Year: 2017

  • DisArt Symposium is Livestreaming!

    Listen to this post: I’m so excited to have the chance to present alongside some of my disability arts and media heroes at the DisArt International Symposium in April. Possibly the coolest part is that you don’t have to be in Grand Rapids to take part. They’re going to offer the symposium presentations and panels through…

  • Normal Really Is a Fantasy

    Listen to this post:  Here’s me with my buds! We are representing brain injury community and happily sporting our “Normal Is A Fantasy” t-shirts designed by Invisible Disability Project. Guess what I came home to? A Tweetstorm from my proud disabled comrades decrying a rough-sounding panel at South by Southwest called “End of Disability?” Sure,…

  • Contribute to NOS Magazine neurodiverity collection online

    Listen to this post:  I love playing with language, especially things like people in disability community reclaiming “crip” or “krip” to describe themselves with pride. It’s definitely inspeak to call yourself a crip to other crips, which is part of the appeal. Of course, not everyone with experiences around disability likes or uses crip, and…

  • Brandon’s Update on Faith

    Listen to this post:  Just the other night we had our first public screening of “Who Am I To Stop It.” Working part-time, it took two years to film. Working part-time and waiting for funding to come in, it was another year or so before it was edited. Joining New Day Films took nine months. Jump…

  • Krip-Hop Nation’s 10th Anniversary CD

    Listen to this post: It’s time to wish Happy Birthday to Krip-Hop Nation! Read up on some great news from their press release below, and follow the link at the bottom for the new CD. And follow all the other links all over the place for the best music and lyrics. Krip-Hop Nation has grown…