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Inclusive Art Makes Space For All Bodies

Claire Cunningham–a Glasgow-based dancer, performer, and choreographer–is enacting her goal of inclusive performance in Guide Gods.

Kenny Fries
Jan 8, 2019 4 min read

Cocktail Culture Beyond Mass Consumption

Beyond individual bars making extremely considered choices regarding what they stock, sustainability has become a topic of conversation in the spirits...

Alicia Kennedy
Dec 18, 2018 5 min read

We Are a Space People

If science fiction's aim is to estrange, does a Navajo rendering of the Star Wars universe make strange the strange? Can...

Lou Cornum
Dec 11, 2018 4 min read

The Great Dying

How does a person live, during the great dying? Not exactly a framing that's going to make anyone feel more hopeful,...

Elizabeth Minkel
Dec 7, 2018 4 min read

What Our Tech Ethics Crisis Says About the State of Computer Science Education

The problem with "I'm just an engineer" isn't the engineer's inability to identify all relevant ethical implications–it's that they don't think...

Casey Fiesler
Dec 5, 2018 7 min read

When a Doctor Prescribes You Whiskey

It's obvious that drugs and alcohol can be therapeutic–people use them to make themselves feel better–but less obvious is how they...

Lola Pellegrino
Dec 4, 2018 4 min read

Science Is a Liar Sometimes

I've been struggling to find an example of a branch of science that hasn't been used for evil.

Ian Steadman
Nov 30, 2018 4 min read

Emotion Science Keeps Getting More Complicated. Can AI Keep Up?

What are emotions? This isn't just an academic exercise. It's central to the question of whether we'll ever build an artificial...

Richard Firth-Godbehere
Nov 28, 2018 10 min read

How Everyday Language Harms People with Disabilities

Inaccurate words not only sow misunderstanding but also dehumanize, which is probably why they are used-consciously or not-in the first place.

Kenny Fries
Nov 27, 2018 4 min read

When Food Is Commercialized, It Removes People from Their Culture

Because mass-produced food has become more convenient than cooking at home, and because many people work two or three jobs, those...

Alicia Kennedy
Nov 20, 2018 4 min read

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Choreographing the Physicality of My Bodies When disabled people dance, our use of technology and of the body changes what nondisabled people know. This new information is critical for all of us to understand how beauty, politics, culture, and technology... Read More

It’s Time to End Germany’s Culture of Benevolent Exclusion Imagine a society that doesn't need a fixed construction of "who is disabled" and "who is able," but one that looks at individual needs, regardless of diagnoses. There should be assistance and support for... Read More

Creating Shared Spaces With Every Form of Language The ABC sitcom Speechless serves as an important reminder of the vital ways in which disability invites us to reconsider how we relate to and with other people. Read More

Disability Futures We can't think about the future-of health, of technology, of community-without centering disability; it cuts across every other kind of experience. Disability is central to all of our lives. Read More

Remaking the Ideal Teacher If I fight for inclusion and equal access for my disabled students, I must extend these rights to myself. I must accept that I perform in nonstandard ways. I must be ready to talk... Read More

How We Think About the Future of Disability We ignore disabled writers at our peril. Disability is–physically, emotionally, and technologically–in the process of redefining our lives. Read More

Online Shopping For More Than Just Good Value Just as none of us has exactly the same combination of shopping habits and values, what we've lost as shopping becomes more and more a digital act is also more personal and specific–I only... Read More

Photo Essay: Scenes From Puerto Rico’s Foodways Puerto Rico has to be seen to be believed–and, to some extent, to be truly understood. Photographer MariÃ¡ngel Catalina Gonzales has the perfect eye for her home: a way of capturing both its truth... Read More

El Futuro de la Comida desde una Perspectiva Puertorriqueña Desde setas hasta pan y ron, los puertorriqueños estÃ¡n explorando nuevos caminos hacia la soberanÃa alimentaria. Read More

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