By Ouyang Dan on 12 January, 2010
This post originally posted at random babble… on 06 January 2010 The policing of other women’s bodies is never OK from a feminist standpoint. I can’t stress that point enough. It doesn’t serve any productive purpose in feminist discourse. It is mostly an understood concept among people outside of the mainstream of feminism. Those who [...]
Posted in bodies, feminism, mental health, oyd rants, shaming | Tagged ableism, eating disorders, fat, feminism, intersectionality, media and pop culture, mental health, self-acceptance, shaming, social treatment, thin privilege, things people say
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 Annaham on 28 December, 2009
Answer: Yes. Let’s talk about this piece-of-crap article recently published on that oh-so-”liberal” news n’ culture site, Salon.com. I’m prefacing this post with a warning for ableist language and concepts on the part of the article’s author, Rahul K. Parikh, M.D. The article begins as follows: There was a time when a celebrity’s sudden death [...]
Posted in autonomy, blaming, For Cereal?, intersectionality, media and pop culture, medical practice, normality, shaming, social attitudes, Uncategorized | Tagged ableism, Big Bad Pharma, chronic pain conditions, drugs are bad mmm'kay, media and pop culture, medical care, pain management, pop culture, privilege, problematic attitudes, social treatment
By Ouyang Dan on 27 December, 2009
I am somewhat of a gamer. I am not by any means an avid gamer or someone you should call up with questions. If you want a review of how easy a game is to play or how not confusing your controls are, I am your girl*. I am mostly a computer gamer. I like [...]
Posted in accessibility, feminism, intersectionality, media and pop culture, social attitudes | Tagged accessibility, feminism, media and pop culture, social treatment, video games
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
By Guest on 22 December, 2009
My doubts started forming, however, when I looked more closely at two sources: the movie’s dialogue and the movie’s synopsis. I want to start with the synopsis. Through about the film’s box office numbers, I understand that Avatar is quite popular with audiences. This synopsis contains profoundly ableist language in the way it describes the protagonist Jake as “confined to a wheelchair.” I don’t use a wheelchair; nevertheless, I was very offended when I read that. We’ve been trying to eradicate terms like “confined to a wheelchair” for a while now, and to see this demonstration of ignorance on such a large scale, since it is mainstream, is distressing.
Posted in guest post | Tagged bodies, media and pop culture, representations
By Ouyang Dan on 21 December, 2009
Brittany Murphy died today. It took exactly five seconds for the speculation to start up about why she would die of cardiac arrest at the tender age of 32, and not quite double that for the snarky comments to seep out of the woodwork. Because certainly if she had an existing heart condition we all [...]
Posted in disability activism, feminism, justice, media and pop culture, social attitudes | Tagged ableism, abuse, feminism, media and pop culture, problematic attitudes, social treatment, things people say
By Anna on 7 December, 2009
Recommended Reading for Monday, December 7, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged FSD, media and pop culture, mental health, poverty, social treatment, vulvodynia
By Guest on 3 December, 2009
I LOVE this book. I love that the two main characters have bodies deemed unacceptable by Western standards – Dylan because he’s a wheelchair user, Riley because she’s fat – and yet are developed as a romantic and sexy pair. I love that Dylan is not a Ministering Angel Who Inspires Us All, but a complex person who’s a moody jerk a lot of the time, but charming and wickedly entertaining a lot of the rest. Howell manages to pack a good deal of wheelchair etiquette and disability awareness into the narrative, but not preachily; mostly it comes as Dylan sarcastically noting something that Riley’s never had to consider before.
Posted in books, guest post, media and pop culture | Tagged book review, books, media and pop culture, young adult books
By Anna on 2 December, 2009
Recommended Reading for Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Posted in recommended reading | Tagged accessibility, asperger syndrome, autism, cerebral palsy, disability awareness days, humour, media and pop culture, perceptions, social treatment, tourism
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