Alright, Last Voyage of the Demeter was very boring and bad but I did get some squares on my horror movie bingo card.
Speculative accessibility is my favourite. I always pick that square to put on my horror movie bingo cards.
This terrible movie had a great example– giving frequent blood transfusions to a vampire victim to prevent her from turning
They should stop trying to make Zootopia movies about race and class, which goes very badly, and start focusing on utopian disability accommodations which the Zootopia movies absolutely rule at.
(Not really tho, because movies that try to be about disability almost always trigger weird ableist reflexes in the filmmakers.)
Zootopia public transit accommodates dolphins. We are dreaming too small.
Here’s an easy accessibility upgrade that makes your events more inclusive for folks with chronic illnesses and energy limitations: list the dang end time
Poking around at Sean Dorsey’s latest work (re:) and his upcoming shows are “KN95s provided & required”, along with many other accessibility practices like ASL interpretation, wheelchair access, detailed info about stairs, all-gender bathrooms, public transit access, and not requiring ID to pick up tickets. Love.
Just noticed that ikea has a decent accessibility collection right now? BÄSINGEN includes a shower chair, some step stools, and the thing I always want which is grab bars that double as towel racks, shower shelves, etc. Nice to see!
I made myself a horror movie bingo card for October, and I am trying to think of a name for a trope I love.
What do you call that thing where characters have ridiculous and cool DIY assistive tech? I am thinking about chainsaws as prosthetic hands, homemade motorcycle-wheelchairs, and the other mayhem that shows up mainly in horror movies.
“Fuckin Rad Improvised Accessibility” is my draft so far 😂🤘🏻
I listen to a lot of audiobooks for small children and this is the first one I’ve encountered that includes image descriptions. It’s such a good idea! The small child I was listening with was so excited that I had to pause the story for celebrations. Alt text all the things.
The book is Secret of the Jade Bangle, by Linda Trinh.
I need to be precise in talking about it because infantilization is real, but there can be so much solidarity between children and disabled people.
Shout out to the drummer from Sumac for performing in a mask the other night. And shout out to Vancouver Jazz Fest for having an early show with a bit of seating so this Long Covid / ME/CFS spoonie could attend some nightlife (in a respirator).
(Not perfect– stairs-only access! But I appreciated that they marked that info on the ad at least.)
