There Are No Girls on the Internet - July 16, 2020


Tune Into: Disabled and Cute

Topics
How Black Women Tried to Save Twitter #DisabledandCute

Episode Stats


Length

53 seconds

Words per minute

176.4

Word count

157

Sentence count

11

Harmful content

Hate speech

2

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Transcript

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00:00:00.780 This month marks the anniversary of President Bush signing the Americans with Disabilities Act into law.
00:00:06.180 Writer and digital activist Kia Brown created the viral hashtag disabled and cute to show the world that just because somebody has a disability doesn't mean they can't love their body, that they aren't desired, and that they can't be cute.
00:00:19.540 I just woke up that morning and I was like, we still feel so good about ourselves. It's time to celebrate.
00:00:26.100 But now, if you know anything about me, I'm very online.
00:00:30.360 And so I was like, I'm going to celebrate on Twitter.
00:00:33.700 And I'm going to do so with the idea that I'm both disabled and cute.
00:00:41.020 So I was like, ooh, I like the way that sounds.
00:00:44.100 Disabled and cute. 1.00
00:00:45.620 Not either or. 0.74
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