SubscribeI just want to say thank you to everyone for their interest in my small contribution to this discussion about Dancing with the Stars. It will be interesting to see the impact that these discussion on and off air will have on the show.
I want to make one thing clear. It wasn’t the low scores [...]
The View from Down Here
The musings of an Aussie seeing the world from waist high.... from a wheelchair
Month: July, 2009
A thank you
media behaving badly
When Sol Trujillo accused Australians of being racist; we told him “Adios’ and proceeded to have a debate amongst ourselves nationally about whether we are in fact racist.
When The Chaser aired the skit attempting to humourise the plight of kids with cancer and the charities supporting them; healthy debate (whatever the result) flared up about [...]
A blocked view
This is the first time I’ve heard of disability used as a reason to retain a million dollar view.
The disability community and developers have an uneasy relationship at the best of times usually around useability and function rather than location per se. It is interseting that according to this piece:
At the request of the developer, [...]
The winner is … talent and, oh, a woman – TV & Radio – Entertainment
The winner is … talent and, oh, a woman – TV & Radio – Entertainment.
This article discussing the gender issues within the recent MasterChef Australia series is interesting. Don’t get me wrong here. I mean interesting in a good way.
Within the course of the last week of the show, as the women began to dominate [...]
this is just clever
this is clever… close your eyes and listen!
Rain
Just words — a writing exercise
Lying straight. Holding what is left of shallow breathing and waiting. There are key noises to be listening for. A rhythm to the chaos. Markers for the unmeasurable. And an end. A final bang. An end. A stillness after the storm.
It will all start again. Tomorrow probably or if the young girl behaves she hopes, [...]
The day after the remains of the day — a review of sorts.
I’m not all that good at finishing books when I can’t stand the main character. This is particularly true is the same character holds the narrator role in the novel as well and its in first person. This time, I made it through and was rewarded.
Let me be clear here. I don’t have to love [...]
la vie passionnée
In one line, she challenged me.
With 6 words she made me stop and reconsider.
I have been challenged today. Challenged away from advocacy to participation. True participation. The embracing of life.. Beyond all the rhetoric I have been sprouting about living for the now.
Update on media behaving badly
As a follow up from yesterday’s post comes this outlining some of the fall out from “Dancing with the Stars”; including comment from Gerrard and his wife, Heather.
It includes some advice from Gerrard for the judges:
“I know I make a lot of mistakes as a dancer, and I’m happy for Todd and the judges to [...]