representation matters

I’m also in art college. And even if I wasn’t, I’ve been doing art for almost a decade now. I’ve been disabled the whole bloody time.

AI, isn’t art.

There are many disabled artists and we have adapted our own ways of dealing with how we create. Fuck you, we have been doing this forever.

Vincent Van Gogh had temporal lobe epilepsy; Henri Matisse became a wheelchair user after surgery for cancer; Michelangelo had osteoarthritis, limiting mobility and causing pain in his hands and feet.

Paul Smith had a severe case of cerebral palsy and created art using typewriters.

Peter Longstaff has no arms due to Thalidomide, and paints with his feet.

Frida Kahlo not only had polio that disabled her as a child, but of course as we all know was injured in a bus accident at the age of 18, which caused her lifelong pain and medical problems.

Fuck, you want a personal annecdote? I knew a girl (we have lost touch since) who was paralysed from the neck down and she painted with her mouth and there are other artists who do so too! And with eye tracking technology I’m sure disabled artists will be getting more and more tools as the years pass. But we do NOT condone AI art. All that does is put us, real disabled artists, who exist and need support, out of jobs and commissions.

hi, another disabled person here for more personal anecdotes! here is an art piece i made entirely with my non dominant hand 1 week before my most recent shoulder surgery on that same arm. i also wear splint rings to keep my fingers from dislocating while painting (or playing bass guitar cause i do that too). i make most of my income off hand painted art despite having hand tremors, frequent wrist dislocations/subluxations, and migraines.

my friend and her wife also make their incomes off wig making, leatherwork, and digital collage prints. both have chronic pain as well.

Mine isn't as drastic (yet) but I've been having to wear wrist braces and finger splints since childhood off and on because using my hands in a repetitive motions causes them to be in pretty excruciating pain.

What is my art medium of choice? Knitting. You know, that thing where you have to do a repetitive motion over and over again. I hold my needles a bit strange, I knit through the pain, I sometimes have to give up working on it for weeks at a time. But I will not stop because it's what makes my heart sing.

Disabled artists don't need your pity, we've been getting by, doing what makes us happy despite the pain and hardships for thousands of years, probably longer, I bet there were neolithic disabled artists.

No actual real artist wants or uses AI, including disabled artists. AI is for losers who are scared of the extremely important phase in art where you suck and want to skip it by stealing and not even in a cool "I'm emulating your style because I wanna learn from it" way.

Chuck Close

Chuck Close was a painter and photographer who specialized in ENORMOUS portraiture. If you've never been in the same room as one of his works, try to remedy that if you can, because it is an awesome experience. Close had a number of mental and physical conditions as a child, but in 1988, in his 40s and already a celebrated artist, he suffered a blood clot that left him paralyzed from the neck down. After intensive physical therapy, he was able to regain enough control to move his arms (more his upper arms than forearms), enabling him to paint with a brush strapped to his wrist. He adapted his painting style for his disability... and he continued painting enormous, hyper realistic portraits.

Close with self-portraits before (left) and after (right) his paralysis:

before (left) and after (right)

his paralysis:

Favorite Cinematography Shots

this is the first gl to have a trans woman in a leading role!! 🥳🏳️‍⚧️

synopsis: My name is Chama, the owner of an import-export company so successful that I was given several businesswoman awards. As my business grew, the need for more employees grew as well, which led me to meet Nilmookda. She was a newly graduated student who had applied for the accounting department. The moment I saw her, I knew it was love at first sight. She was the one for me. I began giving her bouquets, leaving Post-its on her desk, and showering her with fruits and gifts. But her reaction was not what I expected. She became paranoid, convinced someone was watching her. Oh, even though my intentions were good, her response made me lose all confidence!

