The Shape of Water
Tue, Jan. 16th, 2018 12:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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access_fandom"I belong where the people are: Disability and the Shape of water, by Elsa Sjunneson-Henry
https://www.tor.com/2018/01/16/i-belong-where-the-people-are-disability-and-the-shape-of-water/
I wish that I could just say, “Well, it’s fantasy,” and move on. But I can’t. Not when I’ve literally never seen a movie in which a disabled woman is desired by a non-disabled partner. Not when I know that my body is seen as less than desirable. Not when I know that subconsciously this film, it means she deserves a freak like her, and not a human like her.
https://www.tor.com/2018/01/16/i-belong-where-the-people-are-disability-and-the-shape-of-water/
I wish that I could just say, “Well, it’s fantasy,” and move on. But I can’t. Not when I’ve literally never seen a movie in which a disabled woman is desired by a non-disabled partner. Not when I know that my body is seen as less than desirable. Not when I know that subconsciously this film, it means she deserves a freak like her, and not a human like her.