Tag: Sia

• Slacking Off

  

  Ever wondered why the struggle for autism rights is like pushing water uphill with a fork? Look no further than the scorched-earth, slacktivist absolutism of self-centred, butthurt, keyboard warriors. I found this out when I had the temerity to question the vitriolic criticism of a film that none of the froth-mouthed slogan-jockeys had even watched.…

  Max Frances

  Nov 23, 2020

  Films, Society

  Activism, Autism, Black Lives Matter, Cancel Culture, Disability, Equality, Inequality, Music, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, Sia, Slacktivism, Social Media, Twitter, Virtue Signalling

• The Wrong Notes

  

  When Aussie singer/songwriter Sia produced her film Music, she probably hadn’t anticipated the unmitigated shitstorm from disability activists who have blasted her as ‘ableist‘. The reason? The film centres on an autistic teenager, and shock horror, the actor cast in the lead role is not autistic. And apparently, a non-autistic producer is exercising undue privilege…

  Max Frances

  Nov 21, 2020

  Films, Society

  Ableism, Autism, Disability, Equality, Film, Inequality, Music, Post-Fact, Post-Truth, Sia, Slacktivism, Social Media, Twitter, Words