J. Logan Smilges, "Crip Negativity" (U of Minnesota Press, 2023)
b'In the thirty years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, the lives of disabled people have not improved nearly as much as activists and politicians had hoped. In\\xa0Crip Negativity\\xa0(U of Minnesota Press, 2023), J. Logan Smilges shows us what\\u2019s gone wrong and what we can do to fix it.\\nLeveling a strong critique of the category of disability and liberal disability politics, Smilges asks and imagines what horizons might exist for the liberation of those oppressed by ableism\\u2014beyond access and inclusion. Inspired by models of negativity in queer studies, Black studies, and crip theory, Smilges proposes that bad crip feelings might help all of us to care gently for one another, even as we demand more from the world than we currently believe to be possible.\\nJ. Logan Smilges (they/them) is assistant professor of English language and literatures at the University of British Columbia and author of\\xa0Queer Silence: On Disability and Rhetorical Absence\\xa0(Minnesota, 2022).\\nClayton Jarrard\\xa0is a Research Project Coordinator at the University of Kansas Center for Research, contributing to initiatives at the nexus of research, policy implementation, and community efforts. His scholarly engagement spans the subject areas of Cultural Anthropology, Queer Studies, Disability Studies, Mad Studies, and Religious Studies. Clayton is also a host for the\\xa0Un/Livable Cultures podcast.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices\\nSupport our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/law'