Sydney Zarlengo | Tier Ranking 100 Autism Representations in Media [CC] @disabled.autistic.lesbian | Uploaded December 2023 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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Watch my memory loss reviews - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4A6YCnqNIr7W9Uem80VyG3h
Read my memory loss reviews - docs.google.com/document/d/1OMMAwzooSW_pbwt6QJzI1kS9WETvDcm331O8SmeRluU/edit?usp=sharing
How to create disability rep - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4DwuuVesr2Uf9MkFrdCo277&si=OVlDPpNXYgyDAUfj
Disability rep deep dives - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4BZwKXDFcumr15OpEeyz0Mv&si=YwQ8cb2KGO3p-aW_
Autistic princess deep dives - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4AIsl0D764qA1UV8P_UZxn1&si=K6EA_6WSjROYiRrs
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Check out my work! - disabledautisticlesbian.com/curious-incident
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Autism Resources:
Ultimate resource guide - disabledautisticlesbian.com/resource-guide
How to support an autistic person - disabledautisticlesbian.com/im-the-parent-of-an-autistic-kid
Help! I think I’m autistic - disabledautisticlesbian.com/help-i-think-im-autistic
Unmasking/How to Start Over - disabledautisticlesbian.com/i-want-to-start-over
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My Music:
Fearlessly Different (Single) - https://ditto.fm/fearlessly-different
Bold (EP) - youtu.be/6pGSdJWO7Bs
Rewrite History (Album) - https://ditto.fm/rewrite_history_0d14daa964
Alive (Single) - li.sten.to/alive
Start Over (Album) - li.sten.to/start-over
The Confused Linguist (Album) - li.sten.to/the-confused-linguist
Check out my #ActuallyAutistic playlist made of entirely autistic artists!
open.spotify.com/playlist/3gIiA3ZPsZlx8lZXWdJv6U?si=0mU6TSvXRcmDpn-ff6aq9Q
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Hello! Please enjoy Migraine Brain Sydney as they slowly descend into brain fog chaos and maybe learn something along the way :)
Make your own autism rep tier list - tiermaker.com/create/autism-representation-16398441
Watch my autism reviews - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4DLN4LfTQGRCrAhYt5Nbag-
Read my autism reviews - docs.google.com/document/d/19jkroEmKeZlBBi17rjr1EVvy-rTDBSARDOgd_q08YD8/edit?usp=sharing
Watch my disability reviews - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4BXsZork4wtT0Sd-Pr7SuTx
Read my disability reviews - docs.google.com/document/d/1VEcnf-XzUqg9SwJFR7mHUWkaFYPHmlmL_vIESo2VR-k/edit?usp=sharing
Watch my memory loss reviews - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4A6YCnqNIr7W9Uem80VyG3h
Read my memory loss reviews - docs.google.com/document/d/1OMMAwzooSW_pbwt6QJzI1kS9WETvDcm331O8SmeRluU/edit?usp=sharing
How to create disability rep - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4DwuuVesr2Uf9MkFrdCo277&si=OVlDPpNXYgyDAUfj
Disability rep deep dives - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4BZwKXDFcumr15OpEeyz0Mv&si=YwQ8cb2KGO3p-aW_
Autistic princess deep dives - youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4AIsl0D764qA1UV8P_UZxn1&si=K6EA_6WSjROYiRrs
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If you want to support me financially - paypal.com/paypalme/sydneyzarlengo
Check out my work! - disabledautisticlesbian.com/curious-incident
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Autism Resources:
Ultimate resource guide - disabledautisticlesbian.com/resource-guide
How to support an autistic person - disabledautisticlesbian.com/im-the-parent-of-an-autistic-kid
Help! I think I’m autistic - disabledautisticlesbian.com/help-i-think-im-autistic
Unmasking/How to Start Over - disabledautisticlesbian.com/i-want-to-start-over
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My Music:
Fearlessly Different (Single) - https://ditto.fm/fearlessly-different
Bold (EP) - youtu.be/6pGSdJWO7Bs
Rewrite History (Album) - https://ditto.fm/rewrite_history_0d14daa964
Alive (Single) - li.sten.to/alive
Start Over (Album) - li.sten.to/start-over
The Confused Linguist (Album) - li.sten.to/the-confused-linguist
Check out my #ActuallyAutistic playlist made of entirely autistic artists!
