Annie Elainey | How ableism can make it hard to be visible as a disabled person @theannieelainey | Uploaded March 2023 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Response to “Using my mobility aid takes so much courage. Just to comfortably navigate the world takes a lot of strength, both physically and mentally” on my most recent video where disabilities being represented in advertising was met with antagonism.
[Video Description: in a bedroom, Annie, a fem presenting person with medium brown skin and long black wavy hair, wearing glasses and a grey tank top responds to a comment]
Response to “Using my mobility aid takes so much courage. Just to comfortably navigate the world takes a lot of strength, both physically and mentally” on my most recent video where disabilities being represented in advertising was met with antagonism.
[Video Description: in a bedroom, Annie, a fem presenting person with medium brown skin and long black wavy hair, wearing glasses and a grey tank top responds to a comment]
![Spoonie Essentials Box Unboxing with Emi // VLOGMAS DAY 1 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/T11jUsurxVU/hqdefault.jpg "Spoonie Essentials Box Unboxing with Emi // VLOGMAS DAY 1 [CC]
Sharing gifts with Emi from http://spoonieessentialsbox.com
Were doing Vlogmas! One video every day for 25 days of Christmas! #NotSpons
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Annie Segarra (Annie Elainey) creates mainly first-person videos on introspective topics, social topics, sharing her experiences and thoughts on disability, body image, LGBT topics, gender equality, etc, as well as creative content; a variety of music/artistic media and short films. Annie identifies as a queer disabled (Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome) Latinx woman and uses she and they pronouns.")
![Mental Illness and Struggling to Seek Help [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U-ID5CYoyow/hqdefault.jpg "Mental Illness and Struggling to Seek Help [CC]
Its #LetsTalkTuesday, so Id like to talk about my experiences with some social occurrences (romanticizing mental illness and language appropriation) that make it harder to talk about mental illness as an urgent topic and how it can be discouraging to people considering seeking help. [CLICK TO READ MORE]
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ABOUT ME
Hello, hello! My name is Annie, my pronouns are she/her, and Im a QWoC, body positive, disabled spoonie. I create videos five days a week (as long as my health allows) usually introspective topics, social topics, disability, body image, sex/gender/dating, feminism, etc, as well as a variety of music/artistic media, tags/challenges, and day-in-the-life vlogs.
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![Are You Happy? (Bo Burnham Cover) [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UEPb2Sd706s/hqdefault.jpg "Are You Happy? (Bo Burnham Cover) [CC]
Are You Happy? by Bo Burnham from Make Happy Netflix Special
Piano Instrumental by LyricWolf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKPuSjB1VZI
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Thank you to Tonia and Tara for my birthday gift, Sadness Funko Pop doll, I love it so much!
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***ABOUT ME***
Hello, hello! My name is Annie, my pronouns are she/her, and Im a QWoC, body positive, wheelchair user, disabled and chronically ill person (or spoonie).
I create videos five days a week (as long as my health allows) usually introspective topics, social topics, sharing my experiences and point of view with/on disability, body image, sex/gender/dating, gender equality, etc, as well as a variety of music/artistic media, tags/challenges, and day-in-the-life vlogs.")
![Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover) [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UifZBpR6h8Q/hqdefault.jpg "Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover) [CC]
Maps (Yeah Yeah Yeahs Cover) as requested by Rebel Wheels NYC http://bit.ly/2a4Vu2b
Acoustic guitar instrumental by Joe Mellen http://bit.ly/2aEODZa
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***ABOUT ME***
Hello, hello! My name is Annie, my pronouns are she/her, and Im a QWoC, body positive, wheelchair user, disabled and chronically ill person (or spoonie).
I create videos five days a week (as long as my health allows) usually introspective topics, social topics, sharing my experiences and point of view with/on disability, body image, sex/gender/dating, gender equality, etc, as well as a variety of music/artistic media, tags/challenges, and day-in-the-life vlogs.")
