Comments for Disability Culture Watch http://similinton.com/blog A disability-focused commentary on the arts Fri, 10 Sep 2010 20:28:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 Comment on Obama and Clinton Meet Disability and the Arts by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » Clinton and Obama: A Follow Up http://similinton.com/blog/?p=102#comment-20506 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 21:26:25 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=102#comment-20506 [...] I recently posted a comparison between Clinton and Obama on disability issues - here is the link. [...] […] I recently posted a comparison between Clinton and Obama on disability issues - here is the link. […]

]]> Comment on Disability Culture Watch - In brief by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » The Victorious Victorias http://similinton.com/blog/?p=5#comment-20035 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 18:52:56 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=5#comment-20035 [...] I have seen some of the examples of Marks’s other work that Victoria Lewis cites: The fluid and mesmerizing Inside/Out, and have seen excerpts from “Not About Iraq,” which, like the present “Action Conversations,” demonstrates how the stage is a critical location to put into mind – and into action – that which we must think about. I also had the great fortune to see several performances of the searing and passionate solo work she choreographed for Homer Avila (for more on Avila, go to DCW Archives: Link 1 and Link 2), which was my favorite work in the Homer Avila repertoire. [...] […] I have seen some of the examples of Marks’s other work that Victoria Lewis cites: The fluid and mesmerizing Inside/Out, and have seen excerpts from “Not About Iraq,” which, like the present “Action Conversations,” demonstrates how the stage is a critical location to put into mind – and into action – that which we must think about. I also had the great fortune to see several performances of the searing and passionate solo work she choreographed for Homer Avila (for more on Avila, go to DCW Archives: Link 1 and Link 2), which was my favorite work in the Homer Avila repertoire. […]

]]> Comment on Victoria Marks - choreographer in Santa Monica by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » The Victorious Victorias http://similinton.com/blog/?p=100#comment-19800 Tue, 19 Feb 2008 20:33:32 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=100#comment-19800 [...] Disability Culture Watch by Simi LintonA disability-focused commentary on the arts « Victoria Marks - choreographer in Santa Monica [...] […] Disability Culture Watch by Simi LintonA disability-focused commentary on the arts « Victoria Marks - choreographer in Santa Monica […]

]]> Comment on Great Event on November 7th - Do Not Miss!!!! by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » disTHIS disCanDance DisCo InFerNo Photos!!! http://similinton.com/blog/?p=79#comment-10546 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 22:20:28 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=79#comment-10546 [...] This is to announce the resounding success of: disTHIS! disCanDANCE DisCo InFerNo!!! that we posted here on DCW in October. [...] […] This is to announce the resounding success of: disTHIS! disCanDANCE DisCo InFerNo!!! that we posted here on DCW in October. […]

]]> Comment on Lord Chatterley Abandoned Once Again by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » Crispin Cripple Critters http://similinton.com/blog/?p=42#comment-9988 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:52:52 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=42#comment-9988 [...] This is yet another absurd and inaccurate statement based on assumptions about disabled people. Check out this post on DCW for more on sexuality and disability. Additionally problematic is the way It Is Fine! Everything is Fine – which is described by the filmmakers as “psycho-sexual” and “part horror film, part exploitation picture …” - uses disability to glorify the strange and the bizarre. [...] […] This is yet another absurd and inaccurate statement based on assumptions about disabled people. Check out this post on DCW for more on sexuality and disability. Additionally problematic is the way It Is Fine! Everything is Fine – which is described by the filmmakers as “psycho-sexual” and “part horror film, part exploitation picture …” - uses disability to glorify the strange and the bizarre. […]

]]> Comment on Crispin Cripple Critters by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » “Coming Home” to “Music Within” - Going Backwards or Forwards? http://similinton.com/blog/?p=84#comment-9987 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:52:01 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=84#comment-9987 [...] Disability Culture Watch by Simi LintonA disability-focused commentary on the arts « Great Event on November 7th - Do Not Miss!!!! Crispin Cripple Critters » [...] […] Disability Culture Watch by Simi LintonA disability-focused commentary on the arts « Great Event on November 7th - Do Not Miss!!!! Crispin Cripple Critters » […]

]]> Comment on “Coming Home” to “Music Within” - Going Backwards or Forwards? by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » Crispin Cripple Critters http://similinton.com/blog/?p=83#comment-9986 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 20:50:44 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=83#comment-9986 [...] Disability Culture Watch by Simi LintonA disability-focused commentary on the arts « “Coming Home” to “Music Within” - Going Backwards or Forwards? [...] […] Disability Culture Watch by Simi LintonA disability-focused commentary on the arts « “Coming Home” to “Music Within” - Going Backwards or Forwards? […]

]]> Comment on Museum O’ Sex - Disability Display by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » Dancing In Their Seats http://similinton.com/blog/?p=51#comment-9510 Wed, 31 Oct 2007 19:49:09 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=51#comment-9510 [...] It’s hard to “see dance without wanting to do it yourself,” says Tom Shakespeare in one of the articles about tango that graced my computer screen this morning. Shakespeare is a Research Fellow at Newcastle University and author of the books Genetic Politics: From Eugenics to Genome and The Sexual Politics of Disability. He acknowledges though, the reservations he had and the fear he felt when first learning to do the tango: [...] […] It’s hard to “see dance without wanting to do it yourself,” says Tom Shakespeare in one of the articles about tango that graced my computer screen this morning. Shakespeare is a Research Fellow at Newcastle University and author of the books Genetic Politics: From Eugenics to Genome and The Sexual Politics of Disability. He acknowledges though, the reservations he had and the fear he felt when first learning to do the tango: […]

]]> Comment on The War in Iraq: Artists Take Notice by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq Events at Tisch http://similinton.com/blog/?p=60#comment-9001 Mon, 22 Oct 2007 19:34:41 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=60#comment-9001 [...] An exhibit of photographs, based on HBO’s documentary Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq, by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders will be showing at the Tisch School of the Arts. [...] […] An exhibit of photographs, based on HBO’s documentary Alive Day Memories: Home From Iraq, by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders will be showing at the Tisch School of the Arts. […]

]]> Comment on Disabled or Nondisabled: Veterans from Iraq Challenge the Definitions by Disability Culture Watch » Blog Archive » Specialist Jon Town and the Myth of “Personality Disorder” http://similinton.com/blog/?p=61#comment-8239 Thu, 11 Oct 2007 19:32:20 +0000 http://similinton.com/blog/?p=61#comment-8239 [...] All of the above comes directly from the ongoing investigation by The Nation. We will keep you posted on this. Please look here for previous commentary on ways that the Army defines disability in ways that suit their purposes and pursestrings. [...] […] All of the above comes directly from the ongoing investigation by The Nation. We will keep you posted on this. Please look here for previous commentary on ways that the Army defines disability in ways that suit their purposes and pursestrings. […]

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