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Che brava che sei! 8 storie di abilismo quotidiano

Presentation of the book by Elena Paolini and Maria Chiara Paolini (aka Witty Wheels) in dialogue with Aristide Rontini
with LIS interpreter

1 show for this event

Maria Chiara and Elena Paolini, known on the web as Witty Wheels, will be landing at the Gender Bender Festival with an irreverent comic book published by Laterza: 8 stories that cleverly and humorously reveal the prejudice and structural oppression that surround people with disabilities every day.

with LIS interpreter

Dates for this event:

Accessibility Das

Accessible for people with mobility impairments and wheelchair users
Presence of toilets at the premises

Accessibility Presentation

Accessible  for Deaf and Hard of hearing people
Accessible for blind people and for people with visual impairments
Presence of toilets at the premises

Elena Paolini (1995) with Maria Chiara Paolini (1991), alias Witty Wheels, are activists, trainers and bloggers. Their work is dedicated to analyzing and deconstructing ableism, that is, the structural oppression surrounding disabled people. Authors of Half People. Recognizing and Understanding Ableism (2022), are based on feminist practice and Disability Studies. For Laterza they published Che brava che sei! 8 storie di abilismo quotidiano (2023). Their Instagram and Facebook profiles (@witty_wheels) are followed by a large audience.

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