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Disability in the Aliens Franchise

by Editor February 26, 2024
written by Editor

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 …

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Reasons Hollywood Feels No Need to Include Disabled Creatives

by Editor February 25, 2024
written by Editor

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 …

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What We’re Watching – Feb 18/24

by Editor February 25, 2024
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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. …

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The Disablist Nature of Desiring Perfection in Gattaca

by Editor February 24, 2024
written by Editor

Dom Evans delves into the disablist nature of needing to be perfect that is found in the popular film, Gattaca.

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February 24, 2024 0 comments
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What We’re Watching – Feb 11/17

by Editor February 19, 2024
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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 …

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What We’re Watching – Feb 4/10

by Editor February 14, 2024
written by Editor

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. …

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Monster is All Dahmer, All the Time

by Editor February 14, 2024
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Monster Dahmer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is a macabre look at the life and times of Jeffrey Dahmer with too much sensationalism and not enough care for the victims.

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What We’re Watching – Jan 28/Feb 3

by Editor February 7, 2024
written by Editor

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 …

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What We’re Watching – Jan 21/27

by Editor January 29, 2024
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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 …

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Why The Normal Heart and Ryan Murphy Disservice the Disability Community

by Editor December 22, 2022
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This article was originally written by Dom Evans on May 25, 2014 when it was posted to their website. Of all the plays in the world, the one I hold …

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