I had the pleasure of meeting Day for the first time at Cripping the Comic-Con a few years back. We had much in common, from our mutual appreciation of history, to our nerdiness, and to the fact that we both write fiction. When I saw that Day has a kickstarter to create a documentary about the Invalid Corps involved in… Read more →
When I was a kid I loved Sherlock Holmes, and thus the Victorian era, more than anything. I dressed up as Holmes for Halloween multiple years, as I grew older I collected Victorian clothes, dressed in corsets and long skirts, carried parasols, and read everything I could about the Victorian Era. I knew I wanted to be an historian. But… Read more →
I remember the day that I got my PTSD diagnosis, and it was as though the heavens had opened and someone finally understood what was happening in my head. The nightmares had been going on for years. When I finally snapped in high school, when I finally had what’s called an episode it was after so much time had passed… Read more →
I’m not a Chris Christie fan. On Monday, he signed a bill that makes me dislike him a little less. Bill S1760 is a bill which requires high schools in the state of New Jersey to allow students to take American Sign Language (ASL) as their foreign language requirement. This is a big deal because it means that more students… Read more →
A lot has been said about trigger warnings in the past few months. Much of it is derisive “What’s that going to do to help?” or “But where does the line stop, when are we just labeling everything a trigger?” Yes. Sometimes trigger warnings get out of hand. Sure, when there’s ten of them on a single post, that’s probably… Read more →
Naomi Grossman is not what I expected. For one, I hadn’t done much digging around, but I assumed she was disabled when I arrived at Cripping the Comic-Con this week. And if she wasn’t, I wasn’t sure what to expect. Arriving for her performance on Wednesday morning, I was surprised. Not only was I surprised, I was delighted. Naomi’s one… Read more →
A few very exciting things have happened – and now I can share them! 1) I’ll be at Syracuse University this week attending “Cripping the Comic-Con” to present on cosplay and disability. Like with the Living Games conference, I’ll be talking about issues of representation and creating equanimity and safety for people with disabilities. If you’re a disabled cosplayer, shoot… Read more →
