By s.e. smith on 30 March, 2010
Reader note: I’ve started using my name, ’s.e. smith,’ rather than my pseudonym, ‘meloukhia,’ to identify myself on FWD. I apologise in advance if that causes any confusion! I’m sticking this notice on my posts for a few days to make sure that everyone sees it. Here’s Japanese singer Kaoru ballroom dancing with a partner. [...]
Posted in creative work | Tagged dance
By s.e. smith on 23 March, 2010
This weekend I saw a pretty amazing display of Irish dancing, which led me to this video of Nikoline, a Croatian integrated dance troupe, doing some Irish dancing: Sorry that the video quality here is not the best! Then I found Aubree Marchione and Nick Scott dancing samba: And a hip hop wheelchair dance routine, [...]
Posted in creative work | Tagged dance, wheelchair dancing
By Annaham on 22 February, 2010
Hello. I am Annaham (yes, I have a name). I am the person who posted a critique of Evelyn Evelyn on this website, which kicked off something of an internet controversy. For those who’ve just joined us, I made a post about Amanda Palmer and Jason Webley’s side project Evelyn Evelyn, Lauredhel made another post [...]
Posted in activism, bodies, creative work, feminism, i'm right here, identity, intersectionality, invisibility, justice, marketing, media and pop culture, meta, normality, othering, representations, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged communication, evelyn evelyn, feminism, intersectionality, media and pop culture, pop culture, privilege, problematic attitudes, social inclusion, social treatment, things people say
By Annaham on 9 February, 2010
Let’s get something out of the way: I say this out of love and respect. I say this as a fellow artist (albeit an unknown one). I also very much doubt that the people involved in this project have created it with any bad intentions. That said, however, intentions don’t equal a free pass for [...]
Posted in bodies, creative work, language, media and pop culture, normality, othering, representations, social attitudes | Tagged characters with disabilities, culture, dehumanisation, disability, fetishizing disability, language, media and pop culture, myths and misconceptions, pop culture, privilege, social treatment, this all sounds awfully familiar
By Annaham on 2 February, 2010
So everyone can get to know our contributors a bit better, we’ve decided to run a series called “Meet a Contributor”. Each Contributor will be interviewed by the others in turn. [Description: Black-and-white, low-angle photograph of a smiling white woman with shoulder-length, light brown hair. She wears a tank top with a long-sleeved print shirt [...]
Posted in creative work, meet a contributor | Tagged chronic pain, fibromyalgia, meet a contributor
By Annaham on 4 January, 2010
Everything healed up but in a very strange way Years later when it was very obvious that something was very wrong with my face everyone said one or more of the following: It’s the Lord’s will. Just learn to live with it. It’s all in your imagination. Don’t be so self-centered. Shut up and do [...]
Posted in autonomy, blaming, bodies, creative work, disability activism, justice, language, normality, Quotations, resistance, sexuality, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, exclusion, identity, justice, LGBQTAI, personal, poetry, quote, social treatment
By Chally on 3 January, 2010
Beyond Words is an Australian short thriller directed by Armand De Saint-Salvy, one of 16 finalists for Tropfest 2009. (Tropfest is the world’s largest short film festival, involving more than 600 filmmakers each year!) The two main, unnamed characters in the film are a deaf woman1 (Charlotte Gregg) and a blind man (Gyton Grantley). The [...]
Posted in creative work, media and pop culture, representations | Tagged disabled characters, film reviews, media and pop culture, movies
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 Chally on 1 December, 2009
I’ve been thinking a lot about disability and creativity. Harnessing our energies and letting them into the universe, finding ways to express our experiences. I wanted to share a few poems I’ve found by disabled women. “Naked, at 45″ by Tracy Koretsky Like pampas grass, whose blush fades, whose reeds desiccate and snap, or like [...]
Posted in creative work | Tagged poetry
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