'Resilience' means an individual has successfully adapted to violent and intolerable conditions—so I wrote a quick post on the dangers of misusing the concept, especially when it comes to discussing Palestinian children disabled by the ongoing genocide. blindarchive.substack.com/p/stop-calli...

Stop Calling Disabled Palestinian Children Resilient

Instead, Fight for a World That Does Not Ask Them to ‘Adapt’ to a Genocide

This post is mostly a shout out to the work of Palestinian health scholar Rita Giacaman who says: "All too often, Palestinian ‘resilience’ is over-rated & used as a means of avoiding acknowledging & addressing the issue of injustice to Palestinians..." blindarchive.substack.com/p/stop-calli...

Stop Calling Disabled Palestinian Children Resilient

Instead, Fight for a World That Does Not Ask Them to ‘Adapt’ to a Genocide