When I was in film school, nobody would work with me. That is, unless they were forced to work with me. One of the women in my class once told me that no one would work with me because the other students did not think I was capable of helping…
So, I’ve been gaming quite a bit lately, and I’ve been doing so on Twitch! I have found a community of gamers who welcomed me, and are amazing people. Thanks to one person, who wishes to remain anonymous, I have the chance to offer an amazing prize to all of…
In this book review for Sinner by Christopher Graves, I look at the misogyny, casual ableism, and religious fervor that renders the book somewhat unreadable.
I love books that are suspenseful. I have a high tolerance for what I can endure when I am reading, so when a book purports to be about the wife of a serial killer who is on the run to protect herself and her kids, I expect to be enthralled!…
Disabled Black folks say that comparing blackface and disabled mimicry harms them, and we should listen.
The disability rights movement changed my life. I have been benefiting from legislation fought for by disabled activists who came before me since I was a young child. Like Mike Ervin and various other activists, I am a former poster brat, a kid pimped out for profit by the machine…
Society has always looked down on those who are different. It is not hard to imagine a world where we have tried to eradicate every type of difference. History actually shows that we have, and continue to do so. While the United States fights over allowing those with differences to…
Split debuts in theaters across the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain on January 20! 1. Write a blog post highlighting the problems with the ableism in the trailer for Split. Address the portrayal, and/or the cripping up by James McAvoy. You might want to highlight the dangers of treating people…
I have watched many films that feature disability and disabled characters in some form or another, and what I have learned is that if the trailer is ableist, there is a HUGE chance the entire film is embedded with ableism, as well. Ableism hurts the disability community. One of the…
The disability community has a very difficult journey towards attaining equality in many aspects, one of which is finding authentic portrayals. A major way to work towards better, more authentic representations of disabled characters is to cast actual disabled actors. I have unfortunately realized that most people have no comprehension…
