Cripchick is a powerchair-roaring disabled queer woman of color activist and writer. She grew up in North Carolina and lived on the world's largest US Army military installation for 18 years. After becoming politicized around disability, she went from being the to secretary of her county's Teenage Republican club and attending the Bush inauguration in DC to lefty organizing around the interlocking nature of ableism, racism, heterosexism and capitalism.
After pouring the last five years of her life into organizing with the Disabled Young People's Collective, she is currently taking a break from traditional organizing to write, make media and deepen relationships. She works for a national organization run by and for youth activists with disabilities and does consulting work on the side.
To The Other Side of Dreaming
Cripchick has been doing most of her blogging as of late on To The Other Side of Dreaming, an epistolary journal between her and Mia Mingus, another queer physically disabled Korean American woman of color. Their blog chronicles both Mia and cripchick's move from the South to the San Francisco Bay Area and what it has meant to build home with each other. To find out more, please visit To the Other Side Of Dreaming.
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dopegirlfresh
30 Nov 08 at 12:05 AM
Oh, this seems much better than Twitter, but how do I join?
The Gonzo Girl
30 Nov 08 at 3:32 PM
Did it!!
:P
The Gonzo Girl
30 Nov 08 at 4:45 PM
your tumblr layout is so cute! how’d ya do that??
*jealous* : )
cripchick
30 Nov 08 at 5:19 PM
i r not =(^..^)=, but you’re the only person so far who’s made it look like a place to be. (wherever you are… cue sappy music)
amandaw
30 Nov 08 at 6:02 PM
lolll i feel speeecial :)
check out bfp too:
http://brownfemipower.tumblr.com
oh! and sparkle too:
http://dopegirlfresh.tumblr.com
cripchick
30 Nov 08 at 6:53 PM
He, thanks!
It’s really easy, if you click “customize”, (top right corner) you can change the colours, by clicking on “appearance”.
Hope that made any sense, I’m terrible at explaining stuff.
…tumblr, it’s so much fun!
:)
The Gonzo Girl
30 Nov 08 at 7:36 PM
love your queer poem. righteous and full on rebel!
i’m on tumblr, O guess the name. ;) still dont know what its for tho…
nezua
1 Dec 08 at 8:36 AM
is it strange that when i saw yr comment in moderation, i clapped and shouted YAY! first comment on the new blog!!!!”
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cripchick
1 Dec 08 at 8:38 AM