conuly

But first - an update on my Bonne-maman.

Well, actually, I don't have one. Every time I call my mother, I get grumbles and incoherent muttering, but no details of what's going on. I surmise from this that there's no crisis *right now*, but that nothing's actually better, either.

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I have an article on dolls that represent disabled children. Edit: Found error (finally) and fixed.

Here's a good example of somebody Missing the Point, in a really stunning way, too:

"In early research into race stereotypes, in which black children were asked to choose from three dolls - one black, one brown and one white - and say which doll they would be most like, almost all chose the white doll,” Smith says. “This research is old and things may be different now, but it suggests that children want to identify with themselves as a positive, generally accepted image, ie, non-disabled, except in a short-term disability.”

I don't even know how I could possibly respond to that.

Meanwhile, apparently there is drama afoot in