disability
Sages, Villains, and Seers: Mapping Disability in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Bodies and minds will always be rooted in a sociopolitical context, and it is that context that privileges one type of body and one type of mind over all others.
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The Complexities of Cure Culture : An Interview with Eli Clare on Cure, Diagnosis, and a Crip Writing Practice
I want us to turn our backs on normal. I want us to build and practice a body politics that is as complicated and contradictory as our body-minds. Otherwise we will never find liberation.
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We've Always Been Here: One Mujerista Talks Back to Intersectionality and White Feminism
When I see the word “intersectionality” being used, I want to see a sincere invitation to the table (it’s accessible right?) in a genuine attempt to build community. And if I do decide to show up, I expect to see the more privileged, abled parties willingly give up their seats for us Brown queer... Read more »
Pain Woman Takes Your Keys : Sonya Huber's New Essay Collection is a Multifaceted Look at Life with Chronic Pain
Huber uses pain as a lens through which she examines disability, gender bias, motherhood, and the very basic condition of living in a body.
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Meryl Streep, Listen Up: Disability Shouldn't Be the Only Trump Card You Play
The worst thing about Trump, apparently, wasn’t that he wanted to kill disabled people via policy, but that he felt comfortable mocking them on national television.
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Popaganda: Breaking the Binary
It’s good to get complicated. On this episode, we rethink binary approaches to brain science, sexuality, gender, and disability. Featuring a moving story from stand-up comedian and #GoodMuslimBadMuslim co-host Zahra Noorbakhsh, who talks about her decision to come out as... Read more »
It's Complicated: Disability, and Representation in "Margarita, with a Straw"
Much of my struggle with this film comes down to an issue that’s being widely discussed in the United States at the moment: Who should play disability?
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Popaganda: Invisible Prisons
The United States imprisons more people than any other country in the world. But we hardly ever hear real-life stories of incarceration in our pop culture.
On this episode, we share three stories about making prisons impossible to ignore. We hear voices from a recent national ... Read more »
Set Phasers to Inclusion: Disabled Trekkies Talk Star Trek
Star Trek is perfectly ripe for social justice and disability representation.
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#CripTheVote Shows the Need to Make Voting More Accessible for People With Disabilities
For many people with disabilities, there are huge barriers in getting to the polls—but they can be solved.
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