GREENBERG, SLAVA. Animated Film and Disability: Cripping Spectatorship. Indiana University Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv3142v9x.\ Image description: The book cover is mostly white with a black, scribbled spiral dominating the center of the cover. A red-haired drawn figure, wearing brown slippers, a light-purple…
There are few things more sought out by desperate American parents than the “banned” episodes of Bluey. We not only want the extra content for our kids, but for a show so intentional about world-building and Easter egg hiding (literally)…
Tom Hickman argues in The Sexual Century (1999) that sexuality in the 20th century has gone from “private passion [to]… public obsession”, and is what Susan Sontag refers to as “one of the demonic forces in human consciousness – pushing…
Hi. My name is David, and I’m an Aspie. That is to say, I’m someone who is afflicted with Asperger’s Syndrome, a neurological condition first diagnosed by the man it is named for in the 1940s, but not fully accepted…
Teaching middle school girls, particularly middle school girls of color, about the legacy of imperialism can be simultaneously disturbing and disheartening. Learning about imperialism requires revisiting the legacy of cultural dominance with a group of young people who are still…
When I taught my module on the History and Theory of Animation to my final year undergrads at the University of Surrey last semester I was really looking forward to the week on representation of gender. I’ve taught this class…
