And sleeping, a lot of sleeping. I think I took two naps in one day on Saturday, partly because I was getting over a gross cold that started on Thursday and partly because I've been so exhausted.
Anyway,
My critical model. As you know I've picked disability studies, and consequently have felt way over my head because of it while simultaneously learning a ton about it. I've read through so many essays on the topic, but for whatever mental block I must have, I don't feel like I truly understand it.
There's the medical model of disability studies, which is as it sounds: based on the study of medical conditions that people with disabilities have.
Then there's the social model, which seems to be concerned with how disability is viewed in society. Pretty broad topic.
I'm using the social model for my critical analysis, and from it I'm examining stigma in relation to disability. If anything, I feel more confident when it's narrowed down to this topic. In order to better explain stigma, I had to explain shame theory. Now it's like I'm doing two critical models.
Maybe this will get easier when I have the movie as a basis of examination. I can apply concepts like shame and stigma to actual examples.
Until next time, cheers.
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