⭐ starring Diana Flipo as Chama and Yoshi Rinrada as Nilmookda

📖 adapted from the novel I Love You by Chao Planoy (Gap, Us, Pluto, Affair and more)

🎥 directed by Golf Tanwarin (Love Bully, The Eclipse, Wandee Goodday, Love Like A Bike). Golf themself is trans so this show is in good hands!! fun fact they are Thailand's first ever trans MP

🎞️ produced by S Class Entertainment (Love Like A Bike)

👀 bl watchers might know Yoshi from The Sign where she played Sand

or from Daou's Lalalye mv

Yoshi is a famous actress and beauty queen. she has spoken up about only accepting roles that don't disrespect or discourage trans people:

"Every time I am contacted (for a role in a drama), whether it’s high or low budget, I always ask about the ending – will there be an insult to trans people? Will there be a scene where men run away when they know I am trans? where they are shocked to hear my voice? where they catch that I am trans and leave me? If the script is well-written, even if it’s not high budget, I will take the role as long as they support LGBTQ+"

(translation cr OGTNAF on twitter)

LET'S GIVE THIS SHOW A LOT OF SUPPORT!!!!

➡️ S Class Entertainment on twitter, Yoshi's new twitter account + instragram

hii :D

great questions, but unfortunately i played it only in english and switched between english and czech subtitles ://

KCD1 had at first only unofficial czech dubbing, but i've opened the game now and it seems the language is implemented there too and can be played in czech, but for some reason when i first played it, it wasn't there? or i dont remember if i just wanted to hear it in english..

also maybe it works differently on PS4/PS5, im not really sure, but i played both of the games on steam on my PC.

kcd2 doesnt work for me in czech, bc i would have to install something for the language and i havent figured out what and where. the subtitles are okay in czech tho, so i had a mix of both of the languages

but either way, i really loved Henry's voice in english (especially in KCD1), the actor is rlly good, and it was funny hearing how they all try to pronounce czech words.

i will maybe throw this question to my friend @down-with-cis-train who played it in czech (at least kcd2) so maybe they could share more insight about the differences? :D

love everyone contributing to the absolute hoard of dice for emily to roll

+ bonus: some delighted emily faces

So are

colostomy bags

Diapers

insulin pumps

Oxygen systems

rollators

hearing aids

compression garments

prosthetics

FREEDOM AIDS

- service animals

- noise cancelling headphones/ear defenders

- wheelchair attachments

- fidgets

IT’S DISABILITY PRIDE MONTH YALL

Second of all, I'm starting to understand why my incessant posting annoys some of you so much.

In honour of me finishing This is How You Lose the Time War which was on my list last year I want to do this again. Last year I ended up taking too long rereading LOTR in the first half of the year and then I got absolutely stuck on A Little Life (which I haven't even finished). Also in my real life I had to change jobs and everything was a bit wonky the second half of the year so I actually managed to finish only one book on that list.

But still it was nice to know what books I want to read so I'm doing it again. Trying to keep my goals small but I'm hoping that this year will be a bit more stable and if my new job holds I will have to spend a lot of time traveling to and from so hopefully I'll read more (just as long as I don't have to read anything like a little life).

Anyway so I decided to make a new one. And since the last few months I read a lot in english I'm thinking trying to go for something more international and/or czech (i'm putting the names in english here but if it's not originally written in english i will be reading the czech translation - since english would also be a translation anyway)

Heart likes watching movies so much. He usually watches Western movies because Thai movies don’t have subtitles for him. And… actually, Heart is quite communicative. Do you know Paolo Church? There are activities for deaf people to do. Many activities. They use sign language to talk to each other. Heart likes to communicate with people there. He’s so communicative. Besides, he seems… He seems really happy.

my mom is in fact aware that dandelions exist. she temporarily forgot the name and there was some miscommunication.

the truth is actually weirder

she’s aware dandelions look like this

she is familiar with this flower. she knows the name of this flower. she declines to believe, however, that these are also dandelions

she does not believe these are the same plant. I tried to explain, and she thought I was either misinformed or lying. so I asked her what exactly did she think the yellow ones were called?

gosh I enjoy this website

Well. WELL. I remember hearing that they wanted to make this but I am so out of the loops most of the time.