Comments on: Smoochie Paraplegic Cat: When Disability Tropes Take on a Life of Their Own http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2013/09/04/smoochie-paraplegic-cat-when-disability-tropes-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/ Changing the Cultural Conversation Fri, 13 Sep 2013 21:17:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: julesinrose http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2013/09/04/smoochie-paraplegic-cat-when-disability-tropes-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/#comment-769810 julesinrose Thu, 05 Sep 2013 21:07:19 +0000 http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/?p=3126#comment-769810 OMFG!!!!!!

LOLROTB!!!!

Love this!!!

]]> By: Thea C http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2013/09/04/smoochie-paraplegic-cat-when-disability-tropes-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/#comment-769707 Thea C Thu, 05 Sep 2013 12:04:24 +0000 http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/?p=3126#comment-769707 All it needs is for Smoochie to be running a marathon or climbing a mountain…

]]> By: Ricky Buchanan http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/2013/09/04/smoochie-paraplegic-cat-when-disability-tropes-take-on-a-life-of-their-own/#comment-769650 Ricky Buchanan Thu, 05 Sep 2013 04:03:38 +0000 http://www.disabilityandrepresentation.com/?p=3126#comment-769650 It goes to show how much “inspiration porn” is NOT actually about the person it’s ostensibly about … it still works if there’s no human being there at all!!

I’m not so “up” on the right jargon or theory, but I think inspiration porn is actually about the reader in the same way that regular pornography is really all about the viewer and not the actors involved. There’s probably a snappy word for this but I don’t know it!

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