Links: Disability and Food Puns

I appreciate the eloquent exploration of the social model of disability by Sunaura Taylor and Judith Butler as they stroll through San Francisco, with bonus thrifting (on YouTube no CC) and transcript. It’s an excerpt from Astra Taylor’s EXAMINED LIFE, a documentary featuring 9 philosophers walking and talking.

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Someone on Ask.Metafilter needed book title text that punned on kitchen topics. Snarky MeFites delivered better than GrubHub, UberEats, and DoorDash combined. Amuse bouche:

• A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Flour
• The Wings They Carried
• Finnegan's Cake
• A Distant Mirepoix
• Pho of Flying
• All Quiet on the Western Bundt
• Teff in Venice
• The Adventures of Tom Yum Sawyer
• The Island of Doctor Merlot
• Of Rice and Naan

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I still haven’t seen Barbie yet, but I’ve enjoyed disabled people’s commentary!

Dr Therí A Pickens (on Medium) declares Disability Access in Barbieland Holds Up a Sober Mirror to Our World
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Poet Johnson Cheu explains why Becky Declines Barbie’s Dinner Invitation both print and audio. He’s referring to 1997’s Share-A-Smile Becky who comes with her own pink wheelchair. Travel blogger Karin Willison reviews all of the disabled Barbie-adjacent dolls.