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capricorn-0mnikorn · 2 years

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Serious discussion of Disability Rep in the meme movie du jour.

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#Oakwyrm #film analysis #disability rep in fiction #Disability Pride Month ♿#YouTube Video (closed captioned in English)

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thebibliosphere · 9 months

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Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites

In a world of dwindling hope, love has never mattered more...

Captain Nathan J. Northland had no idea what to expect when he returned home to Lorehaven injured from war, but it certainly wasn’t to find himself posted on an island full of vampires. An island whose local vampire dandy lord causes Nathan to feel strange things he’d never felt before. Particularly about fangs.

When Vlad Blutstein agreed to hire Nathan as Captain of the Eyrie Guard, he hadn’t been sure what to expect either, but it certainly hadn’t been to fall in love with a disabled werewolf. However Vlad has fallen and fallen hard, and that’s the problem.

Torn by their allegiances–to family, to duty, and the age-old enmity between vampires and werewolves–the pair find themselves in a difficult situation: to love where the heart wants or to follow where expectation demands.

The situation is complicated further when a mysterious and beguiling figure known only as Lady Ursula crashes into their lives, bringing with her dark omens of death, doom, and destruction in her wake.

And a desperate plea for help neither of them can ignore.

Hunger Pangs: True Love Bites by Joy Demorra is a queer, paranormal, gaslamp fantasy romance novel featuring enchanted forests, gothic castles, and just a smidge of industrial coal dust, and is the first book of the Hunger Pangs slow-burn polyamorous romance series. Join Vlad, Nathan, and Ursula as they navigate a magical world torn asunder war and politics as they work to restore balance to the world and find love along the way. Book one is available now in ebook, paperback, and audio.

Buy the (high heat) Flirting With Fangs Edition Here.

Buy the (medium heat) Fluff and Fangs Edition Here.

Why are there two versions, and what's the difference between them? Glad you asked! You can also check out individual content tags and heat ratings on my website at www.joydemorra.com

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poppletonink · 7 months

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Review: Crooked Kingdom

★★★★★ - 5 stars

"I would come for you. And if I couldn't walk, I'd crawl to you, and no matter how broken we were, we'd fight our way out together - knives drawn, pistols blazing. Because that's what we do. We never stop fighting."

On the front of Crooked Kingdom, there should be a warning that reads, "You will experience a withdrawal stage once finished reading and will feel like you are no longer whole". That is the effect of this enticing, page-turner of a book. It tells the story of Kaz Brekker and his crew following the Ice Court Heist that occurs within Six Of Crows, as they seek out revenge upon a swindling mercher, in hopes of gaining their well-earned reward. It's dramatic, dark and full to the brim with tales of crime, but it's simultaneously funny and astoundingly adorable.

There are three relationships that have you completely hooked and often screaming at words on paper and that is because... the romance within this story is nothing but wonderful. At times it is overt and between the lines but nevertheless remains an amazing aspect of the story. Overall, the love between the characters, both romantic and platonic, is immaculately written.

Through this book there is a beautiful discussion of disability (both physical and mental) and ableism within society. It's raw and honest about disability, and can be quite emotional to read, yet it is also extremely empowering and uplifting. It discusses dyslexia and the realities of being a cane user but it never takes away from the fantasy plot. In fact, it aids it, because it makes the characters wonderfully imperfect and more real.

Leigh Bardugo is an incredible writer - she will draw you into the world of the Grishaverse and take you down a path before tearing your heart to pieces. She creates characters who you come to love, characters who go through so much and yet stay standing and she will make you cry through what happens to them. It's a painful read, and yet a rewarding one because it is so well-written. A tale of love, crime, trauma and revenge: Crooked Kingdom is an outstanding addition to the ranks of the fantasy genre.

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argentum-in-aqua · 4 months

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Silver in the Ashes (Argentum in Aqua #2): Chapter 47

Stubborn streak

In which Viola and Mortimer make plans, and Sabbat has a bath

(New to the story? Start here)

(No idea what this is, but interested/intrigued? Go here)

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qbdatabase · 6 months

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October 20th was International Pronouns Day, so this Saturday we have a special Picture Book Parade that's all about pronouns! These colorful children's books talk about how to use pronouns, introduce kids to the many different pronouns they can use, and talk you through what to do if you don't know which ones are for you 🏷️✏️❓

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engagemythrusters · 1 year

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It would be nice if Star Wars actually treated their "good" disabled characters as actual disabled characters.

