Currently Browsing: Disability
It’s hard to appreciate “visibility,” because most of us don’t recognize how much we take our own visibility for granted. For Alice Wong, though, visibility was of insurmountable importance. The possibility of being “visible” was a source of hope and optimism, and its denial fueled her anger.… read more.
“I always tried to hide my disability when it came to my role as an actor in the performing arts, but when I finally started to embrace that part of myself, that is how I stood out.”
Recently, on a balmy Brooklyn night, I sat on the porch of multi-hyphenate Bree Klauser, learning how claiming her identities in a newfound way has shaped her in her career.… read more.