In a message dated 29/03/04 09:57:48 GMT Standard Time, [log in to unmask]
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> Dear Pauline, Any ideas for this woman? i am currently doing an MA in
> Women's Studies based at Bangor University. my first thought is that
> very few feminist work applies to or even mentions disabled women's
> experiences. my next essay will be an attack on the continued oppression
> of disabled and deaf women within the feminist movement. if you have any
> suggestions for websites, contacts, books, articles which you recommend
> i will be eternally grateful.
>
>
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> as a disabled single parent i am long versed in the issues of
> disability, impairment and exclusion and want to be a part of a new
> movement of disabled and deaf women who make a difference, who can
> challenge existing literature and thought about our lives, experiences,
> differences and most significantly our exclusion.i know there are a few
> of us around and i am currently setting up a disabled women's group here
> in north wales. but often i feel isolated even at university because
> everything i read seems to be about other women and other women's
> experiences and oppression and not my own.
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> if you know of any local, regional, national or international groups
> which are also looking at our issues and trying to get heard within the
> feminist movement can you also let me know as i am just starting out
> with this research and already i am hitting dead ends. i recently joined
> the university of glamorgan welsh women's history museum and asked what
> info and resources they had about deaf and disabled women and they
> simply replied "there is a real gap about disabled women's history" as
> though stating that is enough!! grrr
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> so i think part of my disertation will be to address not only why this
> gap exists, but still exists and new ways to put across our own stories
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> any help much appreciated
>
Dear Brenda,
There are a million and one disability and feminist texts - I suggest she
uses types in these words in her library system and she will find a multitude of
texts. I think it is really important for her to take on board the
similarities between disability studies and feminism - both exploring social
oppression, and the socially created underpinnings of this oppression. I think it is
important to highlight this linkage - i.e. our fight against biological
determinism.
Regarding texts for her work - anything by Jenny Morris, Susan Lonsdale (look
in the back of disability books you locate for their bibliographies - should
find something useful) -There are so many - but advice is to contact the
disability research website which is on [log in to unmask] (though
when requesting info she be very clear about what she wants to explore -
should get quite a few responses). Or key into website engines - the words -
feminism and disability - I'm sure they will be available at the university. It
is very important to learn and use these skills as an academic and as an
activist - locating information etc etc.
Anyway, I hope this helps. Have you directed her toward the UK Dis Movement
website and also GLAD
Anyway gotta go.
Cheers
P
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