DISABILITY REPRESENTATION IN MEDIA & PHOTOGRAPHY
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- Опубліковано 20 сер 2024
- Hey bbs,
This was originally posted without captions due to time constraints for the class. I'm going to try better to not have that happen again in the future.
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@HotPinkSun I literally just discovered your channel today and watched almost all the videos during painsomnia and I saw that they ended so I came to the comments to see wuttup. I'm so sorry your health has been talking such a toll on you. Sending you strength and healing focus and love. Can't wait to see your videos, and if you choose not to get back into it, totally understood. Peace, love.
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This got me thinking! I have also worked to surround myself with images of disabled people, and also with their content and ideas, but before I made that a priority I cant remember seeing disabled people anywhere in traditional art/ media. Also got me thinking about the notion of ~traditional art/ media~ and the ways in which representation as a concept is muddied and disrupted by user generated content. Gives actual disabled people a chance to humanize themselves vs. an abled middle man humanizing them (not that the onus should be on disabled people, but it changes the ways in which ableds can gatekeep). Thanks for summarizing the article and sharing from your personal experience!
This is the new drone I'm considering for my landscape photography t.co/Qedwk6nCnT
I loved everything about this video! Not too long back I did a video about disability in tv and movies and this subject is very similar because unless you follow other disabled people on Instagram like I do, you never see us! We get one disabled person on dancing with the stars or strictly come dancing but that is to show look disabled people if you are willing to do the work you can do this too! It’s done in a manner that makes me feel uncomfortable and actually gives my family reason to look at me as if I don’t try hard enough to do more! I think we have come a long way from us all in institutions but not as far as I’d like but I’m thankful I live now and not back even 50 or 60 years ago. Thanks for taking about this honey xx
I did a photoshoot portraying myself, a visibly disabled woman, as a person who participates in BDSM (which is true!). It was for one of my classmate's final project, however, she switched her project to something else. Anyway, the point of her original project was to show that disabled people have sex too (and sometimes, we're more creative)! I wish I could show you guys the video when we talked about disability and sex because it was so eye opening for me.
My final thesis film regards topics on disability and sexuality! I think it's a topic that truly isn't discussed enough in traditional educational settings, so we have to work hard to learn about it from other disabled people and trusting our own experiences.
@@HotPinkSun I knew I should've saved that video when it was still available! There was this one cis-het-couple where the woman would lay down in a table and the man would just wheel himself on her pussy. A LITERAL DRIVE-THRU 😂
Wow this is great! I'm studying photography at university and we've looked at a lot of Arbus's work, it's so awesome to hear you discuss the disability perspective in such an articulate way :)
If we aren't considering those we curated ourselves, then the closest I can think of was Avatar the Last Airbender, which had a totally kickass blind character. But I had to think. Glad I could think of at least one I had seen somewhat recently.
Can't think of someone with a visible disabilities in popular media. The ones that jump out are Artie in Glee and Walt Jr. in Breaking Bad.
I learned so much and I agree with your points on representation and the history regarding disabilities and so on, I went through the comments and I came to understand even more of the subject. I can't speak for my culture or the struggle disabled people face but having those flashes in mind of talented disabled people I've met on events where they have their own platform makes me happy a bit, more of it won't hurt anyone.
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Thank you for posting this as a disabled artist myselfRecently I have been thinking about what it means to occupy a space that is not designed for you. The art world ,at least in formal spaces is not welcoming to those with disabilities I have been told by teachers that my disability is to distracting to my peer,asked if I was so disabled why bother going to art school,had my accommodations ignored causing me an unreasonable amount of pain,been foced out of class because there was " no way for them to accommodate me and that I should drop their class ". These are just the worst examples to list them all would take more time then it's worth.This is extremely disappointing considering the fact that the art world claims to be so inclusive. Having more context is always helpful when puzzling through this kind of stuff!
Awesome video! I think disability is so much more a cultural problem than it is actually physical. Most of the problems I've had with disability have been cultural. I realize I have a 'problem' only when other people bring it up, maybe the perks of being born with it. But then I realize there is no problem, there's just a different way of doing things, the problem is with everyone else, with the culture.
