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Keah Brown

January 01, 1970

Keah Brown (born September 19, 1991)[1][2] is an American disability rights activist, author, journalist, and writer. She is also known as the creator of the hashtag #DisabledAndCute, which first went viral in February 2017 and caught the attention of such celebrities as Sophia Bush and Brie Larson.[3] Brown has been featured on 3rd Hour of Today to discuss her first published book, The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love, with Me.

Publicity edit

#DisabledAndCute (campaign) edit

Brown "was already an accomplished freelance journalist and writer"[4] when, on February 12, 2017,[5][6] she created the hashtag #DisabledAndCute in a Twitter post that included "cute" photos of herself, a disabled black woman. Brown then invited members of disabled and non-binary communities to do the same in an act of self-love against the notion that being disabled and being cute (i.e. attractive) are mutually exclusive. #DisabledAndCute went viral within days, catching the attention of celebrities such as Sophia Bush and Brie Larson.[3] With steadily rising popularity as a result, Brown went on to acquire an agent[4] and book deal,[7][8] which lead to the publishing in August 2019 of her first book, The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love, with Me.[9]

The Pretty One (book) edit

Brown's first book, The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love, with Me, published by Atria Publishing Group, is a collection of personal essays/stories in which she relates to popular culture, beauty and body image, romantic love, and physical pain as a black woman with both cerebral palsy[8] (a physical disability) and invisible disabilities.[10][11] Brown also writes about her relationship with her non-disabled identical twin.[12][13]

Media appearances edit

Brown was featured on 3rd Hour of Today on November 7, 2019, when she was interviewed by Sheinelle Jones and Dylan Dreyer. Earlier in 2019, the New York Times also named Brown as having been chosen by Brie Larson, the lead role in Captain Marvel (film) (2019), to profile Larson for the international magazine, Marie Claire. Handpicking Brown was part of Larsen's "[vow] to seek out more underrepresented journalists."[14] Back in September of 216, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls profiled Brown in the article titled "Meet Smart Girl Keah Brown: Brilliant writer and disability activist."

Literary work edit

Brown's work has appeared in a number of literary magazines, such as Wildness, an online bimonthly that Poets & Writers Magazine has called one of "Nine New Lit Mags You Need to Read." Poets & Writers reviews Wildness: "Launched in December 2015, Wildness features formally inventive work by both established and emerging writers that embraces the mysteries of the self and the outside world. Issue Five, Tranquility, features new poetry from Cynthia Arrieu-King and Christopher Citro, fiction from Renee Bibby and Wyl Villacres, an essay by Keah Brown, and more."

Brown's writings have covered a range of genres and subjects, from fiction and nonfiction, blogging, interviews, and essays to pieces pertaining to movies and TV, beauty and fashion, sports, and other popular culture, as well as to body positivity and her relationship to body image as a black woman having grown up with cerebral palsy. She has written for Cosmopolitan (magazine), Teen Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Refinery29, and Bustle (magazine), among others, as well as online women's organizations and under-represented communities' media outlets, such as Essence (magazine), Disability Visibility Project, DIVERSEability, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, Bitch Magazine, The Establishment, and Gay Mag (a partnership between Roxane Gay and Medium).[15]

Brown contributed an essay for the literary magazine Catapult called "Love, Disability, and Movies," on how "my black disabled body is not the body reflected on screen,"[16] in the romantic comedies and dramas to which she relates.

The rights to Brown's picture book debut, Sam's Super Seats, have been acquired by Sydnee Monday at Kokila.[17] The story, about loving yourself, laughter, and the importance of rest, follows a girl with cerebral palsy who goes back-to-school shopping with her best friends. Sharee Miller (author and illustrator of Don't Touch My Hair!) will be illustrating the book, which is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2020.

Keah's next book, a debut YA, The Secret Summer Promise, is out June 6, 2023 via Levine Querido.

Activism edit

As a disabled black woman and activist, Brown has been known as a critic of the entertainment industry. In June 2016, Brown wrote the article, "Season Four of 'Orange Is the New Black' Has a Race Problem," which would be cited later in the peer-reviewed Canadian Review of American Studies, in 2017.[18]

In September 2016, Amy Poehler's Smart Girls did an interview with Brown that reflected some of Brown's other writings when she said she wanted "to see more women of color with disabilities, specifically black women" acting in lead roles on film and TV.[19]

In February 2017, Brown started the viral campaign, #DisabledAndCute (see above).

