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   Megan Lynch (she/her) (meganl@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 07:45:49 JST Megan Lynch (she/her)

   BTW, I'm aware the #Paralympics posts are fraught. I myself mask everywhere outside the trailer I live in. I have had to give up important training and opportunities in grad school because I won't take the risk of being in unmasked crowds outside of critical things like getting groceries and unavoidable med bldg stuff.

   I'm aware it can be painful to see society continue to pretend the pandemic was vanquished while COVID still spreads, and disabled/immunocompromised ppl are denied accessibility.

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     Megan Lynch (she/her) (meganl@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 07:45:48 JST Megan Lynch (she/her)

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     I get it, because I have and still suffer mental and physical health effects of how the pandemic has been mishandled by an ableist, capitalist society.

     I also know that I'm posting a lot of US stuff but that's because NBC has the rights here & Channel 4 UK, the Paralympic Games & other channels geo-block me from showing more. And even though the international aspect was what I always liked best about the Olympics (and now the Paralympics as well), US media always gets so parochial rah-rah.

     Bill repeated this.
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     Megan Lynch (she/her) (meganl@mas.to)'s status on Tuesday, 03-Sep-2024 07:45:48 JST Megan Lynch (she/her)

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     I hate it when they edit out other countries and tell the story only from the US POV.
     
     But I post the links despite things being fraught and imperfect because the Paralympics is the highest profile disability event in the world.

     I consider it a time to learn, a time to spread the message about ableism (including internalized ableism and lateral ableism).

     So I feel it's still important to link to even though I have many critiques to make about the origin of the event, how it's run, etc.