A lot of ableism isn't deliberate: that makes it more pernicious! A walker is representing being at lower faculty, by your description.
I tweeted this on the other site: "The way walkers are used in media/culture is truly revolting -- & this rep prevents ppl from using what is a useful tool."
Using the walker on the magazine cover is not deliberately ableist.
And at some point people are going to have to learn discernment and how to view creative media within the context it’s presented.
The walker on the cover is to the point of an elderly person no longer being at full faculty.
Awesome thread!
Although this was so clearly deliberate, and I'm sick of being told to put up with ableism with "they didn't mean it!"
a) They almost certainly did, & b) Let's focus on the harms it's doing to disabled people, rather than having to soothe ableists who don't like being called out.
Harm matters WAY more than intent, yep. I don't care if people mean to compliment me by saying I'm brave. I'll tell em fuck off.
They gotta like that one guy from Target when I had TWO walking casts/boots (long story) and was in a mobility cart. He said "Wow you must be kicking a lot of ass!".
