In Episode 36 Gen and Jette talk about Disfigured by Amanda Leduc. We loved chatting about this book that tackles fairy tales and disability. Leduc breaks down how disability has been etched into the collective unconscious as a bad thing that a person needs to overcome and how stories need to make space for disabled characters to exist as they are.
Thank you to James at Coach House Books for sending us an advanced reading copy of this book. We love collaborating and look forward to more to come! Disfigured by Amanda Leduc will be out February 11.
Show Notes
Who knew all the Disney movies came from such creepy, scary “fairy tales”?
“Hans My Hedgehog” sounds like the nuttiest story. Can you picture a half man-half hedgehog?
Changing Faces used #IAmNotYourVillain to transform the British film industry and now the BFI won’t fund projects were the villains have facial disfigurements.
In Matt Fraction’s run of Marvel’s Hawkeye, Clint Barton is deaf and some issues have illustrated ASL.
Allison Janney is the actress that Jette couldn’t remember.
Jamie Brewer is the actress from the American Horror Story series.
Books, Stories, and Movies Mentioned
Paper Houses by Dominique Fortier
The Centaur’s Wife by Amanda Leduc (coming 2021)
The Miracles of the Ordinary Men by Amanda Leduc
The Little Mermaid
Beauty and the Beast
Sleeping Beauty
Rapunzel
Cinderella
The Maiden Without Hands
The Magicians
The Lion King
