Making the World Brighter, Sassier and More Colorful: Alice Wong on Disability Justice

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Activist Alice Wong talks to Gregory about disabled culture and queer communities, why failure is essential, and how she got the confidence to boldly “make the world a brighter, sassier, and more colorful place.”

She unpacks “crip” as a form of kinship, reclaiming disabled wisdom, and community organizing in political spaces. Finally, they bond over both being born in the Year of the Tiger and celebrate Alice’s debut memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life.

Accessible American Sign Language (ASL) Video Version

Accessibility services coordinated by a Deaf coordinator melissa kelley colibri.
ASL Interpretation by darryn rousseau hollifield and Stephanie Chao.
Executive Producer: Vanessa Shiliwala of Thrive Spice Media.

About Alice

Alice Wong (She/Her) is a disabled activist writer, media maker, author, and consultant. She is the Founder and Director of the Disability Visibility project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing and amplifying disability media and culture, created in 2014. Alice is the editor of Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories From The 21st Century, an anthology of essays by disabled people, and Disability Visibility: 17 First-Person Stories for Today, an adapted version for young adults. Her debut memoir, Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life, will be available on September 6th, 2022 from Vintage Books. You can find her on Twitter @sfdirewolf.

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