Year: 2018

  • Disabled And Here: Support this Kickstarter!

    There’s some good critiques of the horrible stock photography online that’s supposed to show disability or disabled people. Do you know what I’m talking about? The thin, cisgender, 20-something white person in a manual wheelchair (usually too big or looks like it’s hospital-issued) sitting atop a gorgeous mountain with their arms raised triumphantly in the…

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 13: The first Stinky Chicken Dog

    Listen to this post: This month’s episode is another documentary film in audio form including the Audio Description. In anticipation of the premiere of Jenni Funk’s “Stinky Chicken Dog 2” on December 15th, here is the original “Stinky Chicken Dog.” She didn’t add a “1” in the title because we didn’t expect to make more…

  • Stinky Chicken Dog 2 Premiere

    Listen to this post: Anyone who’s followed my work for more than five minutes knows that every project I do is about disability culture or experiences, and that almost every film somehow manages to have cats or dogs in it. In my collaborations with other storytellers, if we can get animals in there, we will.…

  • Pigeonhole Podcast 12: After Fairview

    Listen to this post: In 2010, Representative Sara Gelser wrote a guest column describing the history and horrors of Fairview Hospital and Training Center. Please note: her column contains graphic descriptions of abuse and quotations from Fairview survivors and staff. Representative Gelser’s column appears alongside photos of the site after it was closed, if you…

  • 2nd annual Disability in Film Blogathon: 50 1st Dates

    Listen to this post: I’m so happy to participate in this year’s Disability in Film Blogathon. The blogathon in a nutshell: A bunch of us who love to talk and write about disability representation in film are all posting on our blogs at the same time in honor of Disability Employment Month. I picked a…