036 - Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc

Published: Feb. 4, 2020, 12:19 a.m.

Gen and Jette got an advanced reading copy of "Disfigured" by Amanda Leduc - Thanks to James at Coach House Books for our ongoing collabs! This book breaks down fairy tales and how disability has been etched into the collective unconscious as a bad thing that you have to overcome.

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Show Notes:

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Who know all the Disney movies came from such creepy scary "Fairy Tales"
\nHans My Hedgehog sounds like the craziest story - can you picture a half-man, half hedgehog?
\nChanging Faces used #Iamnotyourvillain to transform the British film industry and now the BFI won't fund projects were the villains have facial disfigurements.
\nCan we talk about Marvel and how Hawkeye was actually deaf and the Matt Fraction series had illustrated ASL?
\nAllison Janney is the actress that Jette couldn't remember
\nJamie Brewer is the actress from the AHS series
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Books/Stories/Movies:
\nPaper Houses - Dominique Fortier
\nThe Centaur's wife - Amanda Leduc (coming 2021)
\nThe Miracles of the Ordinary Men - Amanda Leduc
\nThe Little Mermaid
\nBeauty and the Beast
\nSleeping Beauty
\nRapunzel
\nCinderella
\nThe Maiden Without Hands
\nThe Magicians
\nThe Lion King
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