Phillippa Wiseman
@phillywiseman
Disability, gender, toilets, embodiment, inclusive disabled feminist and inclusive toilet politics. Critical methodologies. Sociologist. Views my own.
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18-10-2013 15:19:10
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🧵 The UN, via UN Human Rights, has released the following statement: “Palestinians with disabilities subject to unbearable consequences of the ongoing hostilities and violence in the OPT.” Here are some key excerpts:
“If disabled people were represented in politics according to their proportion of the UK population, there would be about 136 disabled MPs. There were, in fact, just five in 2021.” Lucy Webster theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
BREAKING: The Lancet has just published this article "conservatively" estimating that the death toll in the Gaza genocide could be 186,000 people or more. That's 8% of the population, obliterated. These are apocalyptic figures. thelancet.com/journals/lance… thelancet.com/journals/lance…