#miamingus

Posted @withregram • @decolonizing_fitness Interdependence is ultimately about “we,” instead of “me.” It understands that we are bound together, by virtue of existing on this planet. Interdependence is generative and grounded in care for one another. It doesn’t live in obligation or entitlement, but rather a loving willingness and a sacred giving.” - Mia Mingus ‘You Are Not Entitled To Our Deaths: COVID, Abled Supremacy & Interdependence’ — As @mia.mingus highlights in this must read article Abled supremacy reinforces our since of Abled entitlement and the myth of human independence in the midst of this global pandemic. — “When you choose to gamble with your own health, you only take into consideration your own risks and never the risks of others. Abled entitlement ensures risk assessment will always be, “Will I get sick? I will be able to recover OK. My family will be OK. My children will be OK.” Never, “Will they be OK? Will their children be OK? Will their family be OK? Will everyone they might also interact with be OK?” Never, “Could this harm their country? Their state? Their continent?” Shielded by your abled privileged bravado, “it can’t happen to me. I’m healthy.” Never, “Who might I be exposing? I might be OK, but someone else may not…” — “We should be framing this pandemic in terms of interdependence…Interdependence acknowledges that our survival is bound up together, that we are interconnected and what you do impacts others. If this pandemic has done nothing else, it has illuminated how horrible our society is at valuing and practicing interdependence.” — “Interdependence asks us to imagine new ways forward with intention and soulful commitment to each other. We need you. We need all of us. There is no getting out of this pandemic alone. There is no stopping the spread or pushing our government, schools and businesses to do more, alone. We need each other. We need each other…” — #endableism #miamingus #disabilityjustice #disability #disabilityjusticeissocialjustice #decolonizingfitness #abledsupremacy #interdependence https://www.instagram.com/p/CZDzVjCrUJeWWw4nFp0CXVvJ5wQOQTovLjXt-Q0/?utm_medium=tumblr

Posted @withrepost • @disabilityaware_ Discovering the phrase access intimacy has changed my worldview. @mia.mingus began using this term several years ago and it speaks to the core human connection of access. Beyond the logistical application or tick box of accessibility requirements. It goes to the heart of it. Read her full piece/ Listen to her speak about Access intimacy, interdependence and Disability justice. It will blow your mind. #DisabilityAware #Disability #DisabilityJustice #MiaMingus https://www.instagram.com/p/B1xM4ARDdDXtlXGh20pFnrLhTUllHaQMcmHkv00/?igshid=dfvi0qugydvt

#Repost @mia.mingus (@get_repost) ・・・ It will happen. We will end sexual violence. We will end child sexual abuse. I have no doubt about this. I may not be alive to see it, but I will do everything i can in my lifetime to make it that much more possible. . We cannot end domestic and sexual violence with prisons. We must be able to define justice outside of the courts. We must build community responses to violence *within our own communities* that are human, transformative, generative and visionary. . If you’d like to join us, follow @transformativejustice and sign-up for our email list at our website: BATJC.wordpress.com. . thanks for the love and for creating this image, @everydayfeminismofficial 💕 . . [Image: Quote from Mia Mingus in orange font that says, "The visions of transformative justice often feel sci-fi to many–a world without child sexual abuse, a world free of sexual violence. We are building a reality that we have never seen before." The quote is framed by a light blue wire pattern and background is navy blue.] . . #TransformativeJustice #BATJC #MiaMingus #PrisonAbolition https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPhXVXgfwdCagilwVGjYMYCq2u6_18SP7ejng0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1mrrfmydxh03y

