Bad Attitudes: An Uninspiring Podcast About Disability

Episode 3 of the seventh season of Queer Eye on Netflix featured a disabled "hero" (the show's term for its guests). Yay! But wouldn't it be nice if those with a platform like QE talked more about the issues facing the disabled community at large? Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudes...

CW: Eugenics The new Barbie with Down Syndrome COULD have been just a nice thing for an underrepresented community, but NO. Can't have that, can we? Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the...

But, really, tell me you have no understanding of being disabled in the workforce without telling me you have no understanding of being disabled in the workforce. Or out of the workforce. Or just in general. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen!...

Let's judge more people on the internet! Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Shop: badattitudesshop.etsy.com Become a Member: ko-fi.com/b...

CW: Discussion of guns and gun violence. If we start mandating removing guns from people's possession when they reach a certain age, what else will they start mandating we can no longer own or do? And how long until it stops being judged by age and starts being judged on perceived ability? Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support th...

It is impossible for us to participate in every fight we believe in, no matter how much we want to. And it's impossible for everyone to fight in the same way.  Whatever way you are able to make your voice heard is valid. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wh...

Welcome to the shit show! It's Candace Owens. She's the shit show. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Shop: badattitudesshop.etsy.c...

CW: Passing mention of rape Earlier this month, Carson Briere was caught on camera pushing an unoccupied wheelchair down a flight of stairs in a bar. His behavior was bad enough, but the real trouble comes from all those excusing it. TMZ Story: https://www.tmz.com/2023/03/15/nhl-flyers-gm-daniel-brieres-son-accused-of-pushing-wheelchair-down-stairs-cops-investigating/ Email badattitudespod@gmail.c...

CW: Sex, pornography, mention of sexual assault Seriously, why are y'all so obsessed with me?! Kidding! Thank you for not asking me incredibly rude and invasive questions, unlike the Ableds I talk about in this episode. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review whe...

Non-disabled people tend to have certain expectations of disabled people, but it is NOT the responsibility of disabled people to live up (or down) to those expectations. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairyne...

The title pretty much says it all. We're reviewing a disability-themed AITA story from Reddit! Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Shop:...

What could POSSIBLY go wrong when you put an unsupervised toddler in the presence of another child using a mobility device? I'm sure nothing bad will happen. Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Shop: badattitudesshop.etsy.com Become a Member: ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , Threads , and BlueSky Be sure to leave a rating or r...

CW: Some discussion of race. Image descriptions are an important accessibility tool for the visually impaired, but apparently, some people find them really confusing. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy...

Let's talk about the latest addition to the Sims 4 game: Medical Wearables. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Shop: badattitudesshop.et...

A little announcement about what's next for Bad Attitudes. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Shop: badattitudesshop.etsy.com Become a M...

A brief episode about a troubling aspect of adaptive costumes for disabled kids.   Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Shop: badattitudesshop....

Content Warning: Covid As you can probably tell from the episode title, I recently had to deal with Covid. I got off really easy, but not everyone is that lucky. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Supp...

A brief introduction to the medical and social models of disability. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Shop: badattitudesshop.etsy.com Becom...

It's a universal truth that high school sucks. But there are levels to the suck. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the show Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Sho...

I don't believe in "advertising" my disability unless it's absolutely necessary, so I find it disconcerting that some parents of disabled children are making sensitive details of their child's condition available in such an obvious way. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be...

For the 50th — FIFTY — episode, I'm talking about Zachary Levi's memoir, Radical Love, and the inadequacies of mental health care in the United States. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Supp...

The BBC confirmed the TARDIS is accessible, so why are so many people so annoyed about it? Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the show Website: badattitudespod.com Bad Attitudes Shop: badattitu...

"Travel hacks" are supposed to make life easier, but a persistent "hack" is making travel (and plain ol' existing) much harder for disabled people. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fair...

Can non-disabled people experience ableism? Short answer? Yes. This week, we discuss this fact in a very specific circumstance. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Everytown: everytown.org Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerdy: https://linktr.ee/fairynerdy Support the s...

Ramps do not equal accessibility, and it's time to stop assuming that they do. Let's also have a brief chat about universal design, and how it can benefit us all. Email badattitudespod@gmail.com Follow @badattitudespod on Instagram , Facebook , and Twitter Support the pod ko-fi.com/badattitudespod Everytown: everytown.org Be sure to leave a rating or review wherever you listen! FairyNerd...