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Ok that hit most of my "are you going to talk about POC, gender, and diagnosis restrictions?" concerns though I always feel weird about that sort of thing being relegated to its own chapter separate from the rest (but also I don't totally get the organizational categories being used here)

Ok chapter 2 is where it's at

It's interesting how annoying some of the author's writing quirks are to read, because my own writing has a lot of these same tendencies

The author has a really compelling voice and also there are so many tiny words (in the physical copy, I can't read this sort of thing in ebook form)

Well that was certainly a chapter. I am just assuming it was a disciplinary requirement to include that information but it is the one I am least likely to go back to

It is so refreshing to follow someone as they unflinchly and unequivocably note how identity-based prejudices interfere with cognitive reasoning, how prejudiced attitudes prevent critical thinking to the extent that you might think the truth is a lie if it comes from outside what that prejudiced viewpoint allows

I can recognize why this received accolades while at the same time it mostly left me cold

Progress is slow but steady

Katje is very unlikeable in a very familiar way

But is the not making eye contact, pausing to organize your thoughts mid-utterance, actually a reliable stereotype (that the speaker is dishonest)? I haven't found that to be the case, personally (my personal "reliable stereotype" is the reverse anyway)

This is going a lot better than the first time I tried to read this, which is kind of amazing given how hard a time I am having focusing right now

I really appreciate how precise and clear Fricker's writing is. It is hard to read because the ideas are complicated and require deep concentration, but is also easy to read in terms of the way the words on put on the page

Oh this is going to be one of those books

Sociofugal (grid-like) vs sociopetal (radial) design

The critiques of Autism Speaks based on it having 501(c)(3) status and engaging in lobbying in support of its fundamental mission are making me cringe a bit. Yes you are not a tax lawyer but surely one works at your university? Or you know people who've held leadership roles in professional orgs? This is all normal

You might be losing the culture war if you are understood fundamentally to be a condition, rather than a person.

My brain has been a struggle all day but also for the first time this book seems easy

Neoliberal behaviorism as "hope and change" in the form of shock collars you can use on your patients/children, contact us for pricing

I can do about 10 pages a day of this one before my brain demands playtime

Diablumas = circus

Caring can be a poisoned way of asking to be cared for.

Making progress - only 48 hours left!

The characters and worldbuilding are interesting but the whole plot rests on a paper-thin super-obvious mystery and meh, this is why I rarely read mysteries

I really struggle sometimes with histories written by journalists, and this is going to be one of those, unfortunately. Doesn't help that the author is clearly not coming from a place informed about disability conversations

This is so much better than I had feared. Closer to book 1 than to whatever book 2 was doing

This step by step for how to create and lead campus UDL teams is super helpful

Man I really hope I love this like I loved book one instead of the confused meh feeling I got from book two, but I'm afraid PM might be one of those authors whose series start off strong and then meander into tears

I appreciate the reminder that increasing choices doesn't always mean increasing complexity

The thing about including references to specific text in books is that the landscape changes so quickly; not even ten years since publication and I don't know if anyone under 30 would get some of these references