MAKE DISABILITY COOL? YES PLEASE! The same way a tattooed person wants to make tattoos cool, the same way advertising companies made smoking cool, I will say it now: Disability is a HUGE range of affections, some scary, some depressing. But you know what, for the most of it, disability is cool, I can see how that can be disrespectful for a segment of disabled people, but there's nothing we can do about that. I'd rather we change perception for the good of a lot of people, then do nothing so that we're respectful to other people.
Best of luck, cheers
Awesome video, I am Autistic, Dyspraxic and Epileptic, I have big issues with how the media portrays and seems to view disability, I agree with what you say in your video. I would love to see disabled actors actually get to play disabled people more often, I realise that Autism gets a good amount of portrayal in the media, but quantity does not mean quality and as you probably know Autism portrayals seem to always rely on lazy stereotypes rather than actually doing anything else, for those who don't know those stereotypes are white male maths/computer/science genius who is well of finically and has no other disabilities apart from Autism, Dyspraxcia is getting a portrayal in Doctor Who at the moment but as Dyspraxic person I can tell you it is very poor, just to fill you in if you don't know they focused on trouble with bike riding in just the first episode and have not focused on anything else and its very rare that one sees epilepsy portrayed. While at university back in 2015 I did my dissertation on stereotypes disability in theatre, film and television and found somewhat unsurprisingly that plays written by disabled people where, the least stereotypical, I could not find and films or TV shows written by disabled people and most of them turned out to be very stereotypical. I cannot remember the last time I saw a disabled person who was a badass who I did not seek out which I find very upsetting. As a motorsports fan I have always found Alex Zanardi and more recently Billy Monger to be cool badass people.
Sorry if my comment was long.
I'm from Copenhagen Denmark ( a small country in Scandinavia in northern Europe ) i have never see and public positive imager of a disabled person. Here in Denmark people with disabilities are see as a big burden society. If you apply for Disability check you have to go through 2-10 years where you are teste to if you have the strength and the ability to work. If you can work 30 minutes a week. You can't get the disability check . If you are lucky you can get approved for something called a flexjob . It's where you work the amount of time you can and get a full-time pay . But nobody wants to higher disabled people.
It's a similarly sad and frustrating system here in the USA
Oh wow. I always thought that Denmark was Utopia because of how small it is and that they treat their citizens better and it's a better quality of life there. Guess I was wrong.
I never cease to be inspired by you and your videos. You are needed. You are doing good work. You're making a difference. Thank you.
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that reflection on your glasses is really working for this
I never actually meant to be offensive or crush "disabled" people, but I realize I do sometimes. I have several diagnosis. I grew up thinking I was a nobody with no power and that my words didn't matter cus nobody would give a shit what I say. Haven't completely gotten past that mindset. You have interesting way of discussing this topic. You said segregation of us. I swear to God just lately I thought to myself that segregation hasn't ended and now it's half mental health and not all just racism in this current world.
Your words always matter
You're awesome. Thank you for making this!
Being in the media production field can be difficult like someone with autism. I have slight autism but it's difficult working with other employees in terms of communication.
I so agree
Hey there, I recently came across your channel and truly love it. I have many of the same conditions you do, and can't help but wonder how you're doing now. Update soon plz?
Wow, those images at the end. I've never seen this stuff before.
Thank you! Such a good and important video!
Hey, I tried some deep google searches and couldn't find this article, does anyone here have a link or know where I can find it? It would be super helpful!!
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Sounds like a positive guy.. ♥
This was awesome. Subscribing
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Do you think any problems you have gone through Have anything to do with your Stay with the cursed Cecil Hotel that a lot of people have so much heard about if not stay Positive keep striving for goodness and happiness Cheers
Edwardphone2 Brown wtf are you talking about? This is a UA-cam channel with many different kinds of videos? I have some where I’ve tried make up products too? They’re unrelated. Cheers.
Concieted, narcasism is an enturely different thing
Still love the video tho
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Same thing happened to me
Mam i am handicap person please help me..
Where did you find the images at the end ?
