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International Women’s Day: Subverting the Narrative

By Anna on 8 March, 2010

So, for International Women’s Day, I want to remind readers that there are certain stories that we tell about certain women, and that these stories have a purpose.

Perhaps we can subvert that.

Posted in anna history rants, history | Tagged Blog for International Women’s Day, Blog for IWD, helen keller, history | Leave a response

Feminist Icons

By Anna on 14 January, 2010

This is, of course, completely untrue, but there was a concentrated effort to ensure that Keller’s accomplishments were ignored. “Radical Marxist” isn’t as nice a story as “deaf-blind woman overcomes”.

Posted in anna history rants, anna rants, biography, disability activism, feminism, history | Tagged anna rants, helen keller, history, women's history month | 23 Responses

And if this keeps up, there won’t be any

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 | 40 Responses

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