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Very Special Episodes from Criptiques On Film!
Listen to this post: Special! There’s a word I don’t like when it’s related to disability. It feels like such a consolation prize. Well, we only recently decided as a nation you should be allowed a public education. So your education will be Special. We don’t think you’re good enough athletes to truly compete. So your competitions will be…
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Executive Producer Susan Pelzer on brain injury film
Listen to this post: I’m unsentimental to a fault. (Unless it’s about cats. Lots of sentimentality around cats! Sorry, Brandon.) So when someone donates to fund this film, it’s easy to assume oh, they just donated cuz they’re being nice. The donation may be nice, and it also reflects a belief that what we’re working on means something to…
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Criptiques Podcast
Listen to this post: I’m inviting everyone to listen to a very candid podcast. So candid that I ended up using very, shall we say, adult language many times without realizing it or remembering it. If you follow the link, please be warned that I use quite a few cuss words because I got very…
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Blogging Against Disableism Day: BADD
Listen to this post: Today is annual Blogging Against Disableism Day! I’m not a fan of awareness days and awareness months because there’s something so passive sounding about awareness. There. I’m aware. Now what? But this particular day has a call to action: to blog. So here I am, blogging. I’ve written about ableism and disableism…