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GimpGirl grows up: Women with disabilities rethinking, redefining, and reclaiming community
2011
New Media & Society
In this article, we undertake a reflective narrative inquiry into the GimpGirl Community (GGC), an online group of women with disabilities. We explore 12 years of GGC activity through community archives and auto-biographic narratives of GGC organizers, to understand how these women actively created a safe and open space for like-minded individuals, how community members used diverse online technologies for community building and social interaction, and how these online tools allow some members
doi:10.1177/1461444811398032
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