By Anna on 31 December, 2010
That’s right. And we’re tired of preaching to the converted. I mean, we’re all sitting here, all of us here are sitting in the room talking about these things that we talk to each other about all day every day. It would have been nice to have someone like Ryan Murphy sharing practices that those people, like the Breaking Bad people, sharing their best practices with those who could learn something. But, it didn’t happen.
Posted in disability activism, how to be accessible, identity, invisibility, justice, media and pop culture, mental health, movies, normality, othering, politics, race, representations, social attitudes, television
By Anna on 1 April, 2010
Shit I Hate: Models as the Face of ED Survivorhood Let me be clear – I do not hate models who are suffering from eating disorders, have come out as ED sufferers or survivors, or who have turned to advocate for other sufferers. That is a good thing to do, it comes from a place [...]
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By Ouyang Dan on 7 March, 2010
Our local theater in South Korea has one of the first and only 4D Plexes in the world (and it is currently showing Avatar, so I could possibly be entertained and annoyed and over-stimulated all at once! Whee!). “The way the company finally cornered that elusive fourth dimension is by engaging all five senses: moving [...]
Posted in accessibility, media and pop culture | Tagged accessibility, barriers to access, exclusion, media and pop culture, pop culture, social inclusion
By s.e. smith on 19 February, 2010
Note: This post contains discussion of Lost through season six, episode four, “The Substitute.” That means it is full of spoilers! You have been warned. John Locke is one of the most central and interesting characters on ABC’s Lost. He is a character with whom I personally struggle as a viewer, especially as a disabled [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged John Locke, Lost, Terry O'Quinn
By lauredhel on 31 January, 2010
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. I attempt to provide extra warnings for material like extreme violence/rape; however, your triggers/issues [...]
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By Ouyang Dan on 26 January, 2010
We recently took a family excursion to the theatre in Seoul to see Avatar (and we can discuss our decision to take The Kid to see it another time, as in, not at all). I thought I would suck it up and see it as a service to the rest of the team here at [...]
Posted in bodies, intersectionality, life changes, media and pop culture, military | Tagged ableism, disability, James Cameron's Avatar, media and pop culture, social treatment
By s.e. smith on 25 January, 2010
This is a quick hit, because, really, there’s not too much to say. I’ve been reading criticisms of Avatar pretty extensively, and I’ve even engaged in a bit of critique discussing the way in which the movie is being promoted to the public, and how the framing of the film in promotional materials reflects social [...]
Posted in feminism, media and pop culture | Tagged Avatar, straw feminist
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By lauredhel on 18 January, 2010
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. I attempt to provide extra warnings for certain material present in articles, but your [...]
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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
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