Comments on: Jerry Lewis To Be Presented With Humanitarian Award

By: Tera

Tera — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 18:19:11 +0000

Cara,

Thanks for writing about this foolishness. And thanks for the “Contact the Academy” link! It’s angry letter time.

Tera

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 19:44:41 +0000

Yeah, I don’t like him too much either. I guess it shows that money talks more than real progress…

By: Liz Henry

Liz Henry — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:44:44 +0000

Thank you! I’m signing it now. I hate that guy and the way people buy into his whole THING.

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:26:09 +0000

Thank you, Cara. Thank you so much.

Jerry Lewis makes me so mad I can’t think.

By: Joining the Anti-Pity Movement « ReunifyGally

Joining the Anti-Pity Movement « ReunifyGally — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:39:17 +0000

[...] Lewis to be Presented with Humanitarian Award http://thecurvature.com/2009/01/12/jerry-lewis-to-be-presented-with-humanitarian-award/ Encourages people to sign the petition, saying “… [I]t seems kind of strange and wildly [...]

By: AshKW

AshKW — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:03:23 +0000

Renee took the words right out of my mouth.

By: Andrea Shettle, MSW

Andrea Shettle, MSW — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:48:58 +0000

Thanks for blogging this! I've been keeping a running list of blog posts on the anti-award campaign and have just added you to the list: http://reunifygally.wordpress.com/bloggers-protesting-pity/

By: Renee

Renee — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 18:38:42 +0000

I agree it is important to fight this on the from of disability rights. Because he raises so much money annually few are able to see the ways in which his work is abelist. Money has a tendency to blind some as to the ways in which we maintain privilege. I wholeheartedly agree that the man is a problematic figure to say the least.