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firewatchers asked:

I would love to read chapter 31, and in fact the whole book. I don't expect you to send me the whole book in pdf and I don't mind paying for it if you let me know where you'd prefer me to purchase it from :D

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I'm delighted that people liked the Manifesto so much and want to support my writing / more of this kind of writing in general. But I do fully encourage you to pirate this and all other academic writing.

As far as I'm aware, the only place to buy the journal is directly from Brill, where the PDF is €120. Academic publishing being what it is, none of the contributors see a single red cent.

If you want to support the journal, you could try asking your university (if you have one) or other library to acquire a copy.

I'm a co-author on two articles in the journal, so I can say with 100% confidence that none of the authors on Chapter 1 or Chapter 31 will mind you pirating their chapters. On top of that, I only have these PDFs because one of the editors chose to give us all access to them, and encouraged us to share them as we see fit.

Here's the link to download the PDF:

Copy of Redefining Disability digital edition.pdf
Google Docs

and if you'd prefer to download individual chapters, they are here:

Redefining Disability - Google Drive
drive.google.com

Do let me know if there's a problem with the drive; this is my first time trying to make so many PDFs widely available, and google has been the opposite of helpful as I try to juggle multiple accounts.

Also, worth noting that the post is pretty much Chapter 31 in its entirety. I left out one paragraph that didn't feel relevant outside the context of the journal and I fixed a typo. <3

#writing stuff#committee for the sick and useless#Ask#queerfirewatchers
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oh no i asked the course coordinator if it's necessary to include a particular thing in my assignment and he said "Yes, that's fine" so now I still don't knooooooooow

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Reblogged intimatevoid
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i feel like we don't appreciate these days how much the twin towers sucked, like, design-wise

they were contemporarily hated for just being these giant grey monoliths

like there probably could've been an easier way to get rid of them, but they probably needed to go either way

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crying at this. the curb is brutalist. the sidewalk is brutalist. house made of concrete bricks is brutalist. lmao??

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Reblogged gilraina
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sometimes when reading classic superhero porn fic scenario "hero is auctioned off to a group of bad guys who are bidding for the right to do evil 😉 things to them 😍" i'm like i love this but man it's so common, who started this trope? what porn fic got this thing going? is it from the livejournal era, perhaps? from the days of print zines? and then i pick up an innocent dc comic to read and like okay nevermind dc was stroking it to that idea before any of us got the chance to invent it

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The answer to “where did superhero comics fandom get this weird/fucked up and/or porn fantasy fic trope is always, always “an actual real comic that Marvel or DC actually published.”

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Reblogged valtsv
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hikari-ni-naritai

Why is it necessary that a piece of art "condemns" or "normalizes" something. Is it not enough for art to say "here are some fucked up people in some fucked up situations for your enjoyment"? The art doesn't have to judge them and neither do you. It's for your enjoyment.

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hikari-ni-naritai

"This art is Acceptable because it portrays the bad thing as BAD" "this art is Forbidden because it portrays the bad thing as GOOD" well fuckers I'm engaging with art that portrays the bad thing as A Spectacle. Come engage with me.

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Reblogged merulanoir
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I fucking hate James Tissot’s paintings because in ALL OF THEM there is ALWAYS someone staring right at you, but it’s not always immediately visible. You just feel watched by this mf. Sometimes the little shit is right there at the centre, but others the bastard is just gazing from the distance, it is CREEPY, my guys

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STOP STARING AT ME, THIS IS DISCONCERTING AS FUCK

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I think this is hilarious. We’ve been caught.

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In James Tissot paintings, art observes you.

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tweaking the design of these guys a bit. They're a tiny, solitary, sapient alien that evolved to survive in an endless windstorm. I initially imagined them as sea dwelling, but I think they might work well with a setting I've been tossing around, a little planet dominated by oceans of wheat

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Reblogged merulanoir
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Soapghost 102: banter

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just want you to know i successfully befriended a student because of these posts. i think i have been cemented as her second favourite adult at the school bc i saw stickers of these guys on her laptop and said "Oh hey those are the sexy COD guys! The scottish one and the.... other one ? IDK their names but I have a mutual who posts about them, and they could get it." and she fucking loved it!

and now whenever she's in a bad mood or she's kinda dissociating I'm like "How bout those COD guys, hey?" and it helps!

#there was one particularly sexy post that made me remember them#that was ages ago tho#and listen. getting into this gal's circle of trust is not easy.#every little bit helps!#and its so great to have something i know she's keen on
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Reblogged egberts
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saw a video about a singer who canceled the fireworks show at her concert because she noticed that a stray dog was quietly watching her performance and she didn’t want to scare him away and maybe maybe there’s still hope for humankind

❝ Brazilian singer Taty Girl left her fans speechless during a concert when she made an unexpected decision: she suspended the fireworks show she had planned to protect a homeless dog who was attending the show. While singing, Taty noticed the presence of a dog she named “Caramelo,” who was calmly watching from a distance. Without hesitation, she told her audience: “We will not launch any more fireworks, Caramelo does not like them. Out of respect for him, we will not use them. You can see that he is there quietly, enjoying the show.” Taty’s gesture was applauded by the audience, who not only admired her sensitivity, but also suggested that she adopt the dog. According to reports, the singer listened to the voices of her fans and decided to take Caramelo home, ensuring him a life full of love and care. ❞ Vía 🎥 tt/tatygirloficial”

— Source

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Reblogged hypokeimena
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I love the random replacements for clichés writers insert in science fiction shows. like when a 21st-century human would say "stop pacing you'll wear a hole in the floor" but in a space show the alien/future human says "you're oscillating like a Betelgeusian night badger" or some shit. like fuck yeah he is. amazing drive-by worldbuilding. I'm gonna spend the next half hour wondering why the Betelgeusian night badger evolved to do that

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Reblogged valtsv
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“Babel” by Cildo Meireles (2001)

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Tags courtesy of @a-kind-of-merry-war that really explain this artwork!

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this doesn’t do it justice!!! look at this beast! i went to see it a year ago and its a phenomenal experience, 10/10!!

it lights up and everything, all the different parts are making noises - like there’s classical music AND rock music layering over each other, old talk shows and just radio static! god i love babel so much!

and what’s even better is that the higher up you go, the more modern the machines get - like it’s old radios at the bottom and iphones/ipods at the top and they ALL still make noise like can you IMAGINE

anyway yeah if you get a chance to see it definitely go see it!

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