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Kickstart Disability’s event speakers talk candidly about how disability and ableism affect their art
November 10, 2020By: Serena Bains, Staff Writer Editor’s note: The language used in this piece is at the writer’s discretion as a member of the disabled community but perspectives on identity-first or person-first language vary within the disability community. 10 x 5: Art & Disability was an event that took place on October 24 to platform the art and voices of disabled artists, and allow them to describe how their disabilities inform their artwork. The event, presented by BC Culture Days and Kickstart Disability Arts & Culture, consisted of 10 artists doing five-minute presentations on their relationship with art. Following this, there…
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The ableist obstacles I faced filing for withdrawals
November 7, 2020Written by Anonymous Content warning: Ableism, mentions of transphobia, and negligence from authoritative figures. My first two semesters at SFU were pretty rocky. Going into my third, I was looking for a fresh start — but the SFU administration seems…
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Deaf U pushes deaf culture into the mainstream by focusing on deaf perspectives
October 24, 2020By: Serena Bains, Staff Writer New eight-episode Netflix series Deaf U was released on October 9. The series follows the lives of deaf students at Gallaudet University and acts as an introduction to the deaf community for hearing folk. The…
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Chadwick Boseman’s legacy and what his death shows about medical racism and ableism
September 8, 2020By: Harvin Bhathal, Features Editor In an interview with the Huffington Post in 2017, Chadwick Boseman was asked if he bulked up, slimmed down, and bulked up again having finished on Captain America: Civil War, Marshall, and then Black Panther.…
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