That’s exactly this writer’s idiotic point though. The whole line about how a true utopia would be embracing everyone’s “genetic diversity” is downright frightening. I can only imagine nearsighted people squinting with no glasses as paralyzed drag themselves across the floor while babies die of easily fixable genetic…

Because they cancelled Pushing Daisies.

Yeah that is a little baffling, as a disabled person myself I picture that in science fiction they dealt with these issues. Maybe a sort of nanobots that dealt with the cancer without resorting to amputation. Or maybe some box they put over an amputated limb and it builds the person a new limb. Or simply prosthetics…

In low tech scifi or military scifi you are less likely to see accessible space ships. I would imagine that space ships would be more like modern submarines with raised hatches, small passage ways, etc. People with disabilities that can’t be managed easily just aren’t appropriate for that environment. You won’t see…

HOWEVER - My post, and I think the posts of a lot of us commenting here, are talking about the fictional world and ignoring the real-world representation issues the article discusses, in terms of actors. These two issues are semi-conflated in the article, but the latter is clearly an issue which we should strive to ove…

Contrary to ableist opinion, a utopia is not a world where disability is a problem that’s been solved; rather, it’s an inevitable expression of genetic variance, and disabled humans are not just welcomed but fully included

I suppose there’s a big split here: sci-fi set in an imperfect future or the low-tech present, or sci-fi set in the semi-utopian future, or with that level of tech.

In the present, it’d be good to see inclusion, though the crossover of ‘not enough tech to help with the disability but enough to be counted as sci-fi)…

seriously, what a dumb article. they have conquered gravity and space time but you think there would still be wheel chairs. also if you would for some reason not want robo legs or have them regrown in a protein bath, YOU WOULD HAVE A HOVER CHAIR! i09 sucks now. 

“Ethics,” A Star Trek: The Next Generation episode found Lieutenant Worf paralyzed. Because his Klingon upbringing viewed life as over at the moment of injury, he risks an untested surgical procedure instead of embracing a disabled life.

Disability is a problem that should be solved though. It’s not “ableist opinion” to prefer having body parts that function and to cure those that don’t.

Robot legs. The answer is robot legs.

I’m sad because nothing else is nearly as good. I mean, I know that’s the point, that MP was too good, but still, what a great ride while it lasted. In the meantime:
-Sinema is top of my list so far, with their $4 tickets and broad access (one ticket around here is around $16)
-A-List is looking good, although the…

Yeah I work in condo management and some of the condos we manage don’t allow pets. If someone inquires about the pet policy there or were found breaking the no pet policy their pet within weeks becomes a registered emotional support animal.

i hated this when i lived in orlando. i love dogs. love. but i fucking loathe toy tiny dog owners that bring them everywhere and havent bothered to actually train them.

Service animals, the paper notes, have become a hot topic as some people take advantage of federal disability laws to take their pets into businesses.

Two out of three you mentioned are awful. Baskets is doing pretty well with it though.

Kids in the Hall was great, but was it funny because of the drag, or was the drag simply a necessity (kind of like Monty Python) because it was an all guy troupe?

I don’t want to pass judgement on diarrhea jokes until I can hear them for myself.

Can’t sleep. Bart will eat me.

Can we please call time on comedy drag acts?