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Disability Art and Culture Project 10 year anniversary party
Listen to this post: If I love anything, it’s cross disability art and activism. OK, cats too, and also I have a thing for chocolate. But when I’m away from both cats and chocolate, you can pretty much guarantee I’m doing some kind of disability-related art or social justice work. Cross disability is my favorite because…
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Music after brain injury by any means
Listen to this post: Some people describe the brain as a computer: it takes in info, processes it, and spits out things like emotions, movement, language, or music. This isn’t the most thorough explanation of the three-pound blob, but it’s not untrue. So imagine what happens when you hook up the information processor in your head…
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Robin Coste Lewis: From brain injury to poetry
Listen to this post: While Robin Coste Lewis’s new, award-winning book of poetry, “Voyage of the Sable Venus” is not about brain injury, it came about from brain injury. After her own injury, she became a poet. And now we have this outrageously powerful, lyrical début book that we probably wouldn’t have if she’d continued…
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Here’s the problem with explaining disability jokes
Listen to this post: I’m funny. You’re funny. We all have the best sense of humor, and we love to make other people laugh. [clown horn honk honk.] Even if this were always true, it doesn’t make us above reproach. What I mean: you can still tell an awful and offensive joke even if you don’t…
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Submit to International Youth Silent Film Festival
Listen to this post: The International Youth Silent Film Festival is taking submissions right now! Young people, take note! Make a movie without having to record or edit any audio. This festival was founded in 2009 by Jon JP Palanuk after attending a live theatre organ concert. Perhaps a live organ concert doesn’t make everyone…