my favorite thing about media analysis has to be all of the different interpretations from the community. how something that you initially thought was one thing, becomes multiple when you see what others think about it.
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fun fact about the lottery by shirley jackson: the government of apartheid south africa banned the short story. shirley jackson’s response was “they at least understood the story.”
I’m SO tired of inaccessible “accessible” bathrooms. Designers seem to think that if they slap a few support bars in there then BAM! Accessible! When half the time you can’t even fit a wheelchair in the stall, the door opens the wrong way, the sinks too high, you can’t each the soap dispenser etc. etc.
Half the time I can’t even open the door by myself if it’s an “accessible/family restroom” like the door is LITERALLY heavier than me and my chair COMBINED! Nothing that requires outside help to use should EVER be deemed “accessible”. If I can’t do it by myself…it’s not accessible. End of story.
Disability benefits shouldn’t be tied to the income of a disabled person’s partner/spouse/parent.
Do you hear me?
DISABILITY BENEFITS SHOULDN’T BE TIED TO THE INCOME OF A DISABLED PERSON’S PARTNER/SPOUSE/PARENT.
This is the straight forward way to deprive a disabled person of their financial freedom and independence and trap them into possible abusive relationships.
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Happy disability pride month everybody. I'm taking this opportunity to point out to the lovely people of the intertubes, that ableism doesn't always manifest as hostility towards a disabled person. Sometimes it takes the form of albeit possibly well meaning people invalidating someone’s disability with platitudes like the one on display. No amount of positive thinking will grow back my brains white matter, stop my spinal fluid from building up in my skull and crushing me to death or fix the damage caused by countless corrective leg and hip surgeries. No matter how positive someone's attitude, it can't "heal" them. Your neighbours Cerebral palsy won't go away if she thinks better thoughts, and implying otherwise is ableism.
Disabled people have enough to deal with, without you heaping on guilt that the reason they find their lives so difficult is that they aren't trying hard enough. JUST STOP IT!
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The "Batman Slapping Robin" comic book meme
Two speech bubbles appear at the top. On the left the one from Robin says , "The only disability is a bad attitu..." and the one from Batman on the right says, "Shut the fuck up you ableist cunt!
transphobes making up the narrative about the "transgender cult" that supposedly grooms autistic ppl into believing they're trans. this is both demonizing and just straight up making shit up about trans people and infantiling autistic people. it doesn't even matter how old you are (although children can understand whether they're trans or not too and should be believed, I'm a child who knows he's trans and yeah I know some things change with age but the dysphoria, euphoria and other things I experience with my identity have been there forever and are there currently, it's transphobic and ageist to act like I can't know I'm trans, sorry for going a bit off topic) , even if you're an autistic adult you'll get told being autistic makes you unable to understand your own identity and experiences. also the whole thing that trans people are often seen as inherently evil and malicious by transphobes and autistic people are often seen as mentally children and inherently innocent by ableists, and very often the transphobes and the ableists are the same people,so the idea of a trans autistic person existing contradicts their beliefs about both so they deny it
also a bit unrelated but I really love this blog (you can see I've sent many asks lol) , transphobia & sanism intersectionality is something we so desperately need and so rarely get omg
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mhm, being autistic has barred me out of a lot of gender affirming care because they think I can't understand myself
i really wish there was more community and awareness around dyspraxia. it has such a large impact on my day to day life, and yet is so unknown. i want to talk to other people who understand, but it's so difficult to find anyone. maybe i'm not looking enough, but i rarely see anyone talk about their experiences
The average conversation just feels like this to me
"I was just told that this guy struggles with communicating his thoughts correctly and has the I Struggle To Communicate Disorder. You know what I'll do ? Get mad that he isn't communicating his thoughts correctly !! AND get mad at him explaining that he communicated it wrong when he rephrases it to better fit his intention !!!"
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So, after putting together that post about how Kendall changed through the first 2 seasons, I started brainstorming some in-universe reasons for those changes. These are the very serious headcanons I came up with.
Theory One: Being a very bad boy had very significant consequences
This is one I've mentioned at least twice before. The existence of Kendall Knight in his BTAudition form can be roughly traced back to Big Time Bad Boy. This is because having the Bad Boy Off with WayneWayne was just too much for his system to handle.
Kendall's bad boy traits needed to come out organically. His back-talk, sass, and defiance were all things that had to happen on his terms, through the natural course of his days. Blatantly not caring about anything Gustavo said and constantly thinking up schemes took effort, and Kendall needed to pace himself.
Being forced to the level of bad behavior that was required in order to save his place in the band meant Kendall had to channel that badness and unleash it on command. Smashing some records and body-checking a guy into a wall is one thing, but he had to COMPLETELY destroy Gustavo's office with a sledgehammer. He had to go to the bathroom in a drawer. These are all very unnatural things to do, and they threw Kendall's entire brain out of whack. The whole ordeal took a big chunk out of his edge, and he never quite recovered. When all was said and done, we were left with an altered version of Kendall.
Theory Two: Love turned Kendall's brain to mush
Let's disregard theory one, shall we? Let's say that the Bad Boy Extravaganza didn't have any negative impact on Kendall at all. He still started to change personality-wise after this episode. Hmm...what episode immediately followed Big Time Bad Boy? Why, it was Big Time Love Song! With this episode came the introduction of Jo, Kendall's main love interest through the series.
