Step It Up, Wimp!

[whirlwitch]

This is my post for Blogging Against Disablism Day 2009.

Renee, of Womanist Musings, has a post called Walking Away: The Luxury Of An Ally. It's based on two posts by vriane, available here and here. Astute readers who know what the word ally means will instantly note a problem with using these two posts as the base for an article about the privilege

Comments

[teal_cuttlefish]

I decided several years ago that shame and guilt are worthless for the person experiencing them, but very handy for whoever wants to manipulate the person using those emotions. I can't say I never experience them, but I fight them off as much as possible because they are not ever helpful to me, and I have coached others on the same thing

[whirlwitch]

You know those dreams where you look down and realize you're naked/underdressed? I have dreams where I suddenly realize "oh, shit, I don't have my cane!" and I anticipate the pain that trying to walk for any distance without it causes. My subconscious remembers what I need.

[teal_cuttlefish]

Yep, I dream I didn't bring my chair to school. Never mind I couldn't have gotten there without the chair, somehow I'm there without it. And why I dream of high school when I'm nearly 50 baffles me.

[vriane]

Hiyah, thanks for your message, I didn't know anything about those posts about my post (!), but I found those posts very interesting, and your reaction to them very sensible, in this post and in your comments to "Womanist Musing". Thanks again for an interesting analysis.

[izzady]

Thanks for this.

[tamerterra]

I agree with this so hard.