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NPR: Game of Thrones and Disability

July 11, 2017February 7, 2019

NPR did a segment on Game of Thrones and disabled characters. Neda Ulaby talked to Rebecca Cokley about Tyrion and asked me for some general overview. I grumbled about Shireen’s death (still pissed, not about her death, but the writing of it), and made a quip about ramps into castles being more important than magical cures. … Continue ReadingNPR: Game of Thrones and Disability

Rethinking Trigger Warnings – David Sedaris and This American Life

August 18, 2014October 19, 2022

[Content Note: Ableist Speech including use of the “r-word.” Later, I quote a passage from Huckleberry Finn that contains the n-word, not spelled out.] This post works with a 1996 piece from David Sedaris and This American Life that contains terrible depictions of the intellectually disabled. It was re-broadcast in 2013. I’d like to see content notes … Continue ReadingRethinking Trigger Warnings – David Sedaris and This American Life