Every quarter, The Disabled Feminist offers a free round up of new media releases - be it books, films, events - at the intersection of disability and fourth wave feminism. With the incoming summer, now is the time for rest and renewal. This very list started on London Bridge, a start to this season, soundtracked by Britney Spears. I love to see what everyone else has been creating - I live to see the art.
The idea behind compiling these lists was to distribute information further - maybe in the hope of reach people who wouldn’t necessarily have the access to such information. It’s a service of sorts! The Arts is not known for being great when it comes to accessibility, after all.
(You can see the previous lists from this year here:)
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Out Now
Books & Disability Media
Table For One by Emma Gannon is on my list of books to read this year; she wrote a love letter to solitude and art dates. A follow up to Olive, this is a new novel deemed perfect for a holiday or time away. The novel is also out soon in the US. Get your copy here.
Who Wants Normal? by Frances Ryan is out now. Stay tuned for the new issue of Disability Review Magazine for an exclusive interview; it’s a cracking read. Purchase a copy here.
The Book Of Alchemy is at the top of my list of books I want to read. Journaling is a practice I espouse and have kept to for years - and this is full of prompts, essays, by a range of writers. Knowing your own thoughts is essential. Buy it here.
Outrage by Ellen Jones is coming to the US. Buy the book here.
Events & Exhibitions
Everybody Queer
Lucy Webster at
is the co-founder of Everybody Queer, a community initiative for queer disabled people in the U.K. There’s an accessible queer prom - follow on Instagram for more information.
Unsilenced: Sexual Violence In Conflict
War is a disabling act. Yet we don’t ever talk about how disabled women are at greater statistical risk of gendered violence - and how this translates in war zones. The Imperial War Museum is looking at sexual violence in conflict, which I fully intend to see this month. Entry is free.
Zines Forever
The Wellcome Collection, London is hosting an exhibition devoted to looking at zine making in the disability space - and it’s an excellent, person-informed space. Zines Forever finishes on September 14th. Entry is free.
ADHD Unmasked
Hester Grainger, former Disability Review Magazine cover star, is on the road with her first solo show, ADHD Unmasked. A look at later in life diagnosis, this is not to be missed. Last tickets available here.
Awareness Days
Learning Disability Week is on 16th - 22nd June.
Other
Following a gothic themed event they attended, NeoWalk posted an Instagram story that skull screw on handles are available for custom order. The post said to email info@neo-walk.com to order.
Coming Soon
Books & Disability Media
The next issue of Disability Review Magazine will be out on the 27th of this month; an online, free version will be available, and there will be a dispatch from this newsletter the day it goes live, too.
Ramping Up Rights, a history of the disability justice movement in the UK, by Rachel Charlton Dailey is out next month. Get your copy here.
Events & Exhibitions
Crafternoon at the Vagina Museum
Like crafts, feminism and accessible spaces? The Vagina Museum, London, has the perfect event for you on the 22nd of this month - and entry to the museum and its exhibitions is free, too.
Fashion Week
If Instagram is anything to go by, there could potentially be a fashion week show from Unhidden later this year. Victoria Jenkins briefly alluded to this and designs in the background of an Instagram story.
Design & Disability, V&A
Design & Disability opens at the V&A on June 7th; a first of its kind, this explores the contribution of disabled people to design and the arts since the forties. Disabled people and their caregiver also can attend for free.
Awareness Days
September 23rd is International Day of Sign Languages.
October is ADHD Awareness Month.
December 3rd is International Person’s With Disabilities Day, or IDPD.
Other
For fellow freelancers who wish to workshop their ideas, I’m offering pay-what-you-can mentoring sessions for forty minutes on Zoom - comment below or reply to this email if you’d like to get involved.