Freddie deBoer has written about this gentrification of disability, which puts the trivial disabilities of people like these authors in the foreground, and trivializes the struggles of profoundly disabled people. https://freddiedeboer.substack.com/p/the-gentrification-of-disability Why this ...
The rise and fall of Adrian Fenty, Mayor-Triathlete: cycling, gentrification and class politics in Washington DC Promoting cycling and building bike lanes would seem to be an uncontroversial way for progressive mayors to build up their 'green' and 'smart city' reputat... Gibson,A Timothy - ...
Anyhow, I hope your 2015 is off to a great start, even if it’s not off to as great a start as Zuck’s. Let’s all plan to create, consume, and converse more this year.On the Legacy of San Francisco, Gentrification, the Ellis Act, and Eviction Notices Posted: October 28, 2014 ...
The subject is controversial to the point of being taboo. Several people told me they’d never had a conversation about climate change until I came around asking. Others, like Yellow Hat, had anti-climate-science arguments locked and loaded. “It’s propaganda,” she told me. Like …...