Image: woman with red face and short dark curly hair, looking serious, wearing a green leaf print jacket over a pink, green, white, purple and yellow floral dress. It’s Disability Pride month right now. To be honest, I’m not feeling it - I am feeling hurt and exhausted. I … [Read more...]

I’ve recently been accused of appropriating my disability and race. That I just “came out“ as a person of colour. This is when I came out as a person of colour - born with Ichthyosis. December 1981. Image: vintage photo of my mum holding me as a newborn. If you’re … [Read more...]

CW: Disability slur I read Nightingale Point by Luan Goldie this week, and I can’t stop thinking of it. Nightingale Point is an incredible book, based on the true story of a plane that hit two public housing towers in Amsterdam, and a tribute to the Grenfell Tower residents … [Read more...]

Spoilers ahead Image: five girls sitting on a bed and lying on the floor talking and laughing. Their clothes are colourful and so are the furnishings. The floor is teal. At the top is “The Babysitters Club” in white letters on blocks. The background is purple. “Netflix” … [Read more...]

CW: allusion to and mention of disability slurs: Image: a graphic featuring a photo of a woman with a red face and short dark curly hair, smiling, wearing a bright dress - the photo is cropped to be a circle. “No-one ever uses a disability slur as a compliment” is in big white … [Read more...]