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If we ARE going to talk about straws (h/t @Lollardfish), here’s my piece on how performative environmentalism is bad and also how it ties deeply into environmental racism. https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/personal-will-not-save-you-environmentalism
And here’s a more personal essay on why straw bans punish people for drinking while disabled, with the caveat that uh…right now I actually do need straws or a two-hand grip to drink most of the time. https://www.vox.com/first-person/2018/7/19/17587676/straws-plastic-ban-disability
And here’s @SFdirewolf with ‘the last straw.’ https://www.eater.com/2018/7/19/17586742/plastic-straw-ban-disabilities
This is barely scratching the surface of a body of amazing cultural commentary on this subject, but I am trying to be less online right now so I can’t ferret out my whole list. If you have written or have fave reads on the subject, please feel free to drop those replies!
Here’s @mattbc, et al on why disabled people need straws: https://twitter.com/mattbc/status/1169458084915425280
