By s.e. smith on 31 December, 2009
Note: This post is about how James Cameron’s Avatar is being presented and promoted to the public, and about the attitudes cast and crew have to the characters and their presentation. It is not a review of Avatar. A reader recently sent a tip to Anna about a video on Hulu, a short interview with [...]
Posted in bodies, media and pop culture, social attitudes | Tagged Avatar, James Cameron's Avatar
By lauredhel on 31 December, 2009
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post. Action Item for Europeans: European Network on Independent Living: Free Our People Now! Signature [...]
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By s.e. smith on 30 December, 2009
Question Time is a series in which we open up the floor to you, commenters. We invite you to share as you feel comfortable. Today’s question revolves around website accessibility. There are scores of guides to making websites more accessible, and even some accessibility standards for websites. But if there’s one thing we know at [...]
Posted in accessibility, Question Time
By Anna on 30 December, 2009
There are two big problems with this theory. First, and most obvious to me, is that none of these Nice Able-Bodied Folks seem to be concerned that one needs to sue (or otherwise threaten with legal action) in order to get into buildings, get written material presented in a way you can read it, get captioning, get… well, get all sorts of “little things” that people with a variety of disabilities need in order to fully interact with the world.
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By lauredhel on 30 December, 2009
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post. Action Item for USAns: Cripchick: human rights abuses in public schools these are practices [...]
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By Anna on 29 December, 2009
11th Carnival of Feminists, focusing on Gender Across Borders, is accepting submissions until January 5! The 62nd Disability Blog Carnival will be at Uppity Crip/Finding My Way, and the theme is holidays! Deadline for submissions is January 11th. The 5th Asian Women’s Blog Carnival, with the theme of Who I Am When I’m (not) With [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged carnival
By Ouyang Dan on 29 December, 2009
Moderatrix’ Incredibly Verbose Note: The linked article in Stars & Stripes held a couple of problems for me. One: It gave an impression that pharmaceutical therapy is somehow not a reasonable treatment for people dealing with mental health or anxiety disorders. This should not be taken as the opinion of myself, nor any member of [...]
Posted in creative work, intersectionality, mental health, military | Tagged disability, health care, intersectionality, invisible disabilities, mental health, military, poetry therapy, veterans
By s.e. smith on 29 December, 2009
Design for the Other 90% is a website which highlights design initiatives which are intended to be accessible to the “5.8 billion people, or 90% [of the world's population], [who] have little or no access to most of the products and services many of us take for granted; in fact, nearly half do not have [...]
Posted in class issues, justice
By lauredhel on 29 December, 2009
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist, sexist, and other -ist language of varying intensity. Opinions expressed in the articles may not reflect the opinions held by the compiler of the post. Wheelchair Dancer: Charity, One Non-Person At A Time I am angered by the exploitation [...]
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By s.e. smith on 28 December, 2009
This is part four and final of a multipart post on Glee. Previous posts included the introduction to the series, “Women and Race on Glee,” and “Disability and Sexuality on Glee.” What we’re told about Glee, over and over, is that the show is critiquing these tropes by depicting them. That the show is confronting [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, television | Tagged glee, television
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