By lauredhel on 24 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. * Arachne Jericho at Tor.com: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Fiction, Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4 A survey of the tropes, stereotypes and more realistic portrayals of PTSD [...]
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By Ouyang Dan on 23 December, 2009
Ten years ago I joined a club. You don’t have to say anything about it. It is something I have (mostly) come to terms with. I only bring it up to give a little context. I have a father out there in Meat World somewhere. I differentiate for a reason, and no, I Don’t Want [...]
Posted in introspective, life changes | Tagged spoons, thoughts
By lauredhel on 23 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. * Janine at StroppyBlog: Legal Step Forward on Disability Rights The delicious irony in this particular case, the employer concerned was a firm of solicitors, who appeared to think they should [...]
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By Chally on 23 December, 2009
Contains spoilers for A Darkling Plain, so be warned! I’ve just finished up Philip Reeve’s Hungry Cities books. They’re really good, and I’d recommend them to any young adults reading, or anyone else who is into YA. Mortal Engines, Predator’s Gold, Infernal Devices and A Darkling Plain are full of complex female characters in a [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged books, disabled characters, media and pop culture, pop culture, young adult books
By lauredhel on 22 December, 2009
from Shopwiki: The top part of the image is the search result box, showing an electric wheelchair priced at $2900. The bottom part of the image is the “Related Items” tab, which shows a choice of inexpensive dining-room chairs. (If you scroll down on the original page, you will also find stools and benches.) From [...]
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By Guest on 22 December, 2009
The general public’s understanding of service dogs or in some cases that there is anything beyond guides is very low. It makes sense that more people know of guide dogs, as they are did start the first service dog schools and hold their dogs to a very high standard. I must say that the constant questioning of whether I am blind is most annoying, not because I’m insulted, but because what my disability is or isn’t is not up for public consumption. When one adds in American society’s feelings towards mental illness, I rarely feel disclosure is in my best interest.
Posted in accessibility, guest post | Tagged bipolar disorder, mental health, mental health concerns, mental illness, service animals
By lauredhel on 22 December, 2009
Warning: Offsite links are not safe spaces. Articles and comments in the links may contain ableist language of varying intensity. *Chicago Tribune: Disabled mom fighting to keep her son Can a quadriplegic woman be a good parent? Her ex-boyfriend filed a custody suit that says no. [...] In September, Trais sued O’Neill for full custody, [...]
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By Guest on 22 December, 2009
My doubts started forming, however, when I looked more closely at two sources: the movie’s dialogue and the movie’s synopsis. I want to start with the synopsis. Through about the film’s box office numbers, I understand that Avatar is quite popular with audiences. This synopsis contains profoundly ableist language in the way it describes the protagonist Jake as “confined to a wheelchair.” I don’t use a wheelchair; nevertheless, I was very offended when I read that. We’ve been trying to eradicate terms like “confined to a wheelchair” for a while now, and to see this demonstration of ignorance on such a large scale, since it is mainstream, is distressing.
Posted in guest post | Tagged bodies, media and pop culture, representations
By s.e. smith on 21 December, 2009
This is post two of four in a multipart series on Glee. The previous post was the introduction. Glee‘s core message about women seems to be that they are all manipulative, evil, lying sneaks. The show includes not one but two deceptive pregnancy plots, interspersed with numerous depictions of women as nags, from Quinn pressuring [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, television | Tagged disabled women, glee, television, violence against women
By lauredhel on 21 December, 2009
* NRC Handelsblad: Disabled poster boy banned from rail stations Not Normal, an art-exhibition focussed on the position of disabled people in society, which opened in Amsterdam on Wednesday has immediately sparked controversy. The exhibition features pieces by 80 visual artists, whose work all evokes the same question: what constitutes normality? And who decides what [...]
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