The University of Canberra required me to write more for my research proposal than every other student; the Faculty of Art and Design Handbook says …
albinism
Illustrating Doerr’s statement implying that the ‘true’ Aryan does not have albinism
Preamble I wrote this post because it intersects my thesis that was to have been on representations of albinism and my preparation for my Critical Health …
Logan (2017)
A review by Nalini Haynes Logan (Hugh Jackman) is back. Again. At least this time he wasn’t in a remake of his own origin story. …
The Albino Redwoods by Heather Nelson
A review by Nalini Haynes Joey is a Caucasian girl living in a world where albinos (never ‘persons with albinism’) rule. Society is segregated into …
Avery by Charlotte McConaghy
The Chronicles of Kaya book 1 A review by Nalini Haynes Avery is 25 years old when he dies during an assassination attempt: they were trying …
Vamps (2012)
A review by Nalini Haynes Goody (Alicia Silverstone) and Stacy (Krysten Ritter) are BFF vamps who share the same apartment in New York, texting each …
Secret Ministry of Frost by Nick Lake
A review by Nalini Haynes Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem, ‘Frost at Midnight’, begins ‘The frost performs its secret ministry’. The Secret Ministry of Frost is heavily influenced by …
Daughter of Blood by Helen Lowe
A review by Nalini Haynes Daughter of Blood is book 3 in Lowe’s Wall of Night quartet, an award-winning epic fantasy science fiction series set …
Albinism representations
Updated preamble I’m still researching representations of albinism in popular culture. Now I’m no longer in the toxic waste dump that is academia, I can …
Lionel Shriver, Representation and Misappropriation Part 2
This is part 2 of my response to Lionel Shriver’s views on appropriation and representation of others’ experiences. (Part 1 is here.) In this part …
Lionel Shriver, Representation and Misappropriation Part 1
My response to Lionel Shriver and authors’ appropriation of ‘other’ experience is in three parts, scheduled weekly. This is part one. Lionel Shriver’s speech at …
Not your inspiration (a short science fiction story)
This is a short science fiction story. If the quantum universes running in parallel isn’t enough SF for you, then note the successful map app: …
Accessible conventions: what SFWA forgot
Here’s a SFWA (Science Fiction Writers of America) Lee Martindale talking about some of her frustrations with lack of disability access at conventions. This is awesome: …
PAX Australia: Disability and computer games
This panel of computer games industry professionals discussed disability and gaming: what games were good and why; some games presented barriers they were not able …
Half a War by Joe Abercrombie
A review by Nalini Haynes Lord Grimdark has done it again. He concludes his YA/adult crossover trilogy with a bloodbath and darkly realistic international politics. …