Ableism Anatomy of a Stare Every stare is built on the foundation of objectification. You know when something catches your eye? Whether because it's colourful, pretty, unusual, grim, or exciting, you may be curious about it and want to investigate it further...
Disability Avoid Ableist Language Ableist language both upholds and perpetuates ableist structures. It matters in as much as any artefact of subordination matters: it symbolises oppression, and acts as a value-signifier.
Academic Workflow: My Writing Process Since there are a lot of people doing PhDs out there and I would have found this useful when I started mine, I'm detailing my PhD workflow here for anyone who might find it useful. This would also work for general writing tasks. I'm more of
Encanto: Missed Metaphors on Disability Disney has been putting out a lot of disabled characters (or at least, disability-coded characters) in its movies off and on. There's the obvious case of the Hunchback of Notre Dame, not just visibly disabled but also severely abused on account of it. Ariel temporarily loses her voice.
