Mindie Lind

1 month ago | psyche.co | Megan Griffiths |Mindie Lind

https://player.vimeo.com/video/1035718633The Seattle-based artist Mindie Lