Brainstorming
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I keep a running list of potential blogging topics. At least once a week, I go through and add new topics, and erase or rewrite topics I’ve changed my mind about. Here is what’s on my topic list today:
- Disability policy questions for election candidates.
- Tips for being a disability advocate without being an asshole.
- How I really feel about my disabilities.
- A preference for passion or policy?
- The difference between advocacy and activism.
- Notes for people who think ableism isn't a problem.
- My take on "Political Correctness."
- Which is worse, opposition or ignorance?
- Discredited ideas about disability.
- Intentions don't matter, except that they sort of do.
- How disability issues differ from other kinds of policy issues.
- Exploring pessimism and optimism in disability culture.
- "Educating" people is a profession and a calling, not an obligation.
- Is there a "Disability Agenda?"
- Exploring the different neighborhoods within the “disability community."
- Inspirational disability stories that don't make me want to throw up.
- I wish I could talk to my parents about how they dealt with my disabilities.
- Checking my privilege, disability edition.
- The disability version of “respectability politics."
- My take on “Intersectionality."
- The evolving arguments for disability rights.
- My most embarrassing disability-related moment.
- What do disabled people fear most?
What should I write about over the next few weeks? I would also like to learn about how other disability bloggers decide what to write. Please add your thoughts below!
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