Love and Disability in the Movies: Disabled Love Movies for You to Watch!

Love and Disability in the Movies: Disabled Love Movies for You to Watch!

This post is about love and disability in the movies – that is, love stories with disability intersections. Love and Disability in the Movies Hollywood loves disability (just not disabled actors). It also loves love. There are a lot of movies that have intersections of both love and disability; it’s just super rare to have…

“The Healing Powers of Dude” Made Me Feel Like a Grumpy Bitch

“The Healing Powers of Dude” Made Me Feel Like a Grumpy Bitch

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” style=”round” message_box_color=”turquoise”]This is about a new show on Netflix called, “The Healing Powers of Dude.” There are some spoilers in it![/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Healing Powers of Dude has “good stuff” written all over it. A show geared for tweens, about a (white) kid with social anxiety, and his best friends in middle school are an…

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Dear Hearing World

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” style=”round”]This is a a video of a poem and performance about being Deaf in a hearing world.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Dear Hearing World Dear Hearing World is a short film directed by Adam Docker, based on Raymond Antrobus’ poem by the same name. The film blends Raymond’s spoken words with music and deaf actress Vilma Jackson’s…

How to Talk About Disability in Movies with Kids
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How to Talk About Disability in Movies with Kids

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”3d” style=”round”]This is about how to talk about disability in movies with kids. That is, how to talk with your kids about disability-related content that you see in movies and TV shows. It includes a free PDF “cheat sheet” and is also available through my podcast (both are linked at the end of the…

9 Powerful Disability TED Talks to Unlock & Blow Your Mind
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9 Powerful Disability TED Talks to Unlock & Blow Your Mind

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”outline” style=”round” message_box_color=”turquoise”]This is a collection of some 9 powerful disability TED talks that will make you go, “ah-ha!” They also happen to be my favorite disability TED talks. I’m a list junkie, so it’s sort of a list for you and sort of for me, to have all the stuff I love in…

My 3 Favorite Movies from 1998

My 3 Favorite Movies from 1998

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”outline” style=”round”]I am a member of Netflix #DVDNation. This post contains affiliate links. All opinions are of course, my own. #ad[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][/vc_row][vc_column][/vc_column][vc_column_text]This post is about my favorite movies from 1998. Why 1998? Well, I love Netflix, and Netflix is celebrating 20 years of DVD‘s right now. In honor of Netflix, I took a look back…

You Know Why “The Shape of Water” is Compelling, Don’t You?

You Know Why “The Shape of Water” is Compelling, Don’t You?

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_message message_box_style=”outline” style=”round”]I am a member of Netflix #DVDNation. This post contains affiliate links. All opinions are of course, my own. #ad [/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]14 years ago, I lined up my first movie from Netflix. It was  one of my all-time favorite movies. As a kid who grew up on the outside of things, and with scars splayed…

Song of the Sea
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Song of the Sea

The movie, Song of the Sea, found it’s way to our Kindle Fire. Don’t ask me how; I have no idea – it’s not the type of movie that I am more prone to purchasing. It’s not rounded enough for my Pixar-iefied, Disney-bred taste. It’s an Irish movie, I believe, and while it’s for kids,…