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capri0mniBecause they only made closed captions available to people who donated through their Patreon.
...And accessibility is a universal right, damn it -- not a privilege reserved for those who can pay.
So I was happy, today, to see that TED-ed (A channel of animated, educational, videos aimed at high school students, that consistently captions their videos) has started a series called "There's a Poem for that".
So here's "The Nutritionist" by Andrea Gibson (content warning: it's a poem about mental health and suicidality. It is also fiercely optimistic, and a call to stay alive):
...And accessibility is a universal right, damn it -- not a privilege reserved for those who can pay.
So I was happy, today, to see that TED-ed (A channel of animated, educational, videos aimed at high school students, that consistently captions their videos) has started a series called "There's a Poem for that".
So here's "The Nutritionist" by Andrea Gibson (content warning: it's a poem about mental health and suicidality. It is also fiercely optimistic, and a call to stay alive):
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Date: 2019-02-03 04:59 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-02-03 12:05 pm (UTC)(And yeah, me too).
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Date: 2019-02-04 05:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2019-02-04 05:29 pm (UTC)I loved Button Poetry's channel, especially how they highlight the voices of POC and LGBTQ poets -- which makes their decision to exclude the disabled from their audience particularly stinging.