Stimming Beauty
My son stims with beads. Most people see just a boring repetitive moment. But slow it down. Watch. Set it to Bach. #Neurodiversity #DownSyndrome #Autism #Parenting (Note: My son approves of this video).
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Murder in Kentucky
I mostly share pieces now via Twitter and Facebook, but am going to make a new site to share stories (Both mine and those of others) soon! Just waiting to see what next year brings at Pacific Standard. Meanwhile, here’s my latest: Speaking as an American Jew, one reeling and in mourning over the massacre …
Hutch for Sheriff
New at Pacific Standard: Hutchinson wants to show respect toward groups that feel excluded and bring them into the conversation. “I agree that black lives matter,” he says. “They [community groups including BLM] deserve a voice and deserve to be heard.” If elected, Hutchinson may have one advantage when it comes to drawing in the diverse …
Interview – Bruce Schneier and the Internet that Wants to Kill Us All!
NEW AT PACIFIC STANDARD! Is the problem that corporations want to sell the data generated from devices like an e-toothbrush? In computer security, we have something called the CIA triad: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability. Most of what we worry about with data is confidentiality. That’s the Equifax hack, or the Office of Personnel Management hack, …
Interview – Maysoon Zayid
I talked to the comedian Maysoon Zayid about her new ABC Comedy Can Can. Is this a comedy about identity? About your identities as a disabled Muslim woman? Is it political? Being Palestinian is inherently political, [but] it’s funny first—really, really funny. I am super excited to see what I didn’t see [on TV as …
My Brain
I was diagnosed with depression and anxiety on the day that Anthony Bourdain committed suicide. A personal essay about struggle, diagnosis, disclosure, and hopefully stabilization. New @PacificStand – https://t.co/KzpAIA2CYX — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) October 1, 2018 I wrote about my brain for Pacific Standard, with gratitude for the people who have cared for me. …
Hurricane Maria and the Human Choices that Kill
New from Pacific Standard: On February 2nd, 2018, AnÃbal Dones Flores, 54, woke up in San Lorenzo, Puerto Rico, with an asthma attack. It was almost half a year after Hurricane Maria had savaged the island, but Flores still didn’t have power in his house. His condition grew worse as he labored to awaken his …
Norm Macdonald and Dehumanizing Intellectual Disability
New piece on Norm Macdonald and his use of “Down syndrome” as a slur. Macdonald used the clinical term, Down syndrome, as an attempt to maintain his ability to make de facto “retard jokes”and use intellectual disability as a comedic punching bag without coming under criticism for doing so. In the aftermath of the Stern …
Donald Trump and the R-word
Donald Trump called Jeff Sessions “mentally retarded.” Does it matter? Maybe. Kinda. Yeah. “Bad words are the least of the problems for disabled Americans, their families, and their communities, coming out of Washington under Trump. People with disabilities who engage in policy and politics remain angry and worried about many aims of the Trump administration, …
It’s Ok to Study History!
Students pick majors based on what they think will get them jobs. They’re usually wrong. A strong piece from @benmschmidt at @TheAtlantic – https://t.co/9LbqsmuZiU — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) August 23, 2018 From the article: This may seem like a roundabout way to present the conventional wisdom that stem majors are the only safe bet …