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Ep 10: Deaf and Disabled Women on YouTube

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Graphic with a bright yellow background. At the top in black text: ‘Disability Visibility’. In the center: illustration by artist Mike Mort featuring an Asian American woman with black hair, red lips, and red headphones over her head. She is wearing a Bi-Pap mask that covers her nose and attached to a gray tube. She is also wearing a pair of purple sunglasses Below in black text: ‘Politics Culture Media, Hosted by Alice Wong’ with a red dot between ‘politics’ and ‘culture’ and one between ‘culture’ and ‘media’.

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Today’s episode features two Deaf and disabled media makers on YouTube: Rikki Poynter and Annie Segarra. Rikki and Annie talk about the creative process and work behind creating accessible videos, finding community on YouTube, their activism, and more.

Transcript

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Related Links

Annie’s Tumblr: http://annieelainey.tumblr.com/

The Future Is Accessible t-shirts for sale: https://www.bonfire.com/thefutureisaccessible/

Rikki’s website: http://www.rikkipoynter.com/

No More Craptions t-shirts for sale: https://www.bonfire.com/nomorecraptions/

About

Rikki Poynter is a 26-year-old deaf YouTuber, public speaker, and activist living in Charlotte, North Carolina. She talks about deaf awareness, accessibility (mainly closed captions), mental health, child abuse, feminism, and more. When she’s not talking about social issues, she’s talking about fun things like Pokemon and Sailor Moon.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/rikkipoynter

Twitter: @rikkipoynter

Image Description: black and white photo of Annie, a tall, light brown skinned person with slicked-back hair, dressed in all black and sunglasses, seated in a manual wheelchair.

Annie Segarra (aka Annie Elainey) is a Content Creator, YouTuber, Writer, Actor/Singer, Speaker, and Activist. She runs a YouTube channel called “Annie Elainey” where she produces predominantly first-person video content on a variety of topics; sharing her personal narrative as well as creative content such as music, poetry, and short films. She writes for a blog and maintains other social media under the same name.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/theannieelainey

Twitter: @annieelainey

 

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Credits

Sarika D. Mehta, Audio Producer

Alice Wong, Writer, Producer, Interviewer

Cheryl Green, Text Transcript

Lateef McLeod, Introduction

Mike Mort, Artwork

Theme Music (used with permission of artist)

Song: “Dance Off”

Artist: Wheelchair Sports Camp

Music

“Frisco Nights” by Lobo Loco (under an Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License)

“Alphabet Soup” by Podington Bear (under an Attribution-NonCommercial Unported license)

“Slow Casino” by Blue Dot Sessions (under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License)

Sounds

“VOCODER countdown” by Jack_Master. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

“8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds” by sheepfilms. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.

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