In 2018, following the death of Stephen Hawking, Brown was one of multiple activists who "took to social media to protest the portrayal of Hawking in death as 'freeing,' and a meme of him standing, having walked away from his wheelchair, looking up at the stars."[20] Brown had stated that that kind of representation signified "to other disabled people that we should be excited for the opportunity to be 'free' of our bodies, but it also reduces Stephen Hawking, one of the greatest intellectuals ever, to his disability and nothing more."[20]

Brown also questioned in 2018 the entertainment industry's use of remakes, tweeting: "Instead of rebooting shows, why not try letting black and brown people share our ideas for brand new shows where we exist?"[21]

Bitch Magazine has described Brown as "on a mission to change how disabled people are perceived in pop culture, in fashion, and in our everyday lives."[22]

References edit

  1. ^ Brown, K. (2019). The Pretty One, p. 65.
  2. ^ Brown 2019, p. 65.
  3. ^ a b "'The Pretty One' author Keah Brown shares self-love journey". TODAY.com. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  4. ^ a b Yap, Diana Michele. "Review | Keah Brown is trying to change how disabled people are viewed. Listen to her". Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  5. ^ McNamara, Brittney (16 February 2017). "This Social Media Movement Proves You Can Be Disabled and Cute". Teen Vogue. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  6. ^ Narins, Elizabeth (2017-02-15). "These Sassy #DisabledAndCute Tweets Will Give You Life". Cosmopolitan. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  7. ^ Dickey, S. (2019). Library Journal, para. 1.
  8. ^ a b Reviews, L. J. "Perspectives on Disability". Library Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  9. ^ "The Pretty One: With a New Memoir, Writer-Activist Keah Brown Is Redefining Disability on Her Own Terms". The Glow Up. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  10. ^ Brown 2019, p. 52.
  11. ^ Schumer, Lizz (2019-07-10). "How to Disclose a Disability to Your Employer (and Whether You Should)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  12. ^ Hoffert, Barbara. "Three Advocacy Memoirs: Barbara's Picks, Aug. 2019, Pt. 2 | Prepub Alert". Library Journal. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  13. ^ CORRESPONDENT, Terri Schlichenmeyer TRIBUNE (19 November 2019). "Book review: 'The Pretty One' looks beyond disabilities". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  14. ^ Buckley, Cara (2019-03-13). "When 'Captain Marvel' Became a Target, the Rules Changed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  15. ^ "Roxane Gay and Medium launch Gay Magazine". AP NEWS. 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  16. ^ "Love, Disability, and Movies | Keah Brown". Catapult. 2016-04-27. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  17. ^ "Keah Brown's Picture Book Debut". Goodreads.
  18. ^ Demers, Jason (October 2017). "Is a Trojan Horse an Empty Signifier? The Televisual Politics of Orange Is the New Black". Canadian Review of American Studies. 47 (3): 403–422. doi:10.3138/cras.2017.023. ISSN 0007-7720. S2CID 164589705.
  19. ^ Sepulveres, Danielle (2016-10-12). "Meet Smart Girl Keah Brown: Brilliant Writer and Disability Activist". Medium. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  20. ^ a b Andrews 2019, p. 22.
  21. ^ Metz, Nina (February 2018). "With TV reboots, everything old is new again — but at what cost to diversity?". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
  22. ^ [Review of The pretty one: On life, pop culture, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me]. (2019). Bitch magazine: Feminist response to pop culture, (83), 73. Retrieved from EBSCOhost 136434158

Sources edit

  • Andrews, Erin E. (December 2019). Disability as diversity : developing cultural competence. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-065231-9. OCLC 1112281713.
  • Brown, Keah (2019). The pretty one: on life, pop culture, disability, and other reasons to fall in love with me. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-1-9821-0054-4. OCLC 1056742657.

