The recent case of Oscar Pistorius fatally shooting Reeva Steenkamp has highlighted this tendency. Before this incident, Pistorius' disability was viewed in a predominantly positive light. He had been described as a 'supercrip' who had, despite his physical impairments, 'overcome' his mobility ...
Oscar Pistorius: What Really Happened?的剧情简介 ··· Police say the death of Reeva Steenkamp was premeditated murder. The accused, her boyfriend Oscar Pistorius, says it was an innocent accident. A documentary team has been in Pretoria, South Africa, digging deeper into a death that shocked...
In September 2015, an old guy with a beard shook things up a bit. A fairly normal bloke who lives in a fairly normal house became leader of the Labour Party. Every time I’ve seen or heard him speak, he seems like a genuinely decent human being – a trait sadly lacking in any othe...
Gleick, James,Faster: the acceleration of just about everything, Pantheon, 1999. Discussion of book on video here. Greenfield, Susan,Mind Change: how digital technologies are leaving their mark on our brains, Rider, 2014. Videohere. Greenstein, Shane,How the Internet Became Commercial: innovation...
They sterilized thousands of Roma women in this way. The Czech ombudsman estimated that more than 90,000 women from former Czechoslovakia became infertile as a consequence of such interventions. If the evidence for such treatments performed in the past is not alarming enough, there seems to be ...
Cyborg anxiety: Oscar Pistorius and the boundaries of what it means to be human. Disability & Society 23, 187-190.Swartz, L., & Watermeyer, B. (2008). Cyborg anxiety: Oscar Pistorius and the boundaries of what it means to be human. Disability and Society, 23(2), 187-190....
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