Netflix’s Film Adaptation of ‘The Prom’ Broadway Musical Is a Love Letter to the LGBTQ+ Community & Theater
On December 11th, Netflix released the movie musical adaptation of the 2018 Broadway musical, The Prom, starring actors Meryl Streep, James Corden, Nicole Kidman, and Andrew Rannells. They act as fictional Broadway stars who, in a frantic search for a cause after negative reviews close their show, come to a small, conservative Indiana town to help […]
How Even Good-Hearted Allyship Can Be Harmful to Your Disabled Friends
The stigma surrounding disability and chronic illness is so deeply rooted in society that it can thrive while still perfectly concealed by its normalization. It is so concealed that when a disabled person dares to bring it up or call it out, they are quickly dismissed and silenced by how certain ableds are that ableism […]
Thank U, Next, & Mental Illness: How Ariana Grande’s Newest Album Is Relatable to Me and My Mental Health Journey
On February 8th, 2019, pop singer Ariana Grande released her fifth studio album, “Thank U, Next” with 12 songs, including three singles (“thank u, next”, “Imagine”, and “7 Rings”). It’s fair to say this is a memorable one, with each individual song already within Apple Music’s Top 20 charts. As I listened, I noticed the […]
Words Are Power: Poems About Youth & Disability
Truths In judgment, dare you call me incomplete? In spite, do you dare call me useless? In ignorance, do you dare call me deceitful? In hatred, do you dare call me unlovable? For, dearest stranger, the contrary is so: In love, I dare believe I am beautiful In awareness, I dare believe […]
Why Ableist Stigma Has Made Me Feel Obligated to ‘Come Out’ as Disabled
Image Description: Watercolor illustration of a person sitting alone in a large, pink forest. Person is in the foreground and illustrated very small. The forest is in the background, purposefully painted largely. It goes unsaid, yet it remains true that the majority of the time people expect it from people their default mental picture of […]