#shirlei

[maculategiraffe]

reading the collected letters of shirley jackson and this is from a letter to her agent while she was working on the haunting of hill house

[hangsawoman]

NO LIVE ORGANISM CAN CONTINUE FOR LONG TO EXIST SANELY UNDER CONDITIONS OF ABSOLUTE REALITY EVEN LARKS AND KATYDIDS ARE SUPPOSED BY SOME TO DREAM

[auntiefragile]

“Memory and Delusion” by Shirley Jackson

[aconissa]

Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle Vincent van Gogh, Garden at Arles (1888)

[texaschainsawmascara]

Shirley Mallmann, Dior Spring Couture 1998 by John Galliano

[thewindowofthesummerhouse]

jessica shirley

[what-you-like-about-the-moon]

[stevenrogered]

I am not going to lie to you. When Russell told me that we were putting a ramp in the TARDIS, I cried. I did. He actually told me about a fan who had contacted him, who was a wheelchair user, and said how much he admired Russell’s work. He said, “Even though I can’t get in the TARDIS, because it’s not wheelchair accessible, I just love it.” And Russell was like, “So, we change that instantly. We change that.” When he told me that story, that really hit me straight in the heart. I know what that will mean for the disabled community, and many disabled Whovians who haven’t had that. -Ruth Madeley

[devilsskettle]

the haunting of hill house tv series: love is stronger than trauma! family is the most important thing, and together, we can overcome the literal and metaphorical ghosts of our past!

the haunting of hill house book:

[cupparosielee]

LADS I DON'T THINK YOU REALISE HOW AMAZING SHIRLEY ANNE BINGHAM IS

Doctor Who, one of the biggest TV shows in the country, just showed an ambulatory wheelchair user getting out of her wheelchair to transfer to a desk chair. They showed a disabled person getting up out of her wheelchair. On national television.

AND THEY EVEN BUILT IT INTO THE SCRIPT!!!

They don't just mention it in passing, they write it into a tirade of hate which is explicitly written to be extreme, unfair, and absolutely wrong.

This is huge.

[lazyasexual]

Happy December 10th everybody

[scullysconstant]

# so here for badass disabled character representation

[hangsawoman]

my first words were no live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality

[cpericardium]

[birdmans]

sabrina carpenter at the grammy awards (2025) / shirley maclaine in what a way to go! (1964)