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Now I didn’t really want to write a yet another blog that is heavy on the disability issues agenda, but recently I’ve had a bit of access bother that really grinds my gears! I live in Camden Town and as everyone knows it is a shopping Mecca for those of
Read More about The "Social Model" strikes back!Further to my last blog, I recently attended an event where I met a fellow disabled person who was the card to hold when playing disability Top Trumps. Not only was he a wheelchair user who had a weakened right arm, but he also was loosing his sight due to
Read More about "Scapegoat – Part 2"If I’m honest the subject of this blog has me shaking with a mixture of anger and sadness that is making it a little hard to know what to type into my keyboard. However, I feel it is so important that I challenge the hypocrisy of the current scapegoating of
Read More about We’re for the Chop… or "My Life as a Scapegoat"Last Friday I was watching TV, flicking between BBC1’s Crop To Shop and Channel 4’s Unreported World, and it depressed the hell out of me. Crop To Shop showed how our foods is grown and transported from all over the world, and the episode of Unreported World focused on the
Read More about "What’s going on?"© Mik Scarlet. First published in The Independent as ‘I don’t want a normal life. Why does that shock you?’ on 14th November 2000. I don’t normally get asked to write articles on such a sensible topic as social rights. I usually get asked to write about sex, clubbing, partying,
Read More about SOCIAL RIGHTS© Mik Scarlet. First published in Best For Music magazine vol.2 April 2001 Now I know I’m getting old. Soft Cell playing live! One of THE bands of my teenage years, back together! Yippee. So with full make up on I drive, with “Non-Stop Erotica Cabaret” pumping out of my
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