My Tropey Life: Disability Representation in Media with Annie Carl

In this episode of Justice in Motion, Daniel talks to disability rights activist and small business owner Annie Carl.

Annie's journey as a social justice advocate began when, as a lifelong book-lover and bookshop owner in Edmonds, Washington, she discovered that diversity in the disability community didn't get the representation it merited from booksellers.

Daniel and Annie covered a lot of ground in this conversation, including topics like the Fries Test for disability representation, tokenism and fetishization of disability in media (you may be more familiar with the term "inspiration porn"), and ableism in portrayals of villains from Richard III to Captain Hook. Annie also provides some recommendations of films and series for people interested in broadening their perspective on what it means to be disabled, which we have included links to below.

Learn more about Annie's business The Neverending Bookshop - https://www.theneverendingbookshop.com/

Check out Annie's upcoming zine My Tropey Life: How Pop Culture Stereotypes Make Disabled Lives Harder, coming soon from Microcosm Publishing - https://microcosmpublishing.com/catalog/zines/15644

Annie's Recommendations:

Crip Camp on Netflix - https://www.netflix.com/title/81001496
Speechless on Hulu - https://www.hulu.com/series/speechless-b6d96e11-f2ef-49e8-9541-99d704d8190b