Still Living the Edges: A Disabled Women's Reader PDF
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STILL LIVING THE EDGES STILL LIVING THE EDGES A Disabled Women's Reader edited by DIANE DRIEDGER Copyright © 2021 Diane Driedger Except for the use of short passages for review purposes, no part of this book may be reproduced, in part or in whole, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronically or mechanically, including photocopying, recording, or any information or storage retrieval system,without prior permission in writing from the publisher or a licence from the Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency (Access Copyright). an Ontario government agency un organisme du gouvernement de l’Ontario We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. Front cover artwork: Kara Springer, Untitled, Ana & Andre series, 2015, 36 x 54 inches, archival pigment print. Artist website: www.karaspringer.ca. Val Fullard Front cover design: Cover Image: Diane Driedger, Fibro Pain Points (After Henri Matisse's Icarus, Jazz), Watercolour, 2017. Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication Title: Still living the edges : a disabled women's reader / edited by Diane Driedger. Names: Driedger, Diane, editor. Description: Includes bibliographical references. Identifiers: Canadiana (print) 20200330950 | Canadiana (ebook) 20200331027 | ISBN 9781771338332 (softcover) | ISBN 9781771338349 (EPUB) | ISBN 9781771338356 (PDF) Subjects: LCSH: Women with disabilities—Canada. | LCSH: Discrimination against people with disabilities—Canada. | LCSH: Sex discrimination against women—Canada. | LCSH: Sociology of disability—Canada. Classification: LCC HV1569.3.W65 S75 2021 | DDC 362.4082/0971—dc23 Printed and Bound in the United States. Published in Canada by Inanna Publications and Education Inc. 210 Founders College, York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Telephone: (416) 736-5356 Fax (416) 736-5765 Email: [email protected] Website: www.inanna.ca Note from the publisher: Care has been taken to trace the ownership of copyright material used in this book. The author and the publisher welcome any information enabling them to rectify any references or credits in subsequent editions. Dedicated to my mother, Darlene Driedger (1931-2018) Contents Acknowledgements xiii Introduction Diane Driedger xv Who We Are on the Edges I. Deaf Out Loud Joanna Hawkins 1 II. Pink Glitter Canes, and Red Matte Lips: Disabled Women and Fashion Megan Linton 8 III. Invalid Diane Driedger 11 IV. Dissing Diane Driedger 12 V. The Rat Kelley Jo Burke 13 vii STILL LIVING THE EDGES VI. Self-Portrait as Frida Kahlo Charlene Du Toit 23 VII. Cyborgia Hilary Brown 25 VIII. Another Same Day Alessia Di Virgilio 27 XI. “Strong Black Women”: African American Women with Disabilities, Intersecting Identities, and Inequality Angel Love Miles 31 X. Untitled (Mermaid) Jesse Turner 56 XI. Chronically Ill, Critically Crip? Revisiting the Poetry and Poetics of Dissonant Disabilities Emilia Nielsen 58 XII. question marks Jennifer Hammond Sebring 79 XIII. Granny Prowl: Indigena Disability Survivance Annharte (Marie Baker) 81 XIV. Blindness Gain and the Art of Non-Visual Reading Hannah Thompson 87 viii CONTENTS Naming the Edges: Barriers XV. Why Disabled Beauty Is Not an Oxymoron Kate Grisim 103 XVI. Refusing to Be Silent, Literally: A Reflection on the Frustration, Collaboration, and Action of Two Women with Speech Disabilities Michelle Hewitt 105 XVII. Chronic Illness: Grand Canyon Diane Driedger 116 XVIII. You Don’t Look Like You Have Dementia Phyllis Fehr 117 XIX. Living Poorly: Disabled Women on Income Support Sally Kimpson 119 XX. The Wall, My Roots Emily Gillespie 135 XXI. Women with Disabilities in Leadership: The Challenges of Patriarchy Shanaaz Majiet and Adelene Africa 138 XXII. The Year of the Straw in Two Voices Michelle Hewitt 158 XXIII. Wheeling Montréal as a Disabled Woman Laurence Parent 161 ix
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