Friday Five for oct 12

[sasha_feather]

1. What was the best compliment you ever received?

A friend on twitter recently said they associate me with "radical kindness".

2. What are your five best talents?

Writing; taking care of plants; taking photos; finding good stuff at the thrift store; being patient with animals and people.

3. What do you wish most people knew about you, and why?

I mostly want to be known as as a good person who tries to do the right thing. Taking this question a different way, I would like if people had a greater understanding of anxiety and pain, and how much I struggle.

4. What has been your biggest accomplishment so far, and why does it mean so much to you?

Working on Access at WisCon. I think that in a small way, the Access team helped to change the world. We showed that events can do a great job with accessibility even on a small budget. We influenced other conventions and events. I hope that we helped some people "come out" as disabled, and helped non-disabled people have a greater understanding. It was a team and convention-wide effort, but I was a big part of it, and I'm very proud of that. My mentor was jesse_the_k.

We also created wonderful documentation for all we did, and put those ideas out into the world for other folks to use. You can see some of that documentation at: http://geekfeminism.wikia.com/wiki/Accessibility

5. If you could achieve anything in your life, what would it be?

Overthrow capitalism, obviously.

Comments

[davidgillon]

I think that in a small way, the Access team helped to change the world. We showed that events can do a great job with accessibility even on a small budget. We influenced other conventions and events.

Wiscon is one of the cons I think of as truly understanding what access means, as opposed to just working through the numbers.

Overthrow capitalism, obviously.

{Grins}

[jesse_the_k]

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[bibliofile]

Just capitalism? But what about kyriarchy?!
/silly

Yes, Access has helped change the world. For the better, even.