We see a lot of "bad" disabled characters have viewable disabling disabilities (ex: the latest The Bad Batch episode featured a cane-user with a prosthetic arm. This man was a hoarder of resources, and quite greedy and self-serving. Disability=hoarding resources is a TERRIBLE thing for Star Wars to highlight, but there they just went. That's a whole post I can make on its own, but I digress.)

But there are so few times that Star Wars truly acknowledges its disabled characters' disability in a positive light. It is always swept under the rug and forgotten about. This is what we have for our disabled "good" characters:

Anakin's hand only ever has problems twice--both of which aren't even true issues. His hand just gets caught by magnets. That's it. Sure, one time a little spark went through it durring the Zillo Beast arc, but despite all other mechanical appliances dying and short-circuting, Anakin's mechanical prosthetic does NOT. They didn't want to show Anakin without the use of his hand. Oh and he's turned into the "bad" character when his disability becomes actually acknowledged. Facisit disabled person... how charming (sarcasm).

Luke's prosthetic hand also does not cause him any true issues--again, minor inconveniences.

Echo's prosthetics are not acknowledged, ever. They act as if Echo has two hands, and he's constantly seen holding stuff as if he has two hands. Sorry, but he can't balance a giant ass box on a scomp like that. He would have to compensate--move his arm so that it balances differently.

Tech does not need to be more than autistic-coded. It's not a requirement to label everything. However, he has only had issues with his autism once. That's a good first step! But it's just a first step. Not to mention, he's a whitewashed savant. This is the most blatant, frustrating autism stereotype. I've already made a post about this.

Kanan and Chirrut's blindness is perhaps the most visibly disabling disability in any of the shows; however, said blindness is magically compensated for by the Force. They both still struggles with many things, which is a good change of pace, but ultimatley, it's not the representation it's meant to be. And, for Kanan, it is CURED at the end, before he DIES. Chirrut ALSO dies. I think that speaks for itself.

Yes, they are still disabled. That is not in question. But it's repackaged in a 'non-disabling' sense. Because why show disability when everything can be magically fixed? Why show disabled characters having realistic issues with their disability when it could be disabled characters made palatable for an abled audience?

Yes, a good number of disabled people would like to be, for lack of a truly appropriate term, ""fixed"" (a whole different topic, though--and a huge one at that). I don't doubt many amputees would probably like the a prosthetic like Anakin's. And yes, it would be nice to be so easily and readily accepted as disabled people like they are in Star Wars.

However.

The continued treatment of disabled people as if they aren't disabled is a massive problem in today's, real-life world. Because we don't have that luxury of being treated as nicely. So as great as it is to dream of a life where we're accepted as normal, IT IS IMPORTANT TO VIEW THEIR DISABILITY AS NORMAL IN THE FIRST PLACE.

It is necessary to see openly disabled people being clearly disabled, while still being viewed as equal, "normal" people. When disability is only shown openly as disabling when it is for the greedy or the facists... that is ableist writing.

All I want is for a main character to be openly disabled, in a disabling way, rather than just magically fixed and unacknowledged. Disability representation can only go so far when it is just "hey, here's a disabled character." We need them to be acknowledged as disabled, too.

#how many times do blind people have to say 'hey can you stop giving characters magical sight-like abilities?'#because i can't tell you how many times i've read articles and posts and everything where blind people ask for a regular blind character #only to have magical shit #and how many times do we autistic people have to beg for a someone other than a savant white boy?#how many times do we disabled people have to ask for realistic expressions of pain?!#i have only ONCE seen a good and realistic example of a character with chronic pain (one a fellow disabled w/chronic pain writer wrote)#it is SO HARD to be disabled and watch 'disability rep' mean nothing more than 'hey look they've got prosthetics!'#and then have NO OTHER EXPRESSION OF THAT DISABILITY #YES they are still disabled. but NO they are not treated correctly.#they are being made palatable for the ABLED AUDIENCE.#and i'm tired of it.#disability #disability representation #disability in fiction #ableism in media #star wars #star wars prequels #star wars: the clone wars #star wars: the bad batch #star wars: rebels #star wars: rogue one #star wars original trilogy #please note this is not a fully-fledged paper. i could do that. i could absoultely do that with my rhetoric degree.#however. this is a blog post.#please keep that in mind!

