What is Fourth Wing about and how is the book connected to disability? Considered to be one of the most popular Adult Fiction novels trending in the book community right now, Fourth Wing is the first book of the romantasy (romance-fantasy) Empyrean series by Rebecca Yarros. Set in the fictional country of Navarre, the storyContinue reading “A Conversation on Disability in Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing”
Category Archives: Reviews
Disability in Anime: Representation of Prosthetics and Disability in Fullmetal Alchemist
Written by Hannah Dang with support from the DAC Team DISCLAIMER: The following blog post contains spoilers for the manga/animated series Fullmetal Alchemist / Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. If you prefer not to be spoiled, I highly recommend reading the manga series and watching the shows for the full experience. Thank you. Since I wasContinue reading “Disability in Anime: Representation of Prosthetics and Disability in Fullmetal Alchemist”
Why Does Disability Representation in Romance Matter?
Written by Elisa Shaholli with the support of the DAC team I’ve always been a voracious reader. It started off with children’s books, which transitioned into fantasy, and morphed into a love for the romance genre once high school hit, and this is where I’ve been ever since. As part of my reading journey throughoutContinue reading “Why Does Disability Representation in Romance Matter?”
Event Review: Deaf Perspectives on Mental Health & Suicide Prevention
by Psyche Ready, with support from the DAC team Earlier this semester, on September 26th, it was a blustery, gray day, and I had two doctor’s appointments back to back. The last one was at UConn Health, which is on the other side of Hartford, and I was driving home to Windham, headachy and tired.Continue reading “Event Review: Deaf Perspectives on Mental Health & Suicide Prevention”
Fred’s Story: What is the Value of a Human?
Written by Hannah Dang with support from the DAC Team Caption: A poster promoting the documentary screening and discussion on “Fred’s Story” at the University of Connecticut. The poster has four different pictures, from varying angles, of an elderly man named Fred Calabrese, a man who was institutionalized at the Mansfield Training School. Dim theContinue reading “Fred’s Story: What is the Value of a Human?”
Decor and/or a Disability Aid: Reviewing Selena Gomez’s “Rare Beauty” Cosmetics Line
Written by Hannah Dang, with support from the DAC Team Many world stars have released their own cosmetic lines, including Lady Gaga (Haus Laboratories), Jennifer Lopez (JLO Beauty), and Rihanna (Fenty Beauty) – it was only a matter of time until Selena Gomez broke down the makeup industry’s doors. Thus, the revolutionary Rare Beauty wasContinue reading “Decor and/or a Disability Aid: Reviewing Selena Gomez’s “Rare Beauty” Cosmetics Line”
Response to the New York Times: The Intersection Of Dance and Audio Description
Written by Madison Bigelow, with Support from the DAC Team In recent news, The New York Times published an article entitled “Hear the Dance: Audio Description Comes of Age,” meant to highlight the advances in accessibility that dance performances have experienced as of late. I really have a soft spot for dance– I grew upContinue reading “Response to the New York Times: The Intersection Of Dance and Audio Description”
“Separating” Race/Gender/Disability in Willow Weep for Me
Written by Madison Bigelow, with support from the DAC Team For my third annotation, I chose to borrow the race/gender/disability triangle that we worked with when reading Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom and apply it to Nana-Ama Danquah’s Willow Weep for Me. While I believe that it could have been reasonably assumed that withoutContinue reading ““Separating” Race/Gender/Disability in Willow Weep for Me”
Michael Orsini: Towards a Politics of Embodied Expertise (Social Movements, Knowledge, and Felt Politics)
Written by Hannah Dang with support from the DAC Team “Towards a Politics of Embodied Expertise Social Movements, Knowledge, and Felt Politics” Presented by Professor Michael Orsini, University of Ottawa Wednesday, March 20, 2024 4:00–5:30 P.M. UConn Storrs Campus, Susan V. Herbst Hall, Room 408 The University of Connecticut’s Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies DepartmentContinue reading “Michael Orsini: Towards a Politics of Embodied Expertise (Social Movements, Knowledge, and Felt Politics)”
Boiled Owls: A Bittersweet Symphony of Addiction and Recovery
Written by Jaylee Cox with support from the DAC team “I am not a superhuman ball of lightning that is a mythic ideological construction of what cocaine is, the substance changes when the person taking it becomes a vessel for that substance” Azad Ashim Sharma, Boiled Owls, p. 37 With a diverse background in EnglishContinue reading “Boiled Owls: A Bittersweet Symphony of Addiction and Recovery”
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