I got diagnosed with eds has me depressed I always feel like shit tell me it gets better
nathan luther I don't have EDS but I have been in chronic pain and chronically ill for years... It does get better, you are gonna always have those days were it will be worse. You'll hate how trapped and limited you feel but you'll also grow into this amazing human who can deal with these things and embrace how they feel in the moment. Realising that how you feel is justified but it doesn't define who you are. Give it time and you'll find that some days you will accept who you are, hopefully, one day it will be most days. Just try your best figure out workarounds, find a diet that works, take your meds, don't compare yourself to others or listen to there comparison of you, try and create a routine(eating, sleeping, meds...) and make yourself feel your best. it doesn't have to be how everyone else feels just work towards feeling as well as you can feel! Try to embrace your limitations with new hobbies. Keep in mind that even though you have put in this self-care, had your meds and been awesome some days your body won't agree and that's okay... Don't beat yourself up if you don't do things perfectly every time nobody is perfect just keep trying. Here's hoping this is helpful and I didn't just ramble. Good luck
@@tuiguy-williams7087 the worst is I was super active and working had just graduated etc. Now I'm 27 basically bed ridden but look fine on the outside. I have the pressure from others around me to get a job and be normal you "look" fine. But inside I feel like death. Working with doctors out of John Hopkins and they want to fuse my entire neck because cranial instability but I don't want to because the risks. IDK I've just developed so much anxiety and depression over the past years with the doctor's stays and diagnoses and general fact of not being who I once was the some days I feel so down that I make myself believe it will never get better. They also have me on pain pills and that doesn't help my psyche either, but it's good to find others like you to talk to because everyone around me just says ohhhhh you look so healthy from the outside cut it out don't be lazy you probably know how that goes
it gets better
I mean it really does
Fuckin this video made me disabled, Holmes.
I just found your dating with disability (from years ago). Btw, nope you are not alone! Do you ever mention your disability?
Hey I have EHlers also. Can we be friends ?
0:26 Do you ever wonder why disabled issues don't get the same traction as womens/racial/LGBT issues? It's because nobody gives a damn, least of all disabled people, because they're the only minority group asking for a fair chance, rather than special rights. Cut the "as a disabled person..." nonsense. The vast majority of disabled people don't self-identify primarily as "disabled". Thinking otherwise will lead you on a very lonely road to nowhere. Happy New Year.
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I think I’m not too interested in politics like this, but sure it could be cool to have people think of disabled people as more human. But at the same time, if you see a disabled person, you don’t really know anything about them, hence feel like they aren’t “real”, just like with any people, do you think of everybody walking in a mall deeply and think what kind of lives they have outside this environment? I don’t do that much, so everyone that I don’t know feels very “fake”. But if I have friends, they become real, just like if I have disabled friends, I get to know their struggles and attach that to the person.
Having representation in media (photography) is cool since I can relate to it, but it’s the same thing when I see a blonde girl in a photo, I feel like “oh I guess that’s kinda cool, my hair is similar to her’s”
I don’t personally find anything significant about having to have more disabled people in media etc, in that rare occasion of me being able to relate doesn’t justify it to the photographers etc who want the majority to relate to themselves to it. And I don’t think relating yourself to someone is as big of a deal as some say, so I don’t really understand some of the arguments there
(This is probably just rambling, I’ve slept terribly)
I think it has a lot to do with normalizing us to the general culture. Like I'm queer and there's way more representation than their used to be and more people are out. As a result, we don't seem so weird or other. As a disabled person I actually think we have a lot farther to go than with the queer community. And I would love realistic depictions and not I became president of a fortune 500 and you can to. I live on disability and go to an adult day program and have mosaic down syndrome but I am stable. I tried working and couldn't and many with MDS can but I can't but it's such an individual syndrome that no two people are the same because in the case of MDS it effects different cells and different sets of cells depending on the person. I don't expect things that specific but we aren't all capable of working 100 hours a week or something and I think that they show one extreme or the other usually. Either super successful bad ass or such an invalid can barely get out of bed and most of us live somewhere in between just like our abled counterparts.