{"id":187639,"date":"2016-08-23T21:38:50","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T04:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=187639"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:22:09","slug":"91-criptrek-twitter-chat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2016\/08\/23\/91-criptrek-twitter-chat\/","title":{"rendered":"9\/1: #CripTrek Twitter Chat"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hey disabled Star Trek fans<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 let\u2019s let CBS know we\u2019re here and we want disability representation in their new series,\u00a0Star Trek: Discovery<\/em>!\u00a0Using two hashtags,\u00a0#StarTrekDiscovery<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0#CripTrek<\/strong>, share an idea, picture, video, audio recording, piece of writing, or other digital representation of YOU and your love of all things\u00a0Trek<\/em>. Maybe a pic of the Vulcan salute, a poem confessing your Spock and Bones ship, or a video acting out your favorite scene \u2013 be creative!<\/p>\n

Tweet at\u00a0@StarTrekCBS\u00a0<\/a>and tell them why you want a disabled character in the cast! Post your contribution with the hashtags on Twitter or Instagram to make sure everyone sees your creation. You can also just share overall thoughts about disability and Trek using #CripTrek \u2013 we will keep the conversation going.<\/p>\n

On September 1st at 7pm EST<\/strong>, Erin Hawley of The Geeky Gimp is will be hosting a\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0and disability Twitter chat along with Alice Wong of the\u00a0Disability Visibility Project<\/a>. For more about The Geeky Gimp:\u00a0http:\/\/geekygimp.com<\/a><\/p>\n

To join that chat<\/strong>, log onto Twitter and follow\u00a0@geekygimp<\/a>. Starting at 7pm EST, Erin will start posting the questions below and you can answer using the #CripTrek and #StarTrekDiscovery hashtags.<\/p>\n

Questions:<\/b><\/p>\n

Q1 What is the appeal of\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>? Why does it resonate with you as a fan? #CripTrek<\/p>\n

Q2 Have you seen the sneak peak for #StarTrekDiscovery? What do you think?\u00a0http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/star-trek-discovery\/news\/1005509\/star-trek-discovery-announced-as-name-of-new-series\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Q3 What would you like to see in future\u00a0Trek<\/em>\u00a0storylines? What other diverse characters do you want to see? #CripTrek<\/p>\n

Q4 Who are your favorite disabled characters (recurring or guest) in\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0and why? #CripTrek<\/p>\n

Q5 How do you think\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>\u00a0has portrayed disability so far? Any problematic aspects to representation of disability? #CripTrek<\/p>\n

Q6 In sci-fi, disability is often used as a metaphor. What are your thoughts on \u2018disability as metaphor\u2019 & its usefulness? #CripTrek<\/p>\n

Q7 Why is it important to include disability in\u00a0Star Trek<\/em>, or any sci-fi universe? #CripTrek<\/p>\n

Q8 .@SFdirewolf created the hashtag #TheFutureIsDisabled for the @DisVisibility project. What does that phrase mean to you? #CripTrek<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hey disabled Star Trek fans\u00a0\u2013 let\u2019s let CBS know we\u2019re here and we want disability representation in their new series,\u00a0Star Trek: Discovery!\u00a0Using two hashtags,\u00a0#StarTrekDiscovery\u00a0and\u00a0#CripTrek, share an idea, picture, video, audio … Continue Reading 9\/1: #CripTrek Twitter Chat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":187641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6701202],"tags":[177,40576,2005041,368663996,368664354,292,10615,49818,28444,459,462,599182],"class_list":["post-187639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guest-blog-posts","tag-art","tag-disability","tag-disability-culture","tag-disabled-characers","tag-disabled-geeks","tag-media","tag-science-fiction","tag-social-media","tag-star-trek","tag-television","tag-tv","tag-twitter","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/criptrek-high-res.jpg?fit=768%2C576&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-MOr","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=187639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/187641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=187639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=187639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=187639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}