To whom does desire belong? How about love and care? These are the questions at the heart of “Disability Intimacy,” a new book of essays and ephemera collected by the San Francisco activist Alice Wong, and the answers are painfully obvious: Those human experiences are for everyone. What’s less obvious to many, and acutely painful to some of us, is that those questions needed to be asked and answered. This book needed to exist. It is a longstanding and unfortunate truth that disabled people are...
A person’s past does not define who they are, or who they are going to be
Suicide Prevention Regional Coordinators aim to coordinate local suicide prevention efforts and work with partners to implement strategies to reduce the prevalence of suicide and related behavior.
There was widespread shock last summer when an executive at music streaming platform Spotify publicly described the Duke and Duchess of Sussex as 'f grifters'.
Reclamation project Spencer Turnbull joins a group fronted by the Zack Wheeler/Aaron Nola one-two punch to give the Phillies the deepest rotation in baseball.
Korinne Israel ran her first ever marathon last October in Des Moines, which qualified her for the 2024 Boston Marathon. Then, wearing number 12936, Israel completed the Boston Marathon with a time of 3:42:27 on April 15, 2024.
As retirement approached, Nancy Beiman wanted to do something creative. Before long she was sketching out the story of a very unusual blended family When Nancy Beiman was 65 and contemplating retirement from her job as a professor of animation, she had no clue as to how she would fill her days. “Many people take up an artistic hobby. But what was I, a professional artist, supposed to do? Take up accounting?” Before she could embark on a crash course in spreadsheets, she woke up one morning with...
Following the first sprint race of the season, Verstappen did the double on Saturday with sprint race victory and grand prix pole position – marking Red Bull’s 100th pole in F1. Sergio Perez made it an all-Red Bull front row ahead of Aston Martin’s Fernando Alonso who bounced back from retiring from the Chinese GP sprint race after picking up a puncture in a clash with Carlos Sainz. Lando Norris led the McLaren charge in fourth in qualifying, unable to repeat his sprint race pole from Friday,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The team sheet for the Orlando Pride is out as they get set to take on the Washington Spirit on the road in the nation's capital. With injuries holding out Marta and Adriana, Head Coach Seb Hines has opted to shift the lineup a bit. Rafaelle gets the start after coming off the bench last week against the San Diego Wave, moving Kylie Strom back to left back. Kerry Abello will move up to the wing, while Julie Doyle fills in on the right. Haley McCutcheon gets her second...
Smokescreen season is almost over. After months of speculation, athletic
Max Verstappen will line up first on the grid yet again after scoring Red Bull's 100th pole position in qualifying on Saturday. He will be joined by team-mate Sergio Perez as part of an all-Red Bull front row lockout. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) and Lando Norris (Ferrari) will start second and third respectively. What time does the Chinese Grand Prix start? The Chinese GP will begin at 3pm local time (+8 GMT) at the Shanghai International Circuit on Sunday. Date: Sunday, 21 April, 2024 Start...
Ane Freed-Kernis used her pension to build a workshop where she could create the tactile, surprising sculptures of her dreamsIn 2019, after retiring from her career as a social worker, Ane Freed-Kernis decided to build a home workshop and devote all of her free time to stone carving. “It’s really therapeutic and completely absorbing,” she says. “I might be covered head to toe in dust but I’m happy – it was something I needed more of in my life when I hit 60.”This fascination has its roots in...