A round-up of 10 favourite blog posts from Not Television’s first year, 2014, on subjects including Mat Fraser, Alternative Miss World, Leake St graffiti tunnel and the threat of luxury redevelopment
AHS Freak Show’s Paul – aka Mat Fraser – on being a sex object, Bradley Cooper and ‘crip confidence’
Known to fans of American Horror Story Freak Show as Paul the Illustrated Seal, Mat Fraser is on the crest of a career of unusual variety and distinction – and still describes himself as a “performing crip”.
This machine kills anxiety: cabaret vs late capitalism
As you’ll have noticed, there’s a good bit of anxiety around these days. I’ve got loads. You probably have too. I’m anxious about global things, like geopolitical instability and climate change; societal things, like employment prospects and dodgy urban planning; and personal things, like having a substandard body and shortchanging important relationships. Most people, […]
Review: Mat Fraser – Cabinet of Curiosities: How Disability Was Kept in a Box
Review of a galvanising and heartbreaking performance lecture by Mat Frasier at the Science Museum about the historical representation of disability in museums
