To Dye For by Alden Wicker. I got this from my local bookstore because I love to support local. I recycle, reuse, reduce, compost. You know. All the things. Turns... The post Clothing Dye and Chemicals May Be Actively Harming You and Others. appeared first on Jill Wolcott Knits.| Jill Wolcott Knits
Will It Give You Better Fit? I saw a question about why we don’t do an unequal divide of the bodies of knitted garments. Logically, it would seem to make... The post An unequal divide between front and back: Overview appeared first on Jill Wolcott Knits.| Jill Wolcott Knits
“Forced Intimacy” is a term I have been using for years to refer to the common, daily experience of disabled people being expected to share personal parts of ourselves to survive in an ableist world. This often takes the form … Continue reading →| Leaving Evidence
My remarks from the 2017 Paul K. Longmore Lecture on Disability Studies at San Francisco State University delivered on April 11, 2017. To watch and listen to the video of my talk, click here. (Thank you to the Longmore … Continue reading →| Leaving Evidence
One would hope that something that happens so frequently would be discussed. But overwhelmingly, it’s not—until, as I learned, you join the miscarriage club yourself.| The Conversationalist
Final extract from our new spring issue: On a farm in Japan, Dana Iova-Koga dances among the vegetables and tea bushes, as part of a performance collective exploring the body's innate capacity to interact with the myriad lifeforms of Earth. With image by Paul Hammercott. The post Dancing Ground appeared first on Dark Mountain.| Dark Mountain
As part of our series of excerpts from Dark Mountain: Issue 27, we bring you Darren Perlongo's piece about an everyday encounter with death. The post Iron Martyr appeared first on Dark Mountain.| Dark Mountain
Continuing our series of posts from the new spring issue, Caroline Williams explores living with a chronic condition, once understood as a 'wandering womb', through a pilgrimage to a standing stone in Cornwall. The post Mên-an-Tol appeared first on Dark Mountain.| Dark Mountain
We are excited to announce the launch of our 27th issue, a book that explores the theme of 'bodies'| Dark Mountain
Shriya Shah-Klorfine was a Canadian mountaineer of Nepalese descent, whose ambitious pursuit to climb Mount Everest tragically ended in her death in 2012. This article discusses who she was and her final expedition. WARNING: This article contains graphic images. Reader discretion is advised. Early...| Ultimate Kilimanjaro
There are two stories I could tell you. One: I’m clinging to my roommate’s arm, trying to (re)learn how to walk in heels. Two: a friend sent me a pair of shoes. ***** One: I wore heels, once. I was in a choir, a choir that was a Really Big Deal, and the high school […]| Just Stimming…
There’s a new person in my life, so we’re having the how-my-body-works talk. It’s a conversation I don’t think nondisabled people have. It goes like this: this is my body. This is how it works. It moves this way. These parts of can feel, and these can’t. This will hurt me, and this won’t. I […]| Just Stimming…
Race as Biology Is Fiction, Racism as a Social Problem Is Real: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives on the Social Construction of Race by Audrey Smedley & Brian D. Smedley [ Smedle…| anthropolojamz
A Rape in Cyberspace: How an Evil Clown, a Haitian Trickster Spirit, Two Wizards, and a Cast of Dozens Turned a Database Into a Society by Julian Dibbell [ Dibbell, Julian. 1993. “A Rape…| anthropolojamz
‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within the Harry Potter Fandom by Zoe Alderton [ Alderton, Zoe. 2014. “‘Snapewives’ and ‘Snapeism’: A Fiction-Based Religion within …| anthropolojamz
The Egg and the Sperm: How Science has Constructed a Romance Based on Stereotypical Male-Female Roles by Emily Martin [ Martin, Emily. 1991. “The Egg and the Sperm: How Science has Const…| anthropolojamz
Learning and Identity: What does it Mean to Be a Half-Elf? by James Paul Gee [ Gee, James Paul. 2003. “Learning and Identity: What does it Mean to Be a Half-Elf?” Chapter 3 of What…| anthropolojamz
The Algorithmic Rise of the “Alt-Right” by Jessie Daniels [ Daniels, Jessie. 2018. “The Algorithmic Rise of the ‘Alt-Right'” in Contexts, Winter 2018 (March 28)] Point…| anthropolojamz