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History of Advocacy on The Internet
This week, we read some chapters from Kapp's Autistic Community and the Neurodiversity Movement. In these readings, they discussed a lot...

Rachel
Oct 17, 20221 min read
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Reform and Radical Change vs The Powers That Be
This week, we discussed in depth the ways that many social movements have had to fight against a powerful group (usually the government.)...

Rachel
Oct 7, 20222 min read
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Founding Moments and Social Movements
This week, we watched the documentary Crip Camp which described a few founding events in the disability rights movement. It described not...

Rachel
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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Sustainability- Acceleration or Personification?
In their article "Social Media and Activist Communication," Poell and van Dijck describe two dynamics that describe how social movements...

Rachel
Sep 23, 20221 min read
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Twitter and Topoi
This week's article "I Am #ActuallyAutistic, Hear Me Tweet" by Ruth Osorio highlighted an essential part of the activism process-...

Rachel
Sep 16, 20222 min read
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All About Me!
Hi Everyone! I am a senior here at UMBC double majoring in both psychology and biology. I am a classically trained vocalist in operatic...

Rachel
Sep 15, 20221 min read
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