Tag: Cara Liebowitz
-
Ready, Sexy, Able Round-Up: November
Sex, Sexuality, and Disability New study investigating how to support people with disability to have sex Facilitated sex has been a hot button issue for a long time, with concerns ranging from ensuring disabled people’s privacy to supporting a safe (including sexually safe) workplace for attendants and assistants. Lead researcher, Dr Russell Shuttleworth, says the…
-
Asexuality, Poetry, and Maternal Identity: Breaking silences Day 1
Thoughts and observations from day one of Breaking Silences, Wright State University’s first sex and disability conference. I opted for participating in discussions over taking notes, so these session summaries are just that, summaries of the content and my reactions to it. Bringing (A)Sexy Back: Exploring Disability and Asexuality Cara Liebowitz of That Crazy Crippled…
-
September Ready, Sexy, Able Round-Up
September brought us news and views on the state of sex ed in the United states (not good), disabled women’s access to sexual health care (also not great), the complex mathematical calculations that go into whether and how to reveal a disability in an online dating profile, and more. Here on Ready Sexy, Able, we…
-
Disability and Beauty Standards
Cara Liebowitz of That Crazy Crippled Chick has some powerful things to say about beauty standards, expectations, and what many disabled bodies really looke like. IN her latest blog post, On Being “Ugly Disabled”, Cara tackles the idea that some disabled bodies are seen as acceptable, even beautiful (physical disability as a fetish is a…