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[sasha_feather]

futuransky: Radical queer agenda panel notes/transcript

Me in access-fandom: Masked vs. Blind

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I have been watching "Call the Midwife", which is a really lovely show. S1 is on Netflix; Season 2 is streaming on pbs.org. However: episode 2x04 is a Very Special Disability episode, about a baby born with spina bifida. I did try to keep an open mind here, but this ep need content notices for: Discussion of euthanasia of disabled babies, forced institutionalization of disabled babies and children, and lots of processing of abled people concerned PWD, including how difficult their lives will be, etc. There is also a character with anxiety, although I liked and related to her arc. The episode does actually end OK.

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[thingswithwings]

:( Yeah, that episode was frustrating in its presentation - a Very Special Episode indeed. Later on in S2 there's a Very Special Episode About Racism, and it's equally annoying. Both struck me as very simplistic. And both made me feel more frustrated that PWD and POCs aren't better represented in the day-to-day business of the show.

[sasha_feather]

I've been wondering when any people of color would show up... I mean, it's the East end in the 1950s, for Heaven's sake! Sigh.