#Repost @mia.mingus (@get_repost) ・・・ thanks again for interviewing me, @weceremony! 💞🌿✨ . LINK IN BIO: https://www.weceremony.com/spotlight/mia-mingus . . [image by @weceremony of a photo of me next to text that reads, “Sometimes I think we frame “self care” as an “event.” I am going to take the whole day off to do art! But self care for me can also be watering my plants for 15 minutes in the afternoon sun, eating my favorite dessert while listening to a favorite song, taking 20 minutes to handwrite my friend a letter, doing my laundry, cooking food for myself, or taking the long way home so I can pass by one of my favorite trees. Cultivating a daily, hourly, weekly ethic of care for myself and my wellbeing has been much more sustainable for me, especially as a disabled person, than only holding out for grand gestures of self care scattered throughout the year. -Mia Mingus” In the photo i have on a denim buttoned up shirt, glasses and long brown hair.] . #MiaMingus . . #Repost @weceremony ・・・ This month we're talking about maintaining healthy relationships and #selfcare. We got to hear from @mia.mingus and learn about how and when she checks in with herself 🌱Read the full #Spotlight interview at weceremony.com/spotlight https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPg9M3gPeWi0tiK6twz-PJpIFSzHt1WBOrOmI0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mjvxedhlmd7g

#Repost @mia.mingus (@get_repost) ・・・ thanks for the love, @globalfundwomen ⚡️ . . [quote that reads, “ableism is connected to all of our struggles because it undergirds notions of whose bodies are considered valuable, desirable and disposable. how do we build across our communities and movements so that we are able to fight for each other without leveraging ableism? -Mia Mingus.” in the corner it text reads, “global fund for women, champions for equality”] . . #DisabilityJustice #Ableism #Disability #MiaMingus https://www.instagram.com/p/BpKFpiBB9cK1oOE3SCBTeSrjK6OBek9uW8emb80/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=re3bfofrrxb2

#Repost @mia.mingus (@get_repost) ・・・ always remember: PRACTICE yields the sharpest analysis. There is no substitute for time-in and experience. study your craft and do. the. work. Practice outranks theory any day. . thanks for this photo, @yofiggy 💕 . [photo of me speaking in front of a screen that says, "Building Transformative Justice for the Long Haul: Putting TJ into Practice."] . #transformativejustice #communityaccountability #buildingalternatives #miamingus #practice #theory #practiceyeildsthesharpestanalysis

#Repost @mia.mingus (@get_repost) ・・・ thanks for the love, @poconlineclassroom! 💜💜💜 (link in profile) . [image from @poconlineclassroom of white text on a purple background of lines from my essay, "Forced Intimacy: An Ableist Norm," that read: "Forced intimacy was one of the many ways i learned that consent doesn't not exist for my disabled asian girl bodymind. / i learned how to simultaneously shrink myself and nonconsentually open myself up as a disabled girl of color every damn day. / Able bodied people treat access as a logistical interaction, rather than a human interaction." -mia mingus.] . #miamingus #forcedintimacy #disability #disabled #ableism #girlsofcolor #womenofcolor #access #accessibility #disabilityjustice #consent #queerean #gaysian #asiangirls #asianwomen #korean #adoptee . ----- #Repost @poconlineclassroom (@get_repost) ・・・ In our reading of the week, activist Mia Mingus (@mia.mingus ) discusses the idea of “forced intimacy” that disabled people face daily living in an ableist world. Forced intimacy is just that - physical or mental intimacy that able bodied people assume is not up for debate. For example, someone may start pushing a disabled person’s wheelchair or grab their arm to support them without their consent. Or in a less physical sense, disabled people are expected to justify their accessibility needs and, as Mingus says, perform emotional labor in order to be likeable to receive those necessary supports. Mingus provides personal reflection into her experiences as a disabled woman of color who from a young age was taught that her consent didn’t matter. (Another great piece by Mingus is "Access Intimacy," which can also be found on her blog Leaving Evidence)

"We cannot fight for liberation without a deep, clear understanding of disability, ableism and disability justice. The bodies of our communities are under siege by forces that leverage violence and ableism at every turn. Ableism is connected to all of our struggles because it undergirds notions of whose bodies are considered valuable, desirable and disposable." - Mia Mingus, writer, public speaker, community educator and organizer working for disability justice and transformative justice #MiaMingus