chronic illness and feminism?!

thanks to the wonderful blog over at feministing, a wonderful website has been brought to my attention!  it’s called chronic babe.

from the chronic babe website:

One of my biggest frustrations has been the frequent disbelief I encounter when I explain my condition to people. “You’re way too young to feel that way!” is a common refrain. “But you look fine,” is another. My favorite has to be, “I’m so sorry. That is so sad.” Raise your hand if you’ve heard this before. Maddening, isn’t it? Yes, I am young. Yes, I look fine. And yes, it is sad. But as time passes, I choose more often to focus on the positive: I am creative, and I have choices. And even when I’m cramping and blubbering and whining, I’m still a hottie.

more searching has lead me to FWD/forward, a website and community for feminists with disabilities.  i have found two fantastic articles that sounds like something i would have written, only much more articulate and with capital letters in the right places: how do i say my brain is not like yours? & you’re so ocd! nothing like trivializing an illness, dudes!

it just makes my day to witness fellow humans working for awareness.

food for thought/aliens/foxnews and the holocaust

“however many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act upon them?” -the dhammapada

interesting blog post by brad warner: “conscientious selfishness”.

“By learning to be very, very quiet it sometimes becomes easier to see what you — and by extension everyone and everything in the universe — truly want to do.”

also: god is angry.  see evidence below– a halo is hovering in the sky above moscow.

also, the “spawn” of rush limbaugh, glenn beck, kind of compared questioning fox news to the holocaust?