![Final Days of Vidcon 2016 PART 4 [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UsPKBRSw-9s/hqdefault.jpg "Final Days of Vidcon 2016 PART 4 [CC]
The second disability panel went SO well! Again so great to be surrounded by community and creating access and validation among each other. Then came wrapping up the convention and having a lovely Disney Day with friends!
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ABOUT ME
Hello, hello! My name is Annie, my pronouns are she/her, and Im a QWoC, body positive, wheelchair user, disabled and chronically ill person (or spoonie).
I create videos five days a week (as long as my health allows) usually introspective topics, social topics, sharing my experiences and point of view with/on disability, body image, sex/gender/dating, gender equality, etc, as well as a variety of music/artistic media, tags/challenges, and day-in-the-life vlogs.
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![Its Okay Not To Be Okay [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/V-Tl1XRSIns/hqdefault.jpg "Its Okay Not To Be Okay [CC]
This video is for Benzac Take Control of Your Story Contest
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ABOUT ME
Hello, hello! My name is Annie, my pronouns are she/her, and Im a QWoC, body positive, wheelchair user, disabled spoonie. I create videos five days a week (as long as my health allows) usually introspective topics, social topics, disability, body image, sex/gender/dating, feminism, etc, as well as a variety of music/artistic media, tags/challenges, and day-in-the-life vlogs.
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![Finding Disability Culture w/ Finding Dory [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VgA2RPTwlJ0/hqdefault.jpg "Finding Disability Culture w/ Finding Dory [CC]
(SPOILERS AHEAD) Finding Dory has a really cool way of telling the stories of disabled characters as its prior (Finding Nemo) did! From small fins, to short term memory loss, to sharks with addictions, fishes with OCD and germaphobia, in the original film, to an Octopus with 7 tentacles, a near sighted whale, and another with a brain injury in Finding Dory, so lets review all the references to disability culture in the film!
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ABOUT ME
Hello, hello! My name is Annie, my pronouns are she/her, and Im a QWoC, body positive, wheelchair user, disabled and chronically ill person (or spoonie).
I create videos five days a week (as long as my health allows) usually introspective topics, social topics, sharing my experiences and point of view with/on disability, body image, sex/gender/dating, gender equality, etc, as well as a variety of music/artistic media, tags/challenges, and day-in-the-life vlogs.
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![Dyeing My Hair Orange [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/VzvdXcPN42I/hqdefault.jpg "Dyeing My Hair Orange [CC]
Its #WhyNotWednesday so Im dyeing my hair orange because #WhyNot?! I basically dared myself last year to go on a Rainbow Tour with my hair and try all the colors, so here goes the most terrifying one! [CLICK TO READ MORE]
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ABOUT ME
Hello, hello! My name is Annie, my pronouns are she/her, and Im a QWoC, body positive, disabled spoonie. I create videos five days a week (as long as my health allows) usually introspective topics, social topics, disability, body image, sex/gender/dating, feminism, etc, as well as a variety of music/artistic media, tags/challenges, and day-in-the-life vlogs.
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![My Queer YouTuber Crushes [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/W2kPRGcyuyQ/hqdefault.jpg "My Queer YouTuber Crushes [CC]
Ayyy, this is actually a little embarrassing to upload for many reasons but a tag is a tag and also, I love sharing these creators with you and I love saying nice things about them. Im leaving you a list of their videos (in order of appearance) below!
