Grant Gates
@grantfgates
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PhD, Occasional Adjunct @cst_news. Studying disability in the Deuteronomistic History. My wife and daughter tolerate me. Hebrew Bible. Dodgers. PCA.
LA, CA, USA
Joined May 2011
Very happy to share my first published paper!
@grantfgates, “Davidic Kings with Disability: Illness, Disability, & Ideal Monarchs.” @MKorpman, “Epilepsy as Punishment from God: A Disability Reading of 2 & 3 Macc."
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in biblical texts. So anyway, this isn't about excitement for Autistic Barbie or outrage against Autistic Barbie; but I think we should be aware of the limitations and problems of representations, especially of non-universal, often marginalizing human experiences. (7/7)
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additionally add representational layers. Those representations can be helpful or problematic, etc., and generally we should try to strip past representation to engage actual embodied practices, relations lived experiences, etc. with respect to disability even when found (6/7)
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How this connects to my dissertation research was that I argued that reading passages relevant to disability in the Bible should be done non-representationally, recognizing that the Bible represents disability in certain ways, and our readings of the Bible (5/7)
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So Autistic Barbie can do some good, introducing young children to fidgets and AACs and headphones as typical parts of human experience. But Autistic Barbie can do some bad in making people think they know Autism when they really don't. (4/7)
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In other words, Autistic Barbie represents autism as an identity defined by some objects. That's neither good nor bad; but it's not a real picture of autism. There isn't a singular autistic identity. There isn't a singular disabled identity. Lived experiences are diverse (3/7)
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There's a lot of observations in the Dr. Jess post I would agree with, and others I wouldn't. What's important to me is what does Autistic Barbie do? Autistic Barbie presents autism as its paraphernalia: headphones, AAC, fidget spinner, etc. (2/7)
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Because this is tangentially related to my dissertation, I wanted to throw a few thoughts out there. Rather than asking "Is Autistic Barbie good or bad?", I think a better question is "What does Autistic Barbie do?" (1/7)
‘Autistic Barbie’ by Mattel just landed. So, let’s get into it. She is thin. Conventionally attractive. Feminine. Long straight haired. Neatly presented. Barbie-proportioned. Minidress and long legs. And what marks her out as autistic? Headphones. A fidget spinner. And I
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Probably not insignificant that the “Beloved" in Song of Songs is described at various times with gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
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Work this week is great, because hardly anyone else is here, and nobody who is here is talking or socializing. Peace on earth! Good will to men!
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Found interesting wordplay in Deleuze and Gauttari's book of Kafka's literature on the French "tour," which can refer to a turn or to a tower. Probably animates significant thoughts in Milles Plateaux as well. Read primary sources in their original languages! (Pastors, take note)
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The more I read Deleuze the less I understand how people without a math background can understand him
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Comments so mad about stories and illustrations, but the real question should be whether the metaphor of metaphor as bag of teaching content is apt, no? Are metaphors bags containing content, or do they productively allow the proliferation of content, or something else?
Pastors: You know how when you go to the grocery store you need bags to get the food home? You congregation similarly needs stories & metaphors to bag up what you're teaching. If you don't give them one *at least* every 5 mins, they will tune out & forget your words.
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Juan Soto took 800 million and destroyed the Mets in one year wow
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Me: Do you know what money is? 3yo: Mommy? Me: No, what money is? 3yo: Money is? Me: Yeah, do you know what money is? 3yo: No Me: Money is a quantifiable coding of the flow of desire between bodies 3yo: Oh
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On my way to #aarsbl25 to present twice, preside twice at the conference and also to thank Boston for Mookie Betts. Maybe I can offer my thanks at Fenway?
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Laura Robinson methodically taking on all these people falsely accusing churches and ngos of not caring about people because they don't give money to scammers is one of her finest hours
@rays5906 @sololoner2 What's your phone number? I actually know a lot of people who could use some help with food this month. Can you post it publicly? I'll retweet it.
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51 million viewers for Alex Vesia, #51?
Game Seven of the #WorldSeries presented by Capital One averaged 51.0 million viewers in the U.S., Canada, and Japan, making it the most-watched MLB game in 34 years.
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