ATLA Live Action Disappoints with Disabled Mimicry
CN: Please note that there are spoilers for the live action Avatar the Last Airbender series as well as the animated series it is based upon. Read with caution. I’ve…
Ashtyn Law is a midwestern filmmaker and accidental activist that has had a successful freelance writing career for decades. While filmmaking, specifically TV, will always be her passion, she writes all kinds of things. She also loves consulting on scripts whether they deal with disability or not. The collaborative culmination that film offers has always been a beautiful and fascinating thing to her. When she’s not working, she’s usually found spending time with family, playing games on her Xbox, or relaxing.
CN: Please note that there are spoilers for the live action Avatar the Last Airbender series as well as the animated series it is based upon. Read with caution. I’ve…
CN: Spoilers I love Aliens. In fact, I would say it’s probably my favorite horror franchise merely because it’s one of the best written, in my humble opinion. I often…
This week, we’ve said goodbye to the binging of an absolute favorite (sometimes it’s hard being caught up on things), finished a smaller series, and started a couple new ones.…
It’s time for this weeks What We’re Watching. So, this is everything we watched last week. Next week we will have some new additions to this because tonight The Equalizer…
The first half of this week has been pretty busy. As I am writing this, I’m curious to see how many shows that we will have to list between us.…
For the last two decades we’ve been watching, writing about, and discussing disability representation in some form or fashion. Six years ago we actively started documenting what we were watching…
It’s time for our second installment of “What We’re Watching.” Basically, we give you a sneak peek of what movies and TV shows we’ve been consuming for the week. Depending…
We have decided to take a year off from our annual FilmDis Study. It’s important work and it will be picked up again, hopefully, in the future. Originally the decision…
One of the most common questions we are asked is whether it will be better for a production to hire a writer or a consultant that is disabled. Ultimately, the…
What is the greatest thing some people misunderstand about representation on television for disability? When you’re trying to improve the representation landscape in media you get a lot of naysayers.…