Brontë GrimmDec 4, 2022

My career as a disabled artist who makes art about my experiences as a disabled trans person can be summed up via an excerpt from the last grant rejection letter I received:

“…while the members of the selection panel felt your art was evocative, accomplished, and beautiful, we collectively felt the subject matter of disability would disturb and upset art patrons. Your work was ultimately rejected because we felt it wouldn’t resonate with the public.”

…My reality.

#MastoArt #disabled

Show threadalexis purslane 🏳️‍⚧️ 🏴
@brontegrimm ive seen a lot of disabled people talk about this attitude abled people have, where disabilities are "disturbing" and make them uncomfortable so they should be hidden away from view. It's really sickening tbh
Dec 4, 2022 at 1:11pmWeb
Show threadBrontë GrimmDec 5, 2022
@alexispurslane it absolutely is, and is so entrenched in our society. Disabled people literally being hidden away in institutions isn’t ancient history, and we didn’t even have full legal rights really until the 1990s with the passing of the ADA.
Show threadBrontë GrimmDec 5, 2022
@alexispurslane it absolutely is, and is so entrenched in our society. Disabled people literally being hidden away in institutions isn’t ancient history, and we didn’t even have full legal rights really until the 1990s with the passing of the ADA.