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crip studies

crip studies
 n.pl.— «My writing often explores the intersections of non-normative bodies and identity, with an emphasis on interpretations informed by both disability and queer studies (an intersection often referred to as crip studies).» —“Gender and Fan Culture ( Round Twenty , Part One): James Nadeau and Alicia “Kestrell” Verlager” by Henry Jenkins Confessions of an Aca-Fan Oct. 18, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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