After DC Comics had the Joker paralyze Batgirl in a 1989 issue, her new persona “Oracle” became the badass disabled character we grew to love. But now DC plans to heal her. Read more
Tag: Disabilities in the media
8/8/11: Paraplegic featured on Sabado Gigante
Tamara Mena, a model and a paraplegic from a car accident in 2005, was featured on the legendary Univision program Sabado Gigante this past weekend. Read more
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: Wheelchairs a menace in dance clubs?
It never ceases to amaze me how many angry people who exist in this world who see wheelchairs as nothing but a menace to society. When it comes to anywhere that’s crowded, take dance clubs for example, they really don’t think we belong. Read more
Spin 2.0: Why we work on reality shows
Why, after all the years, are we finally being accepted on reality shows? Read more