Journalist – Historian – Speaker
This ad from @zumajuice features a wheelchair user with cheese poofs and a big soda as “lazy,” in contrast to the slender juicing women. pic.twitter.com/KzqNPvPM7w — David M. Perry (@Lollardfish) June 6, 2017 I’m on vacation this week, but felt the need to post about this: I was alerted by a twitter friend to an …
Prosthetics are everywhere in advertising these days. They look “cool.” They don’t bother typical society (advertising is all about playing to the center, I suppose, when it comes to big brands). They are easily understandable and explainable. They feed our technophilia. After the 2015 Superbowl, I wrote (in a longer piece on inspiration porn): Finally …
When Donald Trump mocked a New York Times reporter who has a physical disability, he was instantly and roundly criticized from across the political spectrum. In a campaign marred by his sexism, racism, Islamophobia, and other hate speech, the disability insult picked up condemnation from people less concerned about Trump’s other remarks. Trump, of course, denied …