Anti-telethon blogging

Sigh. It's that time of year again. Miss Crip Chick and Kara Sheridan are leading the online protest against this tiresome Weekend of Celebrating Pity through the Jerry Lewis MDA telethon by asking bloggers to write about charity, pity, the medical model of disability, the tyranny of the belief that we all need a cure, and the asshattery of Jerry Lewis. That's for tomorrow, Monday, the United States' Labor Day.






Image description: A yellow banner with black type reads "SEPTEMBER 3RD, 2007, join the campaign against the MDA telethon, write against ableism, charity & medical model of disability, see: http://crip.power.com for more information"

I'd encourage everyone to discuss this. Even if you're unsure of what it's all about or how you feel about it, it's past time everyone was aware that telethons are problematic and contribute to the oppression of disabled people.

Update: Norwegianity readers, welcome! My post for the blogswarm is here. The main page for the blogswarm entries is at Kara's place.