ableist

Does that make me an "ableist" or just a sane human being?

I Don’t Believe In PC Speech

Does that make me an "ableist" or just a sane human being?

Archive 2009-04-01

The Hand Mirror, and very, very frequently elsewhere in the NZ blogosphere, 'ableist' language.

In a strange land

Now, I had never even heard the term "ableist" until I got to the blogosphere.

feminist blogs

The system needs women to claim that sexist, racist, ableist, or classist jokes do not offend them.

Women: the patriarchy needs YOUR support! « Digital immigrant

So many of us wordophiles — my word — obsess over whether to use may or might; few of us obsess over non-ableist language.

Your sexist writing style isn’t professional, dude « Digital immigrant

Using mental health terms and diagnoses as metaphors for illogical or sloppy thinking is ableist in general, but using those diagnoses incorrectly is even worse.

Matthew Yglesias » Wieseltier vs Sullivan

The ableist language in the comments is quite disturbing.

Female Shooter at University of Alabama « Knitting Clio

Our whole society is ableist, so it should be no surprise when feminists are too; when your status and rights are threatened, it is also unfortunately common to look for status by differentiating yourself from other disadvantaged groups.

What does a (disabled) feminist [poet] look like? « Gender Across Borders

And strangely, the anti-trans radical feminists tend to be racist, ableist, and misogynist in equal parts. daisydeadhead Says:

Will the last trans person to leave feminist Blogdonia please turn off the lights?