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rosesrotofficial · 9 months

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i made a game (demo)!

What if Youtubers joined a death game?

hi there!

my name is Rose. i write about unhinged women, sapphic darkness, deconstructions and tragedy.

so, if any of those resonate, you'll like MORTAL COIL.

You're Ikuyo, an up-and-coming FPS gamer on the world's biggest video & streaming platform: Eidolon. Your sister Sonoko is the Eidolon goddess @flowerfall: loved by millions for her modelling, self-care, and genuine authenticity.

And she's just been cancelled.

Ikuyo struggles to reach her sister amid the storms of controversy, confused that Sonoko isn't acknowledging the drama that's raging on. Sonoko's only response? It's to join the 99th season of the televised death game, MORTAL COIL.

Frantic, afraid, and desperate: Ikuyo must choose whether to follow Sonoko into the depths of destruction, risking her life to save her sister who seems all too eager to play.

Will Sonoko slip away from Ikuyo's grasp? Or will their fates be far worse than that?

▼ A study in human psychology under digital fame. A critique involving the creators, the fans, and the algorithm, deconstructing YouTube, Twitch, and VTuber culture.

△ This demo includes "Part 1: Prologue" and "Part 2: Entrance", about Ikuyo and Sonoko's entrance to Mortal Coil.

▼ Cyberpunk, Hong Kong, and VR themed.

△ 10k words, 30m-1 hr of playtime. Free to play.

▼ CW: dark content, mental health issues.

△ Part of #MFGJ2023!

▼ This is the demo version. In the full version, the game will be choice-based as you guide Ikuyo through the death game, choosing who lives... and who dies.

△ The full version will feature more LGBTQ+ and disabled characters, friendships/relationships, and queer romance options!

i made the demo for MORTAL COIL with my artist (@nitunioart) + programmer team for My First Game Jam: Summer 2023, and it was such a fantastic experience: i couldn't be happier with what we've done!

i hope you enjoy if you choose to play the game! i poured a lot of my heart into it, and i'm looking forward to hearing what you guys think about it, especially on what we could improve on. :)

thank you for reading! i hope you stick around to see what i'll do.

~ Rose.

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starleska · 9 months

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oh my God this is such a silly thing to notice, but i think Augustus St. Cloud wears lipgloss? 🙈💖Augustus' lips are always coloured a darker, more pinkish-purple colour than the rest of his skin...except in Maybe No Go when he's in the shower!! i can totally believe this...he's a very well-groomed man, and canonically has lupus - one of the side effects of which is a dry mouth, and which a hydrating lipgloss would help with. between this and the comorbid symptoms from fibromyalgia, i always thought he wore makeup alongside the wigs and glasses to look presentable 👀 like, the goggles in the shower could well be a joke, but i've said before that i think they're for the photophobia/dry eyes that are common in folks with fibro. i figure Augustus is bald, and has sensitive eyes and dry/delicate skin...

#i don't think the V Bros team would forget the lip colouring honestly they're too detail-oriented #hooray for disability rep from the worst fictional character #augustus st. cloud #the venture brothers #venture bros #augustus saint cloud #starleskatalks

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pretensesoup · 9 months

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Queer books, day 31/30

Turns out I like writing about books in this format, but I read a lot more slowly than I write.

I asked on Mastodon for everyone's favorite romance novels with an NB character in them. Partly because I'm in the process of writing my own NB character and I wanted to see how other people had dealt with sex scenes (in the anatomic sense). Partly because I just wanted to see how anyone else conceptualized nonbinaryness*. That request led me to Sword Dance by AJ Demas. It only sort of answers my questions, but that's okay because it's amazing.

