Disabled Characters of the Month: June 2024 (Pride Edition)
TV
Alex Manes (Roswell New Mexico) - Amputee, Prosthetic User, Mobility Aid User
TV ANIMATION
Shiro (Voltron) - Amputee, Prosthetic User
FILM
Laila Kapoor (Margarita with a Straw) - Cerebral Palsy, Wheelchair User, Mobility Aid User
BOOKS
Jesper Fahey (Six of Crows) - ADHD
Wylan Van Eck (Six of Crows) - Dyslexia
COMICS / MANGA
Hartley Rathaway / Pied Piper (DC Comics) - Deaf
VIDEO GAMES
Olivia Haas (Fear & Hunger 2: Termina) - Vascular myelopathy, Wheelchair User
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Join me as I celebrate and post about different Disabled Characters throughout the month. Tracking #dcotm
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i’ve just discovered this and god damn it im fuming
her tweet… there was absolutely nothing serious about it - and surely, surely rory burns knew the traction that the tweet was gonna get when he reposted it with his comments (especially with jimmy and ben liking it - two of the biggest names in english cricket and sport). plus ben ducketts comments
i just don’t see how anyone thinks that was a serious tweet… and the fact that it led to death threats - without any sort of formal apology to alex from the male players (who must know that by shaming her for that tweet they were opening the doors for misogyny)…. it’s just not right.
and yh… alex probs could’ve worded it better - but on no level did that tweet deserve death threats….
also… the nerve of jimmy liking rory’s tweet claiming to support the women’s games - after jimmy’s tweet calling stuart a ‘lesbian’ due to his hairstyle (more on that -> https://amp.theguardian.com/sport/2021/jun/08/we-do-feel-anxious-jimmy-anderson-difficult-time-for-england-players) and his support of the women’s game being…. limited (pretty much all i can find is his input on the charlie dean run out situation and the double header stuff he’s done on the hundred) - if anyone can find anymore i’d love to see
and again with ben i’ve found a little more stuff about him supporting the women’s game - but a lot of what i’ve seen is stuff about the hundred helping women’s cricket to grow and reactions to that ecb report claiming that cricket is sexist racist and homophobic - so not loads of him being like “supporting our women!!” (all seems a little scripted in interviews and stuff)(again if anyone can find more stuff i’d love to see it)
they claim that they’re supporting the ladies… but publicly arguing with them (knowing that within sports and patriarchal society as a whole - the hold the power) isn’t support… it’s like alex said - all rory needed to do was send a private message being like “this isn’t funny… we don’t think it’s funny” and i’m sure she would’ve reacted
so not saying that any of them are bad people - just that none of them seem to understand the privilege and power they hold as male athletes- especially in comparison to female athletes, and the responsibility that privilege gives them
+ more articles on this
^^ not a fan of the sun but they’ve covered it loads
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one of my favorite motorsport events of the year is almost here! the 24 hours of daytona starts january 27th, so i’ve assembled a list of some names i recognize who will be competing!
full entry list | how to watch
in the GTP Class
01 scott dixon, alex palou (with Sebastien Bourdais, Renger van der Zande)
7 felipe nasr, josef newgarden (with Frederic Makowiecki, Dane Cameron)
10 brendon hartley, marcus ericsson (with Ricky Taylor, Filipe Albuquerque)
31 jack aitken, tom blomqvist (with Pipo Derani)
40 louis deletraz, colton herta, jenson button (with Jordan Taylor)
in the LMP2 Class
2 pato o’ward (with ben hanley, ben keating, nico pino)
8 scott mclaughlin (with John Farano, Michael Dinan, Ferdinand Habsburg)
22 felix rosenqvist, paul di resta (with Dan Goldburg, Bijoy Garg)
52 clement novalak (with Jakub Smiechowski, Tom Dilmann, Nick Boulle)
74 felipe massa (with Gar Robinson, Felipe Fraga, Josh Burdon)
in the GT Daytona Pro Class
1 sheldon van der linde (with Madison Snow, Bryan Sellers, Neil Verhagen)
3 alexander sims (with Antonio Garcia, Dani Juncadella)
9 james hinchcliffe, alex rossi (with Oliver Jarvis, Marvin Kirchhofer)
14 kyle kirkwood (with Jack Hawksworth, Ben Barnicoat, Mike Conway)
in the GT Daytona Class
13 alex lynn (with Orey Fidani, Matt Bell, Lars Kern)
32 maximilian götz (with Mike Skeen, Mikael Grenier, Kenton Koch)
60 romain grosjean (with Claudio Schiavoni, Matteo Cressoni, Matteo Cairoli)
66 katherine legge, tatiana calderon (with Sheena Monk, Stevan McAleer)
83 iron dames - rahel frey, sarah nový, michelle gatting
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Me: back from walking the dog!
World Cup winning cricketer and now TMS commentator Alex Hartley, on my phone: the way England went out and batted against Australia it was like they had nothing to lose--
My husband, from the office: Is that Cunk on Cricket?
Me: *swoons in delight at the thought*
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