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Kristen Lopez is a feisty, agile writer on film, and the hiding-in-plain-sight themes she shines a light on will make you re-think some of your favorite films. Great reading! * Patton Oswalt * By turns poignant, revelatory, and humorous, Popcorn Disabilities is a must-read for movie lovers. * Carla Valderrama, author of This Was Hollywood * I know Kristen Lopez to be equal parts smart, sensitive, and witty, so it’s no surprise that Popcorn Disabilities shares all of those traits as well. A terrific combination of cinematic commentary and personal history, it’s a wonderful read for anyone looking to broaden their classic-film knowledge—and their sense of empathy. * Dave Karger, Turner Classic Movies host and author of 50 Oscar Nights * With a focused lens and attention to detail, Kristen Lopez's Popcorn Disabilities deftly examines an all-to-often forgotten intersection of identity: the representation of disabled people in media. With an astute critic's eye, Lopez pulls apart over a century's worth of disability representation and narratives to examine the struggle to discuss disability through film. Focusing on American cinema and our society's reticence to to acknowledge the prevalence of disability and the full scope of the lives of disabled people, Popcorn Disabilities is a brilliant rumination on equality, accessibility, and the innate human desire to see oneself accurately represented in the art that we love. * Emily Edwards, author of Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man * As one of our leading film critics and historians and a disabled person, Kristen Lopez is uniquely qualified to dig into the very mixed bag of cinema history to spotlight movies that got these issues right and, sadly more often, totally wrong. She takes us through this big-screen legacy with wit and insight, creating a road map by which future storytellers can learn from the mistakes of the past and create richer, more inclusive narratives. * Alonso Duralde, author, Hollywood Pride and Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas * Popcorn Disabilities is a sharp, entertaining, and necessary examination of how disability has been portrayed and often misrepresented on screen. Kristen Lopez brings humor, heart, and lived experience to this powerful critique of Hollywood’s track record. Representation matters not just for visibility, but for how we shape attitudes and shift culture. Whether you’re a film fan, a disability advocate, or simply curious about what inclusive media can look like, this book is a must-read. * Tiffany Yu, author of The Anti-Ableist Manifesto * Popcorn Disabilities is a long overdue look at Hollywood's cumbersome handling of disabilities on-screen and off, and Kristen Lopez has provided a supremely vital text that blends history, activism, and her trademark sense of wit to help guide cinephiles through an uncomfortable reckoning with how much an industry we all love has so much further to go. * BJ Colangelo, writer, host of This Ends at Prom * POPCORN DISABILITIES is an incisive analysis of a subject that is often overlooked or misunderstood. Deftly combining autobiography (the author is herself disabled) with enlightening film criticism, Lopez writes in a fluid, conversational style that embraces the reader. This is an essential work of film criticism. * Foster Hirsch, author of HOLLYWOOD AND THE MOVIES OF THE FIFTIES * Kristen Lopez combines her trademark insight, authority, and humor to offer us an illuminating survey of the depiction of disability in American cinema. She pushes past surface-level conversations about representation and makes us ask what it means to see—really see—yourself on screen. * Mayukh Sen, author of Love, Queenie * Too often, Hollywood has defined disabled characters by what they lack, rather than by who they are. With an authoritative blend of personal insight and cultural analysis, Kristen Lopez has written a book as eye-opening as it is overdue: a pointed and comprehensive journey through American film history—from the silent era to today—through the prism of how Hollywood has shaped, and misshaped, the way we see disability. * Jeremy Arnold, Author TCM’s The Essentials volumes 1 and 2 and Christmas in the Movies. *

Kristen Lopez is a feisty, agile writer on film, and the hiding-in-plain-sight themes she shines a light on will make you re-think some of your favorite films. Great reading! * Patton Oswalt * By turns poignant, revelatory, and humorous, Popcorn Disabilities is a must-read for movie lovers. * Carla Valderrama, author of This Was Hollywood * I know Kristen Lopez to be equal parts smart, sensitive, and witty, so it’s no surprise that Popcorn Disabilities shares all of those traits as well. A terrific combination of cinematic commentary and personal history, it’s a wonderful read for anyone looking to broaden their classic-film knowledge—and their sense of empathy. * Dave Karger, Turner Classic Movies host and author of 50 Oscar Nights * With a focused lens and attention to detail, Kristen Lopez's Popcorn Disabilities deftly examines an all-to-often forgotten intersection of identity: the representation of disabled people in media. With an astute critic's eye, Lopez pulls apart over a century's worth of disability representation and narratives to examine the struggle to discuss disability through film. Focusing on American cinema and our society's reticence to to acknowledge the prevalence of disability and the full scope of the lives of disabled people, Popcorn Disabilities is a brilliant rumination on equality, accessibility, and the innate human desire to see oneself accurately represented in the art that we love. * Emily Edwards, author of Viviana Valentine Gets Her Man * As one of our leading film critics and historians and a disabled person, Kristen Lopez is uniquely qualified to dig into the very mixed bag of cinema history to spotlight movies that got these issues right and, sadly more often, totally wrong. She takes us through this big-screen legacy with wit and insight, creating a road map by which future storytellers can learn from the mistakes of the past and create richer, more inclusive narratives. * Alonso Duralde, author, Hollywood Pride and Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas *

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Kristen Lopez is a pop-culture essayist, critic, and editor whose articles have been featured by Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, MTV, TCM, and RogerEbert.com. She was previously the Film Editor for TheWrap and the TV Editor for IndieWire, where she was nominated for a SoCal Journalism Award and National Journalism Award by the LA Press Club. She is the author of But Have You Read the Book?: 52 Literary Gems that Inspired Our Favorite Films and the creator of the classic film podcast Ticklish Business.

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