

    THIS IS A CROSSPOST FROM COMRADERY. Part of a three part series: Disability (part 1), Right to Exist (part 2), and Accountability and Healing (part 3). In a world built upon alienation, people seek to be heard and seen. This may happen through social media, video or podcasts, essays like this one, video game guilds,…

  • Clair Obscur Expedition 33 – That which hides hope with scars

    CROSSPOST FROM MY COMADERY. Part of a three part series: Disability (part 1), Right to Exist (part 2), and Accountability and Healing (part 3). It may come as a surprise for some players to call Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 a Disabled narrative, and yet that is essential to the core of the story. Several of…

  • Accessibility Zine Completed and Ready for Download

    The Accessibility Zine my friend and I worked on is completed! I asked friends and members of the National General Strike group (they have an Accessibility affinity group) to review for errors and readability so I could revise and correct. The Zine covers:  It perhaps is more accurately called a booklet due to its length.…

  • The Endings of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 — The Game Who Masks Truth And Lies With Beauty

    Let’s explore the endings of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 by examining the ways the game deliberately misleads the player. We’ll also examine the character of Maelle/Alicia in particular to see what evidence we have concerning her Painter ability and of her morals and personality. NOTE THIS IS A CROSSPOST FROM MY COMRADERY. For those that…

  • Bird’s Disabled Manifesto

    I write this truth so all may understand the reality of Disability. Disability is the one category, the one group, the one community that anyone can join at any time in their life for any reason. Disability is defined by people. People can be born disabled. People may become disabled due to an infinite set…

  • Disabled Miners 1970s Strikes Strategies

    The 1970s miner strikes brought together union and non-union miners in a series of wildcat strikes. Several strategies were utilized to great success.

  • A History Lesson Part 2: Crawl if we have to

    In Part One, I discussed the oppression disabled people faced in America. I then shared specifically two activist actions to show how disabled people and other groups worked in solidarity to win the day. Now let us visit yet another crucial moment in American history: The Capitol Crawl and Fight for ADA.

  • A History Lesson: Disabled Activists and our Right to Exist in Public

    For a History Lesson and reminder of the role Disabled people have played in activism, I singled out a few instances, but there’s hundreds of thousands throughout America’s history. Many of the privileges and rights people have had are due partly to the fight of our disabled ancestors.