In an alternative version of the Mediterranean, Damiskos is an ex-soldier (now disabled) and current quartermaster who has been sent to visit an old friend (Nione) to secure a contract for fish sauce. At her house, he meets: a bunch of tedious philosophers led by Eurydemos (who seems to preach a very anti-alien, anti-LGBTQ agenda, and yet is writing poems for...), Varazda (a sword dancer and eunuch from Zash, another country in which Damiskos was once stationed and for which he harbors a deep affection), Varazda's "owner" Aristokles, and a few others. Quickly, Damiskos surmises that all is not as it seems--first, he foils an attempt on Varazda's life, and it becomes apparent that the relationship between Varazda and Aristokles may be a lie--in fact, they are conspiring to hide something far greater than the fact that Varazda is not actually a slave. Soon, Damiskos is teaming up with Varazda to solve a murder, then to avert a war and recapture Nione's villa from the philosophers. Oh, and falling in love.

Varazda is an interesting character. He (Damiskos's POV is the only one we get, and he uses male pronouns for him, although he says he thinks of himself as both male and female) was made a eunuch after his father lost a military engagement of some kind. He was then enslaved for a while, until he was sent to the Zashian embassy in Boukos, and then he was freed. This is obviously a major source of trauma, and Damiskos is in a unique place to appreciate that because of his time in Zash. As a result, Damiskos is extremely careful in their nascent relationship to let Varazda lead. Their relationship is very sweet in part because of this deference, and they deal with consent very well.

Key quote: (Varazda has been discussing how he doesn't always achieve an erection because of being a eunuch.)

Rather boldly, Damiskos said, "Want to see if we can make it happen again?" Varazda looked up in surprise. "What--right now?" "Yes, of course right now! Immortal gods. We're sitting on your bed, talking about how beautiful you are and whether or not you like sex--it's surprising I even need to say anything." "I am literally a eunuch, First Spear." After that they were both laughing...

As you might have guessed from the summary above, this is a world in which there is violence, homophobia/transphobia, and slavery, including sexual slavery. Women have some rights to own property, but they aren't voting citizens. The implication, reading between the lines, is that in the world generally, same-sex couples aren't too uncommon, and it's just Eurydemos's students who have a problem with them. (Eurydemos and his students reminded me a bit of Socrates and Plato, but of course Plato doesn't care that much about same-sex relationships, c.f. that one story from Symposium that got turned into a song from Hedwig and the Angry Inch. But I've been privileged to hear some angry Jesse rants about Plato since doing the podcast, and it reminded me of that. Anyway, as Plato says a lot, philosophers with bad opinions were a dime a dozen back in Athens, so.) Also, warning for explicit on-page sex.

*: Is Varazda nonbinary or is he gender fluid? I don't know. At one point, he says, "I never really think of myself as a man, but most of the time I'm quite happy for other people to think of me that way." Elsewhere, he implies that he doesn't want to be neither male or female, so he tries to be both. Maybe genderfluid is a better word for him. Maybe he can't articulate exactly how he feels, because he's not speaking to Damiskos in his first language, or because there isn't a word for how he feels. Either way, I enjoyed the way the character was portrayed.

That's it. Lots of action/plot, a good amount of romance, very engaging, love the setting. 10/10, go read it.

#pride #queer books #thirty days of books #lgbtq books #book review #queer fiction #lgbtq fiction #novel #aj demas #sword dance #alternative history #greek-adjacent #disability rep #nonbinary romance

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pahuapants · 10 months

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Give Me a Sign

I loved this story so much - GIVE ME A SIGN by Anna Sortino was a wonder and I'm gonna recommend it to literally everyone. Gichi miigwech for reading!

