By s.e. smith on 18 February, 2010
This post has been percolating for a while. A question that I (and other FWD contributors, and other social justice activists in general) get asked a lot in the context of discussions about pop culture is “why aren’t you upset about [this]?” “Why are you focusing on XYZ when someone else did ABC over here?” [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged crip drag, depictions of disability, pop culture
By lauredhel on 17 February, 2010
[Cross-posted to Hoyden About Town] Something that has really struck me about the conversations around Evelyn Evelyn is the reaction that “Conjoined twins don’t have a disability! To say they do is insulting!” Not all commenters make the link between the two statements – some stop at the first – so I’ll take these two [...]
Posted in bodies, identity, justice, language, media and pop culture, normality, social attitudes | Tagged able-bodied stare, abnormal, amanda palmer, conjoined twins, crip drag, cripdrag, definition of disability, disability, disabled, evelyn evelyn, exploitation, gaze, jason webley, neil gaiman, normal, normalcy, objectification, othering, spectacle, stare, twins
By Anna on 5 November, 2009
Crip Drag is when a character has a disability, but the actor playing that character doesn’t have whatever disability they are portraying. Recent examples that come to mind are Kevin McHale, who plays Artie on Glee, any wheelchair-using villain you see in Doctor Who, and whoever got the role of Eleanor Perry in the Stargate: Universe episode “Sabotage”.
Posted in media and pop culture, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged blind, broadway, crip drag, Deaf, helen keller, marlee Matlin, media and pop culture
Latest Comments
Sasha_Feather, Joanna, Ms. M, Jo, Vertigo
Quijotesca, Nana, Teressa, Dani Alexis, Indigo Jo, Quijotesca [...]
Sharon Wachsler
Bruce Triggs
sanabituranima, Sharon Wachsler
Teressa
Jayn, jeneli, Indigo Jo, Jack, The Untoward Lady, Kaz [...]
GallingGalla, Megan, cim, Ben, tekanji, Static Nonsense [...]