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capri0mniSo -- The Submissions Call for the Disability Blog Carnival went up today at Rolling Around in my Head. It reads, in part:
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Just write about the things you commemorate. I'd like this to be a joyous carnival - let's give the lie to the fact that we in the disability community live lives of quiet sorrow and tragedy. Let's make it clear that we are a raucous group of people who can party with the best of them.
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Oof. I guess that means If my grief over Mother's Death would not be a good match, then.
... Meanwhile, while my overall life is far from tragic, I have always really hated being in the middle of loud, raucous parties. I know he was going for the opposite of "quiet sorrow," for rhetorical effect... but still.
But I still want to contribute to this. So I have ten days or so to come up with something completely new.
So I guess this is my "Turn Signal."
(Quote)
Just write about the things you commemorate. I'd like this to be a joyous carnival - let's give the lie to the fact that we in the disability community live lives of quiet sorrow and tragedy. Let's make it clear that we are a raucous group of people who can party with the best of them.
(Unquote)
Oof. I guess that means If my grief over Mother's Death would not be a good match, then.
... Meanwhile, while my overall life is far from tragic, I have always really hated being in the middle of loud, raucous parties. I know he was going for the opposite of "quiet sorrow," for rhetorical effect... but still.
But I still want to contribute to this. So I have ten days or so to come up with something completely new.
So I guess this is my "Turn Signal."
