Once more, I feel ashamed of not having realised the discrepancies in disability representation. I know disability is underrepresented, but never stopped to criticality think about it through a racial perspective. Another example of how useful intersectionality is as a framework to explore the complexities of marginalisation and inclusive practices.

The article also highlighted the ability of social media to unite communities in support to each other and strengthen their collective activism. Is there a way to incorporate social media to my lectures on Fashion Histories? I always contextualise my lectures within wider discussions of nationalism, class, race, gender, sexuality, social-justice, colonialism and imperialism. And I have used examples, such as #metoo, but I feel I can do more. As the majority of my students engage with social media in one form or another, could I think of projects with which we specifically use social media as a space for activism?

Moreover, the article pinpoints TV and films, but Fashion is equally guilty of its lack of representation of disabled people of colour. How can I inspire my Fashion Communication students (photographers, film makers, stylists, art directors, journalists, curators, researchers, historians, etc) to include disabled people of colour into their work without falling in the traps of tokenism? This issue shouldn’t be an afterthought or ticking box exercise but should lie in the core of the work. Perhaps a project centre around the representation of disability? And how about bringing disabled people of colour to lead projects or guest lecture? I engage with a lot of AL in the module I lead, but never brought in a disabled person of colour.