...yeah, it's Joss on race in a lot of ways, although to be fair I'm not really all that clued in on the Whedonverse details either. Yeah, queers lauding Glee for its sensitivity and missing the disability issues does feel like feminists lauding Serenity for its strong female characters and missing or dismissing the whitewashing and cultural appropriation.

I do give them credit for trying to approach the issue. But they continue to fail on so many ways that it's just painful. (I do not normally start sobbing hysterically and screaming "Don't you mock my fucking pain" at teenybopper television shows.) Most of the cripples I know have just stopped watching because it's too awful. I should really go and look for a solid critique of the problems (and the few good points), but I'm afraid I wouldn't find one and might have to do it myself.