Preschoolers: What happens when people get old?

Image description: A large piece of butcher paper hangs in an outdoor display of drawings by preschoolers prompted by the question "Wha...

Disability journals

The Fall 2007 issue of the Society for Disability Studies' journal, Disability Studies Quarterly , is available free online. The topic i...

Nobel laureate James Watson and the big liberal tent

Last month, scientist James Watson , who won the Nobel back in 1962 for his work in understanding the Double Helix structure of DNA, was bus...

Friday music: Crash Test Dummies

Another great song about difference, bodily or otherwise: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm by Crash Test Dummies Once there was this kid who Got into an acc...

Lately, at the Compound

I love unpredictability in my friends. People who say or do things it wouldn't immediately occur to me to say or do either intrigue or f...

Don't join Yaari

If you got an email from me to join something called Yaari, please ignore it. I got that same email, explored it and gave out a bit too much...

Another typical story of health care in the U.S.

At Feministe, La Lubu tells the story of her daughter's premature birth , relating the loss of her job, fight for health care benefits, ...