open.spotify.com/playlist/3gIiA3ZPsZlx8lZXWdJv6U?si=0mU6TSvXRcmDpn-ff6aq9Q
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Hello! Please enjoy Migraine Brain Sydney as they slowly descend into brain fog chaos and maybe learn something along the way :)
Make your own autism rep tier list - https://tiermaker.com/create/autism-representation-16398441
Watch my autism reviews - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4DLN4LfTQGRCrAhYt5Nbag-
Read my autism reviews - https://docs.google.com/document/d/19jkroEmKeZlBBi17rjr1EVvy-rTDBSARDOgd_q08YD8/edit?usp=sharing
Watch my disability reviews - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4BXsZork4wtT0Sd-Pr7SuTx
Read my disability reviews - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VEcnf-XzUqg9SwJFR7mHUWkaFYPHmlmL_vIESo2VR-k/edit?usp=sharing
Watch my memory loss reviews - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4A6YCnqNIr7W9Uem80VyG3h
Read my memory loss reviews - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OMMAwzooSW_pbwt6QJzI1kS9WETvDcm331O8SmeRluU/edit?usp=sharing
How to create disability rep - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4DwuuVesr2Uf9MkFrdCo277&si=OVlDPpNXYgyDAUfj
Disability rep deep dives - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4BZwKXDFcumr15OpEeyz0Mv&si=YwQ8cb2KGO3p-aW_
Autistic princess deep dives - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4AIsl0D764qA1UV8P_UZxn1&si=K6EA_6WSjROYiRrs
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If you want to support me financially - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sydneyzarlengo
Check out my work! - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/curious-incident
Autism Resources:
Ultimate resource guide - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/resource-guide
How to support an autistic person - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/im-the-parent-of-an-autistic-kid
Help! I think I’m autistic - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/help-i-think-im-autistic
Unmasking/How to Start Over - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/i-want-to-start-over
My Music:
Fearlessly Different (Single) - https://ditto.fm/fearlessly-different
Bold (EP) - https://youtu.be/6pGSdJWO7Bs
Rewrite History (Album) - https://ditto.fm/rewrite_history_0d14daa964
Alive (Single) - https://li.sten.to/alive
Start Over (Album) - https://li.sten.to/start-over
The Confused Linguist (Album) - https://li.sten.to/the-confused-linguist
Check out my #ActuallyAutistic playlist made of entirely autistic artists!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gIiA3ZPsZlx8lZXWdJv6U?si=0mU6TSvXRcmDpn-ff6aq9Q
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![Disability in The Glass Menagerie [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/k2zkgtg7oaU/hqdefault.jpg "Disability in The Glass Menagerie [CC]
Sources & Resources:
Disability theatre deep dives - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvsi-cBrFY4CJz5CV_BGHWKiRWiWkDf7r&si DYkuV4_aSLDB3J2
History of Freak Shows - https://youtu.be/UhJNEgYlvOA
Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse by David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder
Disability Aesthetics by Tobin Anthony Siebers
Studying Disability Arts and Culture: An Introduction by Petra Kuppers
The Routledge Handbook of Disability Arts, Culture, and Media edited by Bree Hadley
1951 Radio Play - https://archive.org/details/williams-the-glass-menagerie-1951-hayes-clift-malden-baird
Tennessee Williams Research Guide - U Texas - https://www.hrc.utexas.edu/research/guides/?guide=TennesseeWilliams
CliffsNotes - https://www.cliffsnotes.com/literature/g/the-glass-menagerie/character-analysis/laura-wingfield
Reclaiming the Ordinary Extraordinary Body: Or, The Importance of The Glass Menagerie for Literary Disability Studies - Disability Theatre and Modern Drama - Ann M. Fox (2016) - https://www.researchgate.net/publication/343168354_Reclaiming_the_Ordinary_Extraordinary_Body_Or_The_Importance_of_The_Glass_Menagerie_for_Literary_Disability_Studies
Shattering The Glass Menagerie - Disability Theatre and Modern Drama - Terry Galloway, M. Shane Grant, Ben Gunter, and Carrie Sandahl (2003/2011)
Metaphorical Disability in Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie - Jiefei Yu (2022) - https://tpls.academypublication.com/index.php/tpls/article/view/3303/2747
A Marxist analysis of disability in Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie - Marwa Abd El-Baeth Yadak (2023) - https://jltmin.journals.ekb.eg/article_277608_df775064b67095748960cd608781a449.pdf
From Subject to Object: Traumatic Staging of the Disabled Body in The Glass Menagerie and Night Mother - Mohd Sajid Ansari (2017) - https://www.the-criterion.com/V8/n2/AM14.pdf
The Otherness of laura in The Glass Menagerie - Apurba Paul (2021) - https://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2102590.pdf
A Dysfunctional Family: The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams - https://voidfatima.medium.com/a-dysfunctional-family-the-glass-menagerie-by-tennessee-williams-c4ea45d7764e
