Sunday Night Oscar Protests Against Humanitarian Award for Jerry Lewis

February 23, 2009Our News & Commentary Blog, pity, protests, stereotypes, telethonStephen Drake

Long-time readers of this blog might remember that Not Dead Yet took part in the blog against the telethon in 2007. Jerry Lewis and the MDA telethon have been powerful producers and reinforcers of negative stereotypes of people with physical disabilities, all of whom get to be the victim of the negative stereotyping. MDA and … Continue reading Sunday Night Oscar Protests Against Humanitarian Award for Jerry Lewis →

Action Alert: September 3rd is “Blog Against the Telethon Day”

August 31, 2007action alert, Our News & Commentary Blog, protests, stereotypes, telethonStephen Drake

(Thanks to Mike Reynolds for the “heads up” on this) From Miss Crip Chick (“just your everyday southern, queer disabled woman of color): Jerry Lewis is the host of the Muscular Dystrophy Association’s Annual Telethon, a telethon that occurs every Labor Day to raise funds for cures by using disabled people as posterchildren. Disabled people … Continue reading Action Alert: September 3rd is “Blog Against the Telethon Day” →