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capri0mniMary's Child: The Privilege of Speech and Human Identity
...In which I finally get the injustice I witnessed, aimed at other kids with C.P. who can't speak, off my chest... After nearly forty years of only talking about it privately.
That injustice is the whole reason I made my "Grah" icon...
(For the benefit of folks viewing from the LJ side:
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Okay, which story should I do next, right before Christmas -- The Steadfast Tin Soldier (The soldier is Special, 'cause he only has One Leg, and he's the Bravest of All), or The Ugly Duckling (because of how it frames Difference Within the Family, and how it's used to "comfort" children who are going through illness and/or disability: "But if you're brave, and soldier through, you will Grow Out Of It, and be handsome and admired." Also, I think it was the trope source for "Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer," but that latter one is outside the scope of my blog)?
...In which I finally get the injustice I witnessed, aimed at other kids with C.P. who can't speak, off my chest... After nearly forty years of only talking about it privately.
That injustice is the whole reason I made my "Grah" icon...
(For the benefit of folks viewing from the LJ side:
Okay, which story should I do next, right before Christmas -- The Steadfast Tin Soldier (The soldier is Special, 'cause he only has One Leg, and he's the Bravest of All), or The Ugly Duckling (because of how it frames Difference Within the Family, and how it's used to "comfort" children who are going through illness and/or disability: "But if you're brave, and soldier through, you will Grow Out Of It, and be handsome and admired." Also, I think it was the trope source for "Rudolph, the Red-nosed Reindeer," but that latter one is outside the scope of my blog)?
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Date: 2011-12-16 03:51 am (UTC)I adore your GRAH! icon!
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Date: 2011-12-16 04:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 04:09 am (UTC)I adore my Grah beastie; I originally drew him as a Zazzle shirt design, and then, shrunk him down to icon size...
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Date: 2011-12-16 04:14 am (UTC)And perhaps The Ugly Duckling is better suited to the spring, anyway, with all those hatching eggs, at the beginning. (I know spring for me is autumn in the southern hemisphere, but I'm writing from my own environment)
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Date: 2011-12-16 04:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-16 04:25 pm (UTC)(Thank you)
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Date: 2011-12-18 01:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-12-18 03:31 am (UTC)Yeah -- feel free to share. Many hands make light work (or something)