Lego’s First Minifigure in a Wheelchair is Embarrassingly Overdue
Bowing to public pressure, Lego has finally released its first minifig in a wheelchair. The latest Lego figurine was one of several recently showcased at the Nuremberg Toy Fair.
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A Mentally Disabled Mother Lost Her Newborn and Fought Until She Got Her Back
People joke that parenthood should come via license, like driving, and that you shouldn’t be allowed to have children unless you pass a test. Lisa Miller’s New York magazine story about one mother in Massachusetts makes that idea—and the parental and disability rights controversies that accompany it—real.
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Reshared post from +S. A. Hunt
The labyrinth lies empty,
golden bells no longer ringing;
Her king is gone, but the
goblins are still singing.
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Disabled Fans and Creators Are Kept Out of Too Many Conventions. Now They’re Not Alone.
Science fiction and fantasy conventions exist in the venn diagram between professional networking events, marketing expos and fan celebrations. Between all three of those things, they do a lot to shape fandom and the stories we love. And for years now, conventions have been failing disabled fans and professionals. So now, at last, some professionals are signing a pledge that they won’t go to any convention that does not take disabled accessibilit…
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Netflix’s Jessica Jones Is a Complex Portrait of a Woman Undone
Jessica Jones, the second of Netflix’s original series drawn from Marvel comics, is the smartest entry into television’s already crowded cast of superheroes. Created by Melissa Rosenberg, best known for writing the Twilight movies, and starring the sardonic Krysten Ritter, the show is a slow unravelling of a familiar genre, featuring a heroine who struggles to maintain control after it’s been stolen from her by the villainous Kilgrave (played to …
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‘Gate A-4’: An Arab Woman Traveling Alone
Editor’s note: This short story titled “Gate A-4″ is from Honeybee, a collection of poems and short stories written by Naomi Shihab Nye and published in 2008. In the wake of …
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Theme from da Vinci’s Demons (Extended Version) – Bear McCreary
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‘They treat us like dogs’: 27 women detained in Texas immigration center begin hunger strike
Nearly 30 women at an immigration detention facility in Texas have begun a hunger strike. In their letters, made public by a civil rights group, they highlight “grave injustices,” detentions of up to 18 months, inedible food, and “little or no security.”
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YouTube Red officially launches, offering ad-free videos and more for $9.99 a month
As promised last week, Google has now officially launched its YouTube Red subscription service, offering fans of YouTube videos access to ad-free clips, a way to download videos for offline use and more for $9.99 a month. Here’s the breakdown of what people can expect when they sign up for YouTube Red: Ad-free videos: Watch videos without interruptions Save offline: Save videos and…
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How Sexism in the Church Almost Ruined My Life
In July 2014, my husband Daniel, our two young boys, and I took a full U-Haul from Cleveland, Tenn., to Richmond, Va., for Daniel’s new job as a teacher at a Christian private school. The move had pushed us past broke, into donations from relatives, but we were eager nonetheless. After many years, my husband had finally figured out what he wanted to do with his life. He was thrilled for the opportunity to become a teacher, and I—coming off of a y…
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