By s.e. smith on 21 October, 2010
I’ve been rather behind on my television viewing lately, and I only recently caught up on ‘Selfish,’ the second episode of the new season of House (please be advised that this post contains significant spoilers for said episode). After watching it, I needed several weeks to ponder it before I could write about it, because [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, television | Tagged disability on television, disabled characters, House, medical ethics, wheelchair users
By s.e. smith on 22 September, 2010
Here in the United States, the 2010/2011 television schedule is kicking off, and my mind naturally turns to representation for people with disabilities. I decided to compile a list of actors with disabilities playing characters with disabilities. This list is not necessarily complete; there are probably characters and shows I am forgetting about and unaware [...]
Posted in 101, creative work, media and pop culture, television | Tagged CSI, depictions of disability, disabled actors, disabled characters, glee, Lie To Me, private practice, The Secret Life of the American Teenager
By s.e. smith on 27 August, 2010
Content note: This post contains spoilers for season one, episode seven of Covert Affairs, ‘Communication Breakdown.’ I am nothing if not scrupulously fair to shows I enjoy shredding, so when numerous people informed me that I had to watch this week’s episode of Covert Affairs and write about it, I complied, although I confess I [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged Auggie, blind characters, Covert Affairs, disabled characters, television
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 18 July, 2010
A number of people have drawn my attention to the USA show Covert Affairs that recently started airing in the United States, and a few days ago I sat down with the pilot and gave it a whirl. The show centres around Annie Walker (Piper Perabo), a woman who has just joined the Central Intelligence [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged blind characters, Covert Affairs, disabled characters
By s.e. smith on 15 May, 2010
Here in the United States, there’s a depiction of disability that airs on network television every Thursday night, on the Shonda Rimes show Private Practice. Rimes is probably better known for Grey’s Anatomy, a show which has won a lot of accolades1, not least for the ethnic diversity of its cast, but Private Practice is [...]
Posted in media and pop culture, representations | Tagged disabled actors, disabled characters, private practice
By s.e. smith on 15 April, 2010
i think the idea of a ‘mental health day’ is something completely invented by people who have no clue what it’s like to have bad mental health. the idea that your mind can be aired out in twenty-four hours is kind of like saying heart disease can be cured if you eat the right breakfast [...]
Posted in books, mental health, Quotations, representations | Tagged depression, disability in fiction, disabled characters, fiction, mental health days
By Chally on 11 March, 2010
Also see: Davros, Daleks, and Disability and Bloody Torchwood. Contains minor spoilers for Doctor Who from “Voyage of the Damned” through to “The Next Doctor”. I’ve been compiling a list of all the characters who are wheelchair users in New Who. For everyone who has no earthly idea what I’m talking about, I’m referring to [...]
Posted in representations, television | Tagged disabled characters, doctor who, wheelchair users
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 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
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