Stevie Boebi (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhuggY1JNGU
Gaby Dunn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx3jl2AV8P8
Dodie Clark https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvL_Hg82qkw
Rachel Anne (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7rRrV5yiWQ&t=5s
Riley J. Dennis (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BkZnFVbSKKo
Hannah Hart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTVIi5z8WtY
ChasingCady (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WivB0IL_K8s
Ashley Wilde (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy5fKMQoTZY
Albinwonderland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DAOIQc-IWk4
MarinaShutUp (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dleJSHMBrFc
Ari Fitz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2sW1bcZTfc
Ingrid Nilsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fXQJb0W-Tg
Natasha Negovanlis (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jy5cczDSm4E
Kaitlyn Alexander (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79R4YsVeacQ
Rowan Ellis (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RqSlefAVSE
Pain and Cats (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LOE0GYmAP4&t
Miss Fender (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT_IICgxXr8&t
Jenna Anne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qtue1cXtb5c
Marsupial Pudding (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEQPYSsnY3g
Savannah Brown (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6CCePrJlaU
Lucy Moon (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDMvgxHW22k&t
Anna Akana (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ncw7rnIz_8
Shay Mitchell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKJmRJbFCOk
Meghan Tonjes (with CC) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URGVjPa2FBw
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Annie Segarra (Annie Elainey) creates mainly first-person videos on introspective topics, social topics, sharing her experiences and thoughts on disability, body image, LGBT topics, gender equality, etc, as well as creative content; a variety of music/artistic media and short films. Annie identifies as a queer Latinx disabled woman and uses she and they pronouns.")
![What #TheFWord Means to Me [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WscSTZSlgKE/hqdefault.jpg "What #TheFWord Means to Me [CC]
[CW: q-slur] This is a video about my relationship with the word Feminism, I personify Feminism and refer to the word using she/her pronouns. Feminism was a part of my childhood, however, I hadnt heard #TheFWord until my teens and my introduction to it villainized the word for me. But when I found my way back to #TheFWord, it was a magical thing!
Closed Captions available and Transcript available with image descriptions: http://bit.ly/1SqDKtH
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![Why is Disability Representation So White? #DisabilityTooWhite [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/X6daBu3ACbc/hqdefault.jpg "Why is Disability Representation So White? #DisabilityTooWhite [CC]
#DisabilityTooWhite; a hashtag created by Vilissa Thompson on Twitter to bring attention to the lack of racial diversity in disability representation. #DisabilityTooWhite does not intend to erase the struggles and the ableism that white disabled folks experience, it is merely addressing the issue that the intersection of race and disability is not often addressed and not often represented. #DisabilityTooWhite is a conversation that highlights how as minuscule as disability representation is already, disabled PoC (among other identities, disabled women, disabled LGBT folk, etc), their representation is microscopic!
Confronting the Whitewashing of Disability: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-blahovec/confronting-the-whitewash_b_10574994.html
#DisabilityTooWhite Calls Out Media: http://www.dailydot.com/irl/disability-too-white-hashtag-twitter/
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/disabilitytoowhite
Sources:
Disabled People of Color Survey: http://colorwebmag.com/2016/08/03/disabled-people-of-color-highlighted-in-getwokeada26-survey/
Disability Visibility Project: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/tag/people-of-color/
Intersection of Disability, Diversity, and Violence: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10926770802675551?src=recsys
PoC with Disabilities and Violence: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10926770802675635
Only 12% of Paralympic Tickets Sold: http://money.cnn.com/2016/08/16/news/rio-paralympics-olympics-ticket-sales/
Rio Chiefs fear Paralympics Could Fall Flat As Seats Remain Empty:
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/03/rio-de-janeiro-paralympics-tickets-slashed
Does Hollywood Ignore the Disabled?: http://www.everydayhealth.com/columns/katrina-overland-chronicling-chronic-pain/does-hollywood-hate-the-disabled/
GLAAD Media Diversity: http://www.glaad.org/files/2013WWATV.pdf
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***ABOUT ME***
Hello, hello! My name is Annie, my pronouns are she/her, and Im a QWoC, body positive, wheelchair user, disabled and chronically ill person (or spoonie).
I create videos five days a week (as long as my health allows) usually introspective topics, social topics, sharing my experiences and point of view with/on disability, body image, sex/gender/dating, gender equality, etc, as well as a variety of music/artistic media, tags/challenges, and day-in-the-life vlogs.")
