dawn.vogel | October 28, 2026
Now that the videos from the 2026 WriteHive online conference are posted, I’ll be sharing some of those with quick summaries. Today, I’m talking about the “Practical Tips for Avoiding Ableism in Your Writing” presentation from Nicoletta Poungias. I took a screenshot of my comment on this presentation, which I watched during the WriteHive weekend, […]
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dawn.vogel | March 8, 2021
There are a lot of tropes associated with monsters, and a huge number of these tropes are racist and ableist caricatures used as shorthand to suggest that non-white people and people with disabilities are inherently inferior, if not downright evil. This article from Mythcreants, “Ridding Your Monsters of Ableism,” gives examples of how monster tropes […]
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