Writing about disability in general continues to escape a lot of professional writers from whom our fandoms come. As a woman with disabilities (I have chronic pain conditions), it is always so disappointing when disabilities vanish or are treated in inaccurate ways. I will never stop being angry at Steven Moffatt for writing John Watson having a disability that was magically cured by Sherlock's love of adventure. At least Jude Law's Watson continues to limp and need his cane when he has pushed his injury past the point of sense and reason. I find it inspiring and meaningful that Law's Watson is a handsome and admirable hero who continues to limp. Off the top of my head I cannot think of any wildly popular female characters like this, but I might be in the wrong fandoms. (Though Kara Thrace in BSG might kinda count, as her limp returns in episodes where she is seen to fall or run but it doesn't feel the same).
Intersectionality is something I haven't yet written much about in femslash. While I have written some fics about the intersection of racism, class, and disability in m/m stories (for Lord of the Rings mostly), I haven't done this yet with female characters. And now I want to go chew on this post in a corner and puzzle out why that is.
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Date: 2012-04-30 03:40 am (UTC)Intersectionality is something I haven't yet written much about in femslash. While I have written some fics about the intersection of racism, class, and disability in m/m stories (for Lord of the Rings mostly), I haven't done this yet with female characters. And now I want to go chew on this post in a corner and puzzle out why that is.