Julia, the autistic Muppet.
Television and film have a characterization problem right now.
Writers in these fields have been creating autism-related characters who are often portrayed as one-note awkward savants or, occasionally, some other worse stereotype.
Falling back on this sort of typecasting is a hack-y disservice. Sarah explained why in an essay for Pacific Standard.
To read it go here.
Because Pacific Standard has gone dormant you can read this piece HERE.
Filed under Culture, Films, Health, Shameless Promotion, Television
Titanic
One of Sarah’s deepest and most enduring interests is the Titanic.
Not the movie, the actual doomed ocean liner.
This vessel/subject of much imaginative speculation is also an interest for filmmaker James Cameron and Sarah is having none of it.
She explained why in a personal essay for Electric Lit.
To read the full thing go here.
Filed under Films, Recollections, Shameless Promotion, Television, Travel
Cheng Pei-pei
Pioneering female martial artist Cheng Pei-pei was honoured for her work at the recent CAAMfest this year.
Pei-pei’s breakthrough roles in films like Come Drink With Me (1966) and its 1968 sequel Golden Swallow paved the way for the action heroines like Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi.
Sarah wrote about this for Asian World Of Martial Arts.
To read it go here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
Lido Pimienta’s La Papessa album won the 2017 Polaris Music Prize.
For for episode 10 of the Polaris Podcast we spoke with Francella Fiallos, one of the grand jurors who advocated for La Papessa at the Polaris Gala on September 18. We also talked to Pimienta, who explained what La Papessa is about.
This and other Polaris Podcast episodes can be found on iTunes, Google Play or Spotify.
Or, you can listen to it below:
Filed under Music, Shameless Promotion
Captain America
Chris Evans, the actor who plays Captain America in the Avengers and various other Marvel Comics-related films, has had to do a lot of fight training for his role.
Sarah compiled some of Evans’ related training videos in a post for Asian World Of Martial Arts.
To read the post go here.
Filed under Films, Jock Stuff, Shameless Promotion
I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder: A Memoir
Risky Fuel 