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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…
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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,…
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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…
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Educational Launch Screening of Who Am I To Stop It
Listen to this post: This is an exciting time for the documentary Who Am I To Stop It. Since launching with educational distribution coop New Day Films, we’ve gotten sales from California to Delaware to the UK and are looking forward to the chance to screen, well, everywhere. “Who Am I To Stop It” is…
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Name the ableism in our recent election
Listen to this post: No secrets here. I’m not in support of the white nationalism espoused by the people being picked to come into the next White House. I’ve been listening to and reading a lot of arguments and speculations about why Hillary didn’t get elected. So far, every one from the left has rung…