External links edit

  • Official website  
  • Keah Brown on Twitter  

January 01, 1970
keah, brown, born, september, 1991, american, disability, rights, activist, author, journalist, writer, also, known, creator, hashtag, disabledandcute, which, first, went, viral, february, 2017, caught, attention, such, celebrities, sophia, bush, brie, larson,. Keah Brown born September 19 1991 1 2 is an American disability rights activist author journalist and writer She is also known as the creator of the hashtag DisabledAndCute which first went viral in February 2017 and caught the attention of such celebrities as Sophia Bush and Brie Larson 3 Brown has been featured on 3rd Hour of Today to discuss her first published book The Pretty One On Life Pop Culture Disability and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me Contents 1 Publicity 1 1 DisabledAndCute campaign 1 2 The Pretty One book 1 3 Media appearances 2 Literary work 3 Activism 4 References 5 Sources 6 External linksPublicity edit DisabledAndCute campaign edit Brown was already an accomplished freelance journalist and writer 4 when on February 12 2017 5 6 she created the hashtag DisabledAndCute in a Twitter post that included cute photos of herself a disabled black woman Brown then invited members of disabled and non binary communities to do the same in an act of self love against the notion that being disabled and being cute i e attractive are mutually exclusive DisabledAndCute went viral within days catching the attention of celebrities such as Sophia Bush and Brie Larson 3 With steadily rising popularity as a result Brown went on to acquire an agent 4 and book deal 7 8 which lead to the publishing in August 2019 of her first book The Pretty One On Life Pop Culture Disability and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me 9 The Pretty One book edit Brown s first book The Pretty One On Life Pop Culture Disability and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me published by Atria Publishing Group is a collection of personal essays stories in which she relates to popular culture beauty and body image romantic love and physical pain as a black woman with both cerebral palsy 8 a physical disability and invisible disabilities 10 11 Brown also writes about her relationship with her non disabled identical twin 12 13 Media appearances edit Brown was featured on 3rd Hour of Today on November 7 2019 when she was interviewed by Sheinelle Jones and Dylan Dreyer Earlier in 2019 the New York Times also named Brown as having been chosen by Brie Larson the lead role in Captain Marvel film 2019 to profile Larson for the international magazine Marie Claire Handpicking Brown was part of Larsen s vow to seek out more underrepresented journalists 14 Back in September of 216 Amy Poehler s Smart Girls profiled Brown in the article titled Meet Smart Girl Keah Brown Brilliant writer and disability activist Literary work editBrown s work has appeared in a number of literary magazines such as Wildness an online bimonthly that Poets amp Writers Magazine has called one of Nine New Lit Mags You Need to Read Poets amp Writers reviews Wildness Launched in December 2015 Wildness features formally inventive work by both established and emerging writers that embraces the mysteries of the self and the outside world Issue Five Tranquility features new poetry from Cynthia Arrieu King and Christopher Citro fiction from Renee Bibby and Wyl Villacres an essay by Keah Brown and more Brown s writings have covered a range of genres and subjects from fiction and nonfiction blogging interviews and essays to pieces pertaining to movies and TV beauty and fashion sports and other popular culture as well as to body positivity and her relationship to body image as a black woman having grown up with cerebral palsy She has written for Cosmopolitan magazine Teen Vogue Harper s Bazaar Refinery29 and Bustle magazine among others as well as online women s organizations and under represented communities media outlets such as Essence magazine Disability Visibility Project DIVERSEability Amy Poehler s Smart Girls Bitch Magazine The Establishment and Gay Mag a partnership between Roxane Gay and Medium 15 Brown contributed an essay for the literary magazine Catapult called Love Disability and Movies on how my black disabled body is not the body reflected on screen 16 in the romantic comedies and dramas to which she relates The rights to Brown s picture book debut Sam s Super Seats have been acquired by Sydnee Monday at Kokila 17 The story about loving yourself laughter and the importance of rest follows a girl with cerebral palsy who goes back to school shopping with