MAPACA

Mid-Atlantic Popular &
American Culture Association

These three papers demonstrate the challenge inherent in visibility and representation in mainstream media. Each paper questions the ways disability is represented, such as the way FX’s Legion uses schizophrenia as a metaphor, the way that Geek Love marks the distinction between “freaks and normies,” and the ways Paralympians and Invictus Games athletes are taking control of their own narratives on social media.