By Anna on 11 August, 2010
At the same time, media & pop culture still use glasses as “code” – either for This Is Serious Work, or This Person Is A Nerd/Geek (and a particular type at that) or a scientist/doctor, or a Serious Scholar. This is true whether the person uses glasses all the time, or if they just use them for certain things.
Posted in invisibility, media and pop culture, movies, normality, othering, representations, television
By s.e. smith on 8 August, 2010
Journalist Monique Jessen set out to write a profile of a young, talented athlete in Cornwall. The thing about being an athlete is that it’s actually rather a lot of work; I have tremendous respect for athletes because it requires serious commitment of time and energy. I’ve had friends who competed in the Olympics, which [...]
Posted in bodies, media and pop culture, representations | Tagged disabled athletes
By s.e. smith on 6 August, 2010
Content note: Post includes discussion of Covert Affairs through season one, episode four, ‘No Quarter.’ A few weeks ago, I wrote about the pilot for Covert Affairs, and discussed the handling of Auggie Anderson, the blind CIA agent playing opposite Annie Walker, the show’s lead. Despite not being very excited by this show, I’ve slogged [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged Auggie, blind characters, Covert Affairs, disabled characters
By s.e. smith on 4 August, 2010
I have been on a bit of a West Wing extravaganza over the last few weeks, and there’s all kinds of interesting stuff going on in this show that I suspect I will be writing about as I move through my epic DVD set. One of my all time favourite things about the show is [...]
Posted in creative work, feminism, media and pop culture, representations | Tagged Deaf, Deaf characters, Joey Lucas, The West Wing
By Anna on 3 August, 2010
In short: I really love Melody, and I’m so glad that Corsetto has kept her in the strip. While not everything about GWS is perfect, I’m just happy to see a popular comic strip with a recurring character with a disability. I can’t wait to see where Melody’s story goes.
Posted in comics, media and pop culture, representations
By s.e. smith on 2 August, 2010
In June, I wrote an action item asking readers to support The Twenty First Century Video and Telecommunications Accessibility Act. I’m pleased to report that the House version of the bill, HR 3101, just passed, thanks to a lot of work by disability advocates (and a few FWD readers)! Now, it’s the Senate’s turn. The [...]
Posted in accessibility, activism, make the world a better place, media and pop culture | Tagged action item, captions, HR 3101, Internet captions
By Chally on 30 July, 2010
[Cross-posted at Zero at the Bone.] This post is about the book version of Wicked, not the musical (they’re quite dissimilar). There’s one minor spoiler for the musical, and I’ve tried to minimise the spoilers about the book, though this is a book review so watch out! Wicked is concerned with the story of the [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged book review, reviews, what the pancake
By s.e. smith on 29 July, 2010
For the 20th anniversary of the Americans With Disabilities Act on Monday, there was a big ceremony at the White House, where President Obama gave a speech. A number of people with disabilities attended, including Marlee Matlin, upon whom I have a huge crush. Matlin is an awesome actress, and she’s also a tireless crusader [...]
Posted in accessibility, media and pop culture | Tagged captions
By s.e. smith on 29 July, 2010
There’s nothing I enjoy more than a good Supercrip narrative, which is why I settled down with a bowl of Chex Mix to enjoy this delicious piece, ‘Provo woman finds blessing in hardship,’ originally published at Mormon Times. This delightful local profile of a woman with disabilities who doesn’t let her disability stop her! has [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged journalism, supercrip
By s.e. smith on 21 July, 2010
As soon as I saw the headline ‘Local overcomes disabilities‘ pop up, I knew this article would be worthy of a ‘Today In Journalism’ feature at FWD, because, folks, this article has it all. I’m not going to blame Judy Sheridan, the author, for the title, because most journalists don’t write their own headlines1; the [...]
Posted in For Cereal?, language, media and pop culture | Tagged ableism, disability tropes
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