this is the most insane yet accurate description i have ever read 😭

the fact that the first scene you get with Melody is of her being ashamed of being in a wheelchair is genuinely nasty as hell.

damn anyways, just watch the movie. it’s a lot better.

omg the ick i just got from skimming through the beginning of the book??? “they see a girl with short, dark, curly hair strapped into a pink wheelchair. By the way, there is nothing cute about a pink wheelchair. Pink doesn’t change a thing.” …like bitch.

me when i started watching Grey’s Anatomy because of how many videos you posted of you crying while watching it LMAO

like girl you’re allowed — hell, ENCOURAGED — to call us DISABLED. disabled is not a bad word.

yeah anyway, the book has aged like milk and the movie actually did the concept better. that’s wild.

ok the movie was amazing and it actually got me thinking about how cerebral palsy and disabilities in general are talked about and represented in the book, and uhhh…i went back and realized the author describes people with disabilities as “differently-abled” 🙃

also quick DNI list:

- Trump supporters
- general worshippers of politicians
- tankies
- bigots
- ppl who think that online book spaces shouldn’t be political
- ppl who don’t support a free palestine, congo, sudan, etc.

as is basically everyone else, i’m migrating here from X (formerly known as Twitter) to escape the absolute hellscape that is the watchful eye of Elon fucking Musk 💀