thoughts on the politics of independence

“the community is not great for anyone until it is great for everyone.”        –WIDU motto

one last post on tropic thunder

I’ve been thinking a lot about the strategies the disability community has used in responding to the movie Tropic Thunder. I wanted to wait until the initial media coverage passed so this conversation could be held more internally and not distract from the message we were putting out there.
The amazing Jess Hoffman from Makeshift magazine [...]

tropic thunder actions

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tropic thunder

Q:
What do you get when you put
blackface,
sizeism,
old racist jokes,
glorification of war
and outright ableism together?
A: Tropic Thunder
Tropic Thunder is a big-budget film to be released next week. The synopsis on the promotional website describes the film as

“an action comedy about a group of self-absorbed actors who set out to make the most expensive war film. After [...]