The next Ashley X

Her name is Katie Thorpe . Other bloggers have been covering this latest story. Penny has the link collection here . Let her know if you got...

Hospital violated state law performing "Ashley Treatment"

I will do more than simply post the links on this soon, but the news for now from the Washington Protection and Advocacy System (soon to b...

Coming Tuesday -- Info pulled upon request

The full info on Tuesday. Update: Info here .

More writing on Ashley X

As people incorporate the Ashley Treatment into their thinking about disability or just spend a little time with the ethics of it all, more ...

Saturday Slumgullion #29

First some new links regarding Ashley X: "Straight on till mourning" by John Hockenberry at his place, The Blogenberry: Disabilit...

Doctors involved with Ashley Treatment not as unified in support as previously indicated

From today's Salon.com, Rebecca Clarren reports in "Behind the Pillow Angel" that: Doctors at the Seattle hospital that opera...

Eyes on whose prize, part 2

It was during the transphobia/delink Twisty debates across feminist bloglandia last December that Kactus at Superbabymama happened to note ...

Eyes on whose prize

I want to speak my own truth, and honor the words of others when they speak theirs. I want to be an ally, but I don't want to get in the...

Slumgullionish miscellanea (#24)

William Peace's "Protest from a bad cripple: The Ashley Treatment and the making of a pillow angel" in CounterPunch : Doctors...

. . . And you're tired too

But really, this article out of the Beach Center for Disability at Kansas University is the best discussion of the issues the Ashley X case...

Patston on Ashley

This is short , but worth reading.

I am tired

Because fear and hatred of disabled people hides in people's hearts in the same way as sexism, transphobia and racism: Ashley is not a ...

On the Chicago protest against AMA

From the Associated Press A report from protestor and FRIDA member Amber Smock on the events of the day: We targeted the AMA because it san...

Disability bloggers quoted on CNN

Earlier this week, David at Growing up with a Disability , Penny of Disability Studies, Temple U. , and Nufsaid at Ramblings were noted by ...

FRIDA protests Ashley Treatment at AMA tomorrow

From the press release : At 1 p.m. on Thursday, January 11, Feminist Response in Disability Activism (FRIDA), with the support of other dis...

More linkage on Ashley

Time magazine: " Pillow Angel Ethics, Part 2, " Part 1 here . DREDF statement (Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund) C...

Still thinking on Ashley

I'm crossposting this comment of mine from a discussion I'm participating in elsewhere: One thing I find so frustrating about the wi...

Ashley Treatment discussion at Pandagon

I regularly enjoy reading the feminist posts and discussions at Pandagon, but the recent coverage there of the story of Ashley X and the me...

The Ashley Treatment

Not a good time to write in detail about what I think, here are some other folks who have expressed what's on my mind better than I cou...

On mental capacity

I felt on top of the discussion yesterday afternoon , but it's shot way ahead of me by midnight last night. I'll get into it more, b...