Inspiration porn disables people with disability

In 2014, a disabled woman named Stella Young took the stage at TEDx in Sydney and introduced the audience to the concept of inspiration porn. She explained that disabled people are most commonly seen only in stories and images that pornographically “objectify one group of people for the benefit of another group of people.”

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Topics:
Community, Human Rights

Author:
David Perry

Source:
Al Jazeera

Date published:
Tue 2nd Jun, 2015