Defiant Lives is Essential Viewing, Though Flawed
The disability rights movement changed my life. I have been benefiting from legislation fought for by disabled activists who came before me since I was a young child. Like Mike…
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The Disablist Nature of Desiring Perfection in Gattaca
Society has always looked down on those who are different. It is not hard to imagine a world where we have tried to eradicate every type of difference. History actually…
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Call to Action on Split, the new film by M. Night Shyamalan:
Split debuts in theaters across the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain on January 20! 1. Write a blog post highlighting the problems with the ableism in the trailer for Split….
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SPLIT Offers the Worst in Disability – Disabled Mimicry & Mental Health Stigma
I have watched many films that feature disability and disabled characters in some form or another, and what I have learned is that if the trailer is ableist, there is…
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Don’t Breathe, Ableism, and Non-Disabled Indifference
The disability community has a very difficult journey towards attaining equality in many aspects, one of which is finding authentic portrayals. A major way to work towards better, more authentic…
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Academy President Excludes Disability From Diversity Initiatives – #OscarsDISs
The disability community has long been excluded from Hollywood and the Academy’s president, Cheryl Boone Isaacs, reinforced that when she mentioned every marginalized community in the Academy’s diversity efforts… but the disability community.
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Activists with Disabilities Say #NothingWithoutUs
Activists in the disability community are changing the dialogue from nothing about us without us to simply saying nothing without us when it comes to inclusion in the media.
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Film Critique Girl Interrupted and A Beautiful Mind Depicting Mental Illness to Society through Film
The films A Beautiful Mind and Girl Interrupted both deal with the idea of mental illness, but they do it in different styles. This critique looks at what these films tell society about the mentally ill.
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The Complexities Behind the Media and Casting Actors with Disabilities
The ability to cast actors with disabilities as characters with disabilities is a complex issue, and we have other things we need to focus on, first, when it comes to disability and film.
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The Evolution of Disability through the Eyes of a Filmmaker
I owe it to the disability rights advocates who have come before me. Without them, I could not be the filmmaker I am today. I most likely would not be a filmmaker at all.
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