FEM 2110 Study Guide - Final Guide: Rape Culture, Stevie Wonder, Sexualization

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: FEM 2110
• Professor: Lori Stinson

Document Summary

Give two examples of supercrip representations in our popular culture. How according to clare are crip and queer similar terms. According to eli clare, supercrip stories are stories about disabled individuals who engage in activities that are as grand as walking 2500 miles or as mundane as learning how to drive (clare, 2015). The stories focus on disabled people overcoming their disabilities and reinforce the superiority of nondisabled bodies and minds. They turn individual disabled people who are simply leading their lives into symbols of inspiration (clare, 2015). Two examples of supercrip representation in our popular culture would be terry fox as he ran over 5000km while accepting donations for cancer research and. Stevie wonder as he is blind yet was able to become a famous piano player. Supercrip stories and problematic for people with disabilities because people always seem to focus on overcoming something and this establishes a notion that if you cannot do it, then you are useless.