And maybe, if the loss were profound, my family would be forced to finally take learning American Sign Language seriously. I’d seem “deaf enough” that my classmates would truly understand my need for all those school accommodations, rather than silently judge and question me. Because right now, they know I’m not hearing, but I don’t fit their expectations of deafness, either. It’s a strange…

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#book review #Deaf culture #disability rep #GP Putnam&039;s Sons #highly recommended #netgalley #own voices #romance #YA fiction

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toastsnaffler · 10 months

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reading this blurb made me realise this is possibly the first time ive ever seen my own life experiences shared by another person. damn

#liiike who else up having childhood meningitis leading to moderate-severe deafness thats disabling but also 'not disabling enough'#exasperated by problems with new digital hearing aids GIRL ME TOOOOO we need to get coffee sometime #im reallyyy curious about this book now i wanna give it a go.. ive been meaning to read more abt deafness tbh #its never really bothered me before bc ive never really thought abt it that much. but actually theres very little lit on deafness #and also barely any fiction featuring deaf characters.... plus when it does exist theyre either a) old asf or b) fluent in sign #when actually like. if youre not raised with sign/dont have access to a signing community its very rare to learn it at all #ive met so many ppl irl across the deaf spectrum who cant sign like its WAY more prevalent than youd think #not that signing rep isnt cool!! but i guess no one wants to write deaf characters who cant sign bc then its not 'fun'#bit of a shame that ive never actually seen that massive part of my life + identity reflected in media like. ever lmao.#i mean ive seen more dyke rep than deaf rep.. which is weird thinking abt it bc deafness impacts my life so much more radically #anyway. might see if i can find a copy on abebooks 👀#Hearing Happiness: Deafness Cures in History by Jaipreet Virdi is the book if anyones curious i just saw it on someones reading reclist #.diaries

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primeministerofantarctica · 10 months

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i don't have any interest in seeing the new pixar movie but other people deriding it for being about a "bland het ship" when all cursory research shows that it's also about a first-generation immigrant family is. hm.

#i hate the cultural hierarchy of fictional representation 💖#i hate how queer rep is seen as the best and race and disability is considered less important unless it intersects with the former 💖#i hate how white able-bodied same-sex couples is considered 'more progressive' than heterosexual interracial or interabled (?) couples 💖#astra rambles #personal

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thebibliosphere · 2 months

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I've been meaning to do this update on Payhip for a while; I just haven't had the mental capacity to deal with anything admin, but! It is now possible to send copies of the Hunger Pangs ebooks and audiobooks as gifts!

(It was always possible before if you exploited the email function, but now it's like, official 👍)

ID: Two images side by side. They show a screenshot from Payhip's checkout page set against a rainbow glitter background. In the first image, the form prompts the viewer to fill in their own details. On the second image, the "give as a gift" box is checked, which shows additional options, such as entering the recipient's email and the ability to add a personalized message.

Sorry for the weird sizing. I'm using the same images for insta and couldn't be bothered to crop it for Tumblr. Because I'm professional like that.

Anyway. Valentines might be over, but it's never too late to give the gift of DRM-free vampires and werewolves kissing as they help an all-powerful magic wielder save the world from ecological disaster:

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weabooweedwitch · 2 years

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Is anyone headcanoning Sandrone the Puppeteer as a wheelchair user yet? because I'm pretty sure that's exactly why she's having her puppet hold her and support her back while she sits

#genshin impact #idk as a disabled person i just like seeing different forms of disability rep in fantasy settings #especially since most fictional stories just use magic or something to disabilities #its just like. her posture. the golems hand is lower to the ground. its hands are also very large to provide her room to sit

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argentum-in-aqua · 1 month

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Silver in the Ashes (Argentum in Aqua #2): Chapter 57

A candle flame bright enough to swallow the world

In which Mortimer’s suspicions are confirmed, and Fest comes to a realisation all too late

(New to the story? Start here)

(No idea what this is, but interested/intrigued? Go here)

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qbdatabase · 1 year

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The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn’t matter that the girls often die from the mental strain.

When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up as a concubine-pilot, it’s to assassinate the ace male pilot responsible for her sister’s death. But she gets her vengeance in a way nobody expected—she kills him through the psychic link between pilots and emerges from the cockpit unscathed. She is labeled an Iron Widow, a much-feared and much-silenced kind of female pilot who can sacrifice boys to power up Chrysalises instead.

To tame her unnerving yet invaluable mental strength, she is paired up with Li Shimin, the strongest and most controversial male pilot in Huaxia. But now that Zetian has had a taste of power, she will not cower so easily. She will miss no opportunity to leverage their combined might and infamy to survive attempt after attempt on her life, until she can figure out exactly why the pilot system works in its misogynist way—and stop more girls from being sacrificed.

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