her best friends Sharee Miller author and illustrator of Don t Touch My Hair will be illustrating the book which is scheduled to be published in the fall of 2020 Keah s next book a debut YA The Secret Summer Promise is out June 6 2023 via Levine Querido Activism editAs a disabled black woman and activist Brown has been known as a critic of the entertainment industry In June 2016 Brown wrote the article Season Four of Orange Is the New Black Has a Race Problem which would be cited later in the peer reviewed Canadian Review of American Studies in 2017 18 In September 2016 Amy Poehler s Smart Girls did an interview with Brown that reflected some of Brown s other writings when she said she wanted to see more women of color with disabilities specifically black women acting in lead roles on film and TV 19 In February 2017 Brown started the viral campaign DisabledAndCute see above In 2018 following the death of Stephen Hawking Brown was one of multiple activists who took to social media to protest the portrayal of Hawking in death as freeing and a meme of him standing having walked away from his wheelchair looking up at the stars 20 Brown had stated that that kind of representation signified to other disabled people that we should be excited for the opportunity to be free of our bodies but it also reduces Stephen Hawking one of the greatest intellectuals ever to his disability and nothing more 20 Brown also questioned in 2018 the entertainment industry s use of remakes tweeting Instead of rebooting shows why not try letting black and brown people share our ideas for brand new shows where we exist 21 Bitch Magazine has described Brown as on a mission to change how disabled people are perceived in pop culture in fashion and in our everyday lives 22 References edit Brown K 2019 The Pretty One p 65 Brown 2019 p 65 a b The Pretty One author Keah Brown shares self love journey TODAY com Retrieved 2020 03 31 a b Yap Diana Michele Review Keah Brown is trying to change how disabled people are viewed Listen to her Washington Post Retrieved 2020 03 31 McNamara Brittney 16 February 2017 This Social Media Movement Proves You Can Be Disabled and Cute Teen Vogue Retrieved 2020 03 31 Narins Elizabeth 2017 02 15 These Sassy DisabledAndCute Tweets Will Give You Life Cosmopolitan Retrieved 2020 03 31 Dickey S 2019 Library Journal para 1 a b Reviews L J Perspectives on Disability Library Journal Retrieved 2020 03 31 The Pretty One With a New Memoir Writer Activist Keah Brown Is Redefining Disability on Her Own Terms The Glow Up 6 August 2019 Retrieved 2019 11 21 Brown 2019 p 52 Schumer Lizz 2019 07 10 How to Disclose a Disability to Your Employer and Whether You Should The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2020 03 31 Hoffert Barbara Three Advocacy Memoirs Barbara s Picks Aug 2019 Pt 2 Prepub Alert Library Journal Retrieved 2020 03 31 CORRESPONDENT Terri Schlichenmeyer TRIBUNE 19 November 2019 Book review The Pretty One looks beyond disabilities The Philadelphia Tribune Retrieved 2019 11 21 Buckley Cara 2019 03 13 When Captain Marvel Became a Target the Rules Changed The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved 2020 03 31 Roxane Gay and Medium launch Gay Magazine AP NEWS 2019 05 03 Retrieved 2020 03 31 Love Disability and Movies Keah Brown Catapult 2016 04 27 Retrieved 2020 03 31 Keah Brown s Picture Book Debut Goodreads Demers Jason October 2017 Is a Trojan Horse an Empty Signifier The Televisual Politics of Orange Is the New Black Canadian Review of American Studies 47 3 403 422 doi 10 3138 cras 2017 023 ISSN 0007 7720 S2CID 164589705 Sepulveres Danielle 2016 10 12 Meet Smart Girl Keah Brown Brilliant Writer and Disability Activist Medium Retrieved 2020 03 31 a b Andrews 2019 p 22 Metz Nina February 2018 With TV reboots everything old is new again but at what cost to diversity chicagotribune com Retrieved 2020 03 31 Review of The pretty one On life pop culture disability and other reasons to fall in love with me 2019 Bitch magazine Feminist response to pop culture 83 73 Retrieved from EBSCOhost 136434158Sources editAndrews Erin E December 2019 Disability as diversity developing cultural competence New York NY Oxford University Press ISBN 978 0 19 065231 9 OCLC 1112281713 Brown Keah 2019 The pretty one on life pop culture disability and other reasons to fall in love with me Simon and Schuster ISBN 978 1 9821 0054 4 OCLC 1056742657 External links editOfficial website nbsp Keah Brown on Twitter nbsp Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Keah Brown amp oldid 1215963803, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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