Gender and Disability in Bahram Tavakoli’s Here Without Me and Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie - 2022 - https://lghor.alzahra.ac.ir/article_7174.html
Able-Bodied Narratives of Disability: Importance of ‘crippled’ Laura in The Glass Menagerie - Fuzaila Khan (2022) - https://pintersociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Fuzaila-Khan.pdf
Chaos, Fragility, and Change: Revisiting Laura Wingfield - Lydia M. Weiso (2012) - https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=honors
Not Like All the Other Horses: Neurodiversity and the Case of Rose Williams - Clay Morton (2012) - https://www.jstor.org/stable/45344159
Blue Roses and Other Queer Energies in Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie - Alicia Andrzejewski (2017) - https://www.jstor.org/stable/48615576
Blow Out Your Candles: An Elegy for Rose Williams - https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/12/05/blow-out-your-candles-an-elegy-for-rose-williams/
Re-membering the Canon - Sam Gold’s The Glass Menagerie - https://howlround.com/re-membering-canon
The Disabled Family Dynamic In Drama: The Glass Menagerie, A Day In The Death Of Joe Egg And Time For Ben - Terah Herman (2008) - this paper is really ableist proceed with caution - https://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1532&context=gradschool_theses
Sarah Paulson & Jessica Lange for Theater Talk 2005 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI7HduUa_4&ab_channel=RicciG
Meet The Actor With A Disability Who Is Helping To Transform A Classic Play - https://www.buzzfeed.com/louispeitzman/how-an-actor-with-a-disability-is-helping-to-transform-a
Actress Breaking Barriers as Broadways First Lead Actor in Wheelchair - https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news/video/actress-breaking-barriers-as-broadway-s-first-lead-actor-in-wheelchair-949892675524
Time Codes:
00:00 Intro
04:30 Brief History
08:29 Plot Summary
25:14 Adaptation Bingo
46:00 Disability Narratives
1:23:38 Now What?/Conclusion
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![Sia’s Autistic So…. Let’s Re-Examine “Music” - An Excruciating Film Breakdown [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kZqFwc294hA/hqdefault.jpg "Sia’s Autistic So…. Let’s Re-Examine “Music” - An Excruciating Film Breakdown [CC]
Now that Sia has come out as autistic, lets re-look at this film as a product of internalized ableism. (Yes, I did watch the movie twice for this video. And no, I am not okay)
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Time Stamps
00:00 Intro
02:03 The Basics
05:20 Twitter & Interview Shenanigans
15:46 The Representation
22:23 Maddie & Sia’s Relationship
28:05 Racism
29:11 Film Breakdown
46:05 Review
49:47 But… Sia’s Autistic?
Sources & Resources (further autism resources below!):
On instagram - @neurodifferent ; @reberrabon_bon ; @autisticats ; @another.autistic.aussie
I watched Sias Music so you dont have to (autisticats) - https://theautisticats.weebly.com/blog/music-film-review-by-eden
Variety interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIVppt0YPio&ab_channel=Variety
The Project interview - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lw9432a0vo&ab_channel=TheProject
Sydney Morning Herald “apology” - https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/sia-opens-up-about-lashing-out-on-twitter-to-defend-her-new-film-20201215-p56nqn.html
Sia apologizes about the restraints - https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55931544
Maddie’s comments on the film - https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/maddie-ziegler-interview-sia-music-b1800929.html
Chloe Hayden on the trailer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1rr7Olg8lw&ab_channel=Chlo%C3%A9Hayden
Chloe Hayden on Sia’s movie - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31y9j5Zl300&ab_channel=Chlo%C3%A9Hayden
Jessie Gender’s breakdown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=138y6mtgll8&ab_channel=JessieGender
Cynical Reviews breakdown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLBl3he3Nqg&ab_channel=CynicalReviews
Blackface - https://www.thepinknews.com/2021/02/15/sia-music-movie-maddie-ziegler-blackface/
Sia comes out as autistic (video) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpMJ82c8qsQ&ab_channel=RobHasaPodcast
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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/disabled.autistic.lesbian/
Tiktok - https://www.tiktok.com/@disabledautisticlesbian
The Web - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Sydney-Zarlengo-110498164188464/
Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/artist/3bGoCcP3Ovo2ZifM8Z7TSu?si=KhyUdYa3Q_63z3HjlwjWow
Bandcamp - https://sydneyzarlengo.bandcamp.com/music
If you want to support me financially - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sydneyzarlengo
Check out my work! - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/curious-incident
Autism Resources:
Ultimate resource guide - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/resource-guide
How to support an autistic person - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/im-the-parent-of-an-autistic-kid
Help! I think I’m autistic - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/help-i-think-im-autistic
Unmasking/How to Start Over - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/i-want-to-start-over
My Music:
Fearlessly Different (Single) - https://ditto.fm/fearlessly-different
Bold (EP) - https://youtu.be/6pGSdJWO7Bs
Rewrite History (Album) - https://ditto.fm/rewrite_history_0d14daa964
Alive (Single) - https://li.sten.to/alive
Start Over (Album) - https://li.sten.to/start-over
The Confused Linguist (Album) - https://li.sten.to/the-confused-linguist
Check out my #ActuallyAutistic playlist made of entirely autistic artists!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gIiA3ZPsZlx8lZXWdJv6U?si=0mU6TSvXRcmDpn-ff6aq9Q
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![I got “regular” sick, here’s what I learned [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mM2yJXBgPJs/hqdefault.jpg "I got “regular” sick, here’s what I learned [CC]
Hiiiii I got a really bad cold and it made me reflect existentially on how we treat chronic illness versus like... all other kinds of sick? The video is chaos but I hope you learn something lol
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Check out my work! - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/curious-incident
Autism Resources:
Ultimate resource guide - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/resource-guide
How to support an autistic person - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/im-the-parent-of-an-autistic-kid
Help! I think I’m autistic - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/help-i-think-im-autistic
Unmasking/How to Start Over - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/i-want-to-start-over
My Music:
Fearlessly Different (Single) - https://ditto.fm/fearlessly-different
Bold (EP) - https://youtu.be/6pGSdJWO7Bs
Rewrite History (Album) - https://ditto.fm/rewrite_history_0d14daa964
Alive (Single) - https://li.sten.to/alive
Start Over (Album) - https://li.sten.to/start-over
The Confused Linguist (Album) - https://li.sten.to/the-confused-linguist
Check out my #ActuallyAutistic playlist made of entirely autistic artists!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gIiA3ZPsZlx8lZXWdJv6U?si=0mU6TSvXRcmDpn-ff6aq9Q
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![On Media Literacy & Minority Representation [CC]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mVRPejqtctc/hqdefault.jpg "On Media Literacy & Minority Representation [CC]
Everyone keeps talking about media literacy and I keep reviewing autistic-coded characters that arent autistic-coded but also... are... at the same time? Its confusing, lets discuss.
Sources & Resources (further autism resources below!):
Why the Curtains are Blue: The Implications of Being Uncritical - Shanspeare - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWszkRHoK5s&ab_channel=Shanspeare
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc
Narrative Prosthesis: Disability and the Dependencies of Discourse by David T. Mitchell and Sharon L. Snyder
Disability Aesthetics by Tobin Anthony Siebers
Studying Disability Arts and Culture: An Introduction by Petra Kuppers
The Routledge Handbook of Disability Arts, Culture, and Media edited by Bree Hadley
We are not a metaphor discussion - https://www.americantheatre.org/2001/04/01/we-are-not-a-metaphor-2/
Code of the Freaks film - https://www.codeofthefreaks.com/
Good Representation is Boring - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v cR3b2Gblq0&list=WL&index=139&ab_channel=verilybitchie
If you want to support me financially - https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/sydneyzarlengo
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Check out my work! - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/curious-incident
Autism Resources:
Ultimate resource guide - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/resource-guide
How to support an autistic person - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/im-the-parent-of-an-autistic-kid
Help! I think I’m autistic - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/help-i-think-im-autistic
Unmasking/How to Start Over - https://www.disabledautisticlesbian.com/i-want-to-start-over
My Music:
Fearlessly Different (Single) - https://ditto.fm/fearlessly-different
Bold (EP) - https://youtu.be/6pGSdJWO7Bs
Rewrite History (Album) - https://ditto.fm/rewrite_history_0d14daa964
Alive (Single) - https://li.sten.to/alive
Start Over (Album) - https://li.sten.to/start-over
The Confused Linguist (Album) - https://li.sten.to/the-confused-linguist
Check out my #ActuallyAutistic playlist made of entirely autistic artists!
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gIiA3ZPsZlx8lZXWdJv6U?si=0mU6TSvXRcmDpn-ff6aq9Q
Wow! You scrolled to the bottom! Thanks for reading this far & also for being here! Glad to have ya :)")