Kendall goes goofy around Jo from the start. He gets hearts in his eyes and wants only to win her affections. It takes a few episodes to do it, but it eventually happens. And while they're very cute together, it could be said that meeting Jo and falling in love was the catalyst that started his noticeable personality change. Whenever Jo was around, Kendall pretty much swung between Very Silly Guy and Guy Drowning in Paranoia.
Could it be then that being in a relationship killed Audition Kendall? Is love the antidote for being a bad boy? Perhaps!!
Theory Three: Schemers don't wear cardigans
Kendall wears a lot of plaid throughout the series. You know what else he wears with increasing frequency as we move through season 1 and onto season 2? Cardigans.
I can't see Audition Kendall wearing one. In fact, I don't even think it's possible for a person to jump up onto a table in a fit of rage while wearing a cardigan.
People who wear cardigans are gentle. I picture Mr. Rogers when I think about cardigans. Or a nerd sitting by a fireplace with a good book. Or Logan, who happens to ALSO have cardigans as a clothing staple.
I don't believe this is a coincidence. Stay with me here: remember in Big Time Guru when Logan started dressing cooler, and it not only majorly upped his swag levels but also nearly killed James in the process? Well, James was clearly experiencing some psychosomatic symptoms because he loves being dramatic, but I DO think the way one dresses can impact personality and confidence levels (maybe to a heightened degree in the crazy BTR universe).
So, here's what happened. Somewhere early in season 1, Kendall was gifted a cardigan, maybe by Logan himself. He discovered he liked cardigans, except integrating them into his wardrobe had the added side effect of altering his personality. That troubled, argumentative side of him got toned down, like when Lilo put that lei on Stitch to stop him from destroying her room.
Theory Four: Kendall didn't escape Hollywood Fever after all
I feel like I may have briefly mentioned this in a past post, but I couldn't find it. You know how Kendall supposedly escaped Hollywood Fever because he didn't lose touch with his roots? Well, what if that wasn't actually the case? What if Kendall did develop the fever, but a mild enough case that nobody noticed? What if his connection to hockey kept it from turning into the full-blown cases his friends had, but wasn't enough to stave it off entirely?
I propose this: A mere handful of episodes into the series, Kendall developed a chronic case of Hollywood Fever that would not only last through the series, but intensify. It is the reason for his increasingly neurotic behavior, his exaggerated reactions to things, and at the core of his transformation.
Theory Five (the only semi-serious one): Audition Kendall was a persona molded from necessity
Let's look at Kendall Knight's pre-L.A. life. Namely, let's look at his family situation and factor in the most widely-accepted headcanon regarding it (one Challen Cates essentially verified): Kendall's father cheated on Jennifer and then walked out on the family either shortly before or after Katie was born. He then had zero contact with them and essentially vanished from their lives.
For someone like Kendall, who I believe had those leader/protector qualities in him from the start, this fracturing of his family forced him into roles before he was really ready. He had to become the Man of the House and protector of his mom and little sister. He felt he needed to be the one trying to hold things together, even though the biggest concern he should have had at such a young age was learning to tie his shoes.
It's not far fetched to say that this stress and pressure pushed Kendall into a pattern of being the protector and fixer for everything in his life. Guy taking care of his family, guy taking care of his friends. Guy controlling every situation in an effort to keep things from falling apart. With this added pressure came angst, leading to the version of Kendall we see in Audition through the first few episodes of the series: fiery, impulsive, manipulative, and defiant. His personality was a protective shell—formed out of necessity in a world that felt unstable and untrustworthy.
It remained in place as he got situated in L.A., but as things settled, the sense of security that came with the lifestyle and finding success in the music industry allowed him to finally drop his guard. The "anger management issues" side of him melted away, BUT it also meant the floodgates opened and released all the pent-up anxiety that was underneath the anger the whole time.
This, friends, is why Kendall starts out as a guy who jumps onto a table and rage-sings, talks back at everything said to him, and lives for trouble, and ends up as a flailing, anxious, ridiculously silly guy. He's finally in a situation where he can truly let loose and be himself but is also wading through years of suppressing that more anxious/overwhelmed side of himself.
Alrighty. Well, that was fun to write. Let me know which theory is your favorite or if you have any alternatives to explain what happened to Kendall.
as its disability pride month right now, here’s some new ableism in the uk
every airport run by manchester airport group (MAG) is no longer recognising the sunflower lanyard
they’ve also removed all signage of the sunflower from their largest airport (manchester airport which is the 3rd busiest airport in the UK)
you can still access a shorter security queue in manchester by paying for fast track which is only available to those who can afford it (and its costs as much if not more than some flights)
luckily individual airlines can still recognise it and give you priority boarding or accessible check in queues but that’s now down to the airlines
we recently had a more accommodating experience at orlando international airport than that
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"After they overheard that ICE was at the courthouse to arrest someone, they improperly accessed court databases to determine who was not born in the United States," a DOJ detention filing says. "They then snuck every suspected illegal alien who was at the courthouse out a back door, where ICE, who was waiting in the parking lot for their target to leave the building, could not see them."
Think about what you can do at your job or in your daily life to resist fascism when the opportunity presents itself!
My mind will always be boggled by the level of hate and racism against Indians that’s happening in the world right now. I was watching comments on the reels about the heatwave in India and how it killed people and the comments were so freaking racist. From celebration to people saying it’s our own fault because “they are dirty”. Then the heatwave in Europe happens and the comments are so drastically different.
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