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(revised) Disabled Writers Challenge The Mighty
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 09:35 am[Thanks to Carly Findlay, I've untangled who said what from yesterday's post; here's the revised version.)
"The Mighty" is a site funded by a US TV network executive. Real money is available to make an online magazine whose stated mission isReal People. Real Stories. We face disability, disease and mental illness together.
Mid-December, they published a mother's story about "Meltdown Bingo," where she described how her autistic son melts down. For a long time disabled writers have spoken up about the parental focus of the site. The "Bingo" article foregrounded the mom while invading the son's privacy. After a Twitter storm
The Mighty pulled the story
and invited disabled writers to participate. But The Mighty won't pay for prose, and the editors have changed submitted copy to swerve focus more to parents. Among the many angered by The Mighty, two Australian bloggers invested heavily in educating its editors. They joined the Mighty's private Facebook group for contributors and diplomatically discussed how previous stories were ableist, and how to improve. The Mighty's reaction was rapid and hostile. They banned the new writers from the Facebook group.
( Refusing to Listen )
( Phone call with Mighty staff has no impact )
"The Mighty" is a site funded by a US TV network executive. Real money is available to make an online magazine whose stated mission is
Mid-December, they published a mother's story about "Meltdown Bingo," where she described how her autistic son melts down. For a long time disabled writers have spoken up about the parental focus of the site. The "Bingo" article foregrounded the mom while invading the son's privacy. After a Twitter storm
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23CrippingTheMightyThe Mighty pulled the story
http://themighty.com/2015/12/editors-note-why-we-removed-a-story/and invited disabled writers to participate. But The Mighty won't pay for prose, and the editors have changed submitted copy to swerve focus more to parents. Among the many angered by The Mighty, two Australian bloggers invested heavily in educating its editors. They joined the Mighty's private Facebook group for contributors and diplomatically discussed how previous stories were ableist, and how to improve. The Mighty's reaction was rapid and hostile. They banned the new writers from the Facebook group.
( Refusing to Listen )
( Phone call with Mighty staff has no impact )