Quads and paras unable to sweat have a new summertime savior thanks to a Japanese invention called Kuchofuko, meaning “air conditioned clothing.” Are you willing to look like a Puffer fish to stay cool? Read this blog
Category: Blog
7/24/11: Why does the news love paralyzed brides?
As a wheelchair-user myself, I love it when women in wheelchairs get married. But is it really THAT big of a deal if they do? Why the abundant recent news coverage over the “paralyzed bachelorette?” Is it a masked pity fest? Read my blog
7/15/11: Gaga debuts wheelchair mermaid alter ego
Gaga’s latest persona, Yuyi the Mermaid, a wheelchair-using siren with a black tail and donned in a black funeral shroud, is amazing if you ask me, but its pissing some people off too. Read this blog
7/6/11: Would you exploit yourself to pay the bills?
If a channel produces a show on a pregnant paraplegic with twins, and people pay cable to tune in to watch (gawk), how is that any different from paying $2 to view a pregnant snake lady behind a glass wall? Read the rest of this blog
Spin 2.0: Wheelchairs banned from trying on wedding dresses
An inaccessible bridal shop in Michigan has gone so far as to ban wheelchairs from their dressing rooms, worried the wheels may damage the dresses. Stephanie Nash, a wheelchair-user, and her cohorts are calling this shop out on their bullshit, and for good reason. Read the rest
Spin 2.0: HBO’s “Game of Thrones” includes a character with paralysis
If you’re not watching Game of Thrones yet, you are missing out on one of the best TV shows currently on-air. And the really exciting thing about this show is that it touches on paralysis in a fantsay world setting. Note: Blog may contain spoilers. Read my blog
Spin 2.0: Wheelchair assassin film in the works
When was the last time a you’ve seen a movie starring two female wheelchair-users? That is why Collision, starring Tiffany Giddes and Teal Sherer, both paraplegics, a film about wheelchair assassins, needs to be made. Read more
Spin 2.0: Why online rejection doesn’t count
If there’s an equivalent to kindergarten as an adult, online dating has got to be it. And if you have a disability, you mine as well just put you‘re a terrorist right in your profile, because that’s how people treat you. Read the rest
Spin 2.0: What do you say to strangers?
There’s nothing like hanging out at the mall minding your own business, when all of a sudden a complete stranger comes up to you and asks – “What happened to you?” How do you answer? Politely, rudely, are you funny, or do you have a speech memorized? Read the rest
Spin 2.0: Wheelchair fashion storefront debuts
This may be a first. IZ Adaptive Clothing, one of the few clothing lines in existence that was created with wheelchair-users in mind, has opened a posh new storefront in Toronto, Ontario, giving rolling fashionistas access to one of the most progressive fashion houses ever created. Read the rest