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		<title>Laura&#8217;s Labor Day Weekend Column</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Labor Day means different things to different people. The Labor Day Telethon For me, it&#8217;s hard (try as I might) to escape the association between Labor Day and the Jerry Lewis Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon. Though it&#8217;s been several years since we&#8217;ve organized a direct action protest, the Internet continues to provide us with opportunities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Speaking Out Against the MDA Telethon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s almost that time of year again when, wits dulled by sunburn and picnic overindulgence, some Americans collapse in front of their TVs and watch the Labor Day Telethon, sponsored by the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA). Some will be so fascinated or confused by the second-rate celebrity appearances and cheesy production values that they&#8217;ll stay [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.laurahershey.com/?p=375</link>
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		<title>More Thoughts about Public Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of months ago, I wrote a blog post about intolerance toward the presence of certain bodies and behaviors in public space. I probed the experiences of those of us who enter public space with non-conforming bodies, bringing along a distinct and, to some, disturbing set of sounds, images, and ways of moving. Recently, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.laurahershey.com/?p=367</link>
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		<title>From the Archives: Old Poem, &#8220;You Get Proud By Practicing&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor of LGBT Pride Month &#8212; and to honor and encourage all kinds of people embracing the risks of visibility and pride &#8212; I decided to re-post a very old poem of mine. It remains a favorite of mine, and of lots of other people. It&#8217;s been reprinted in a number of places, most [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.laurahershey.com/?p=340</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Remembering Siesta Key&#8221;: A Poem of the Gulf</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remembering Siesta Key Copyright 2010 by Laura Hershey Ten days each spring, we woke to the smell of salt water, seaweed, eggs my Dad fried in butter, and fresh orange pulped by Nana. Before ten a.m. we wore the scent of sun tan lotion, and tumbled out the door where the Gulf welcomed us with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Music by Prudence&#8221; Profiles a Powerful Voice</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just watched this year&#8217;s Oscar-winning documentary Music by Prudence, which profiles Prudence Mabhena, a 21-year-old Zimbabwean singer. Growing up with a disability called arthrogryposis, which significantly limits her physical mobility, Prudence has had to defy low expectations and vicious prejudices just to survive. Rejected by her parents and her culture, Prudence finally, literally found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.laurahershey.com/?p=318</link>
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		<title>Some Thoughts about Public Space</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today, completely by accident, I ran across this blog post by a blogger at &#8220;Student Activism,&#8221; about whom I previously knew nothing. In fact, I still don&#8217;t know anything about this writer. (Unlike me, a lot of bloggers seem not to want to disclose their identities too soon.) This thoughtful post, entitled &#8220;Childhood, Disability, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.laurahershey.com/?p=312</link>
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		<title>War and Disability in Afghanistan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As the U.S. continues to escalate its war in/on Afghanistan, inevitably casualties &#8212; both deaths and permanent disabilities &#8212; will continue to increase. Some returning American soldiers with disabilities become media darlings, &#8220;wounded warriors&#8221; competing in Paralympic events, while the majority struggle to adapt to their changed conditions, and to find jobs and needed support [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.laurahershey.com/?p=307</link>
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		<title>My First Effort at Making a Poetry Movie: &#8220;A Call to Arms&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I just learned about, and then learned how to use, Windows MovieMaker. Below is my first artistic effort at creating a poetry video. It&#8217;s me reading my poem &#8220;A Call to Arms,&#8221; and it&#8217;s fully captioned. Let me know what you think! By the way, this poem also appeared in the Fall 2008 issue of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.laurahershey.com/?p=301</link>
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		<title>Poem Draft: &#8220;Until the Day&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like some of my other writer friends, I&#8217;ve been mostly keeping up with the April 2010 Poem-A-Day Challenge, a feature of Robert Lee Brewer&#8217;s Poetic Asides blog. Every day throughout the month, Brewer offers a writing prompt, an idea designed to spur creativity. I&#8217;m not going to post all the drafts I&#8217;ve generated over the [...]]]></description>
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