Given that George Takeis post sparked some very good discussions - TopicsExpress



          

Given that George Takeis post sparked some very good discussions (along with quite a few people being asshats, although thankfully NOT on my own FB), I wanted to share an excellent article on the problems with using pictures of individuals with disabilities as meme fodder: >>>Internet depictions of people with disabilities are governed by an equivalent of the Madonna/whore complex. We are either inspirational angels, whose purpose is to set your first world problems in context and give you a boost of the kind once found in “Hang in there, Baby” kitten posters, or we are freaks and frauds to be mocked and exposed for crimes we are not committing. The truth is we are neither. We are just people.
Posted on: Sat, 16 Aug 2014 19:27:18 +0000

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