(not so) secretly a total geek

https://bit.ly/AccessibleShakespeareStreamingSurvey

Hello everyone, different post to normal! My friend @knottreally is looking for survey participants for their masters research on the accessibility of on-demand live-recorded Shakespeare productions.

Can't afford the streaming services? Tell me. Glad you can watch from home because actual theatres are inaccessible for you? Tell me. Streamed something really accessible but it wasn't Shakespeare? Tell me. Never managed to find a show you wanted to watch that actually had audio description? Tell me. Only ever streamed shows illegally uploaded to YouTube - bestie, this survey is anonymous and you now have the power to make me explain what a slime video is in my thesis! This survey is part of my masters research, where I'm looking at how the accessibility of streamed Shakespeare productions has changed since lockdown and if there's anything we can do to make it better. I want to hear from as many people with as many different access needs as possible. Participants don't have to identify as disabled to take part, and there is space for carers to answer from their own perspective of helping others access these services. The survey isn't long, but it will take time because most of the questions are asking you to answer in your own words. There is an Easy Read English pathway for anyone who might find reading English difficult. If you have any other access requirements or would prefer to do the survey in another format, please email me and I will do everything I can to make sure you can take part. If you have any questions or would like to arrange other access requirements, email me at [email protected]

You are trying to explain the trajectory of research on trans issues, and how the informed consent model came about as a wildly successful alternative to the gatekeeping model because time and again, people with clinical experience who actually cared about their patients found that just letting trans people transition was easier and the fear that it would lead to something bad was unfounded.

The Principle Understander is shouting at you that the medicalization of trans people is inherently unjust, and even the informed consent provider is still a gatekeeper, just a more lenient one.

You are already aware of this.

You are talking to someone who, as a first priority, needs to know what the worse gatekeeping model looks like.

"What the fuck do you think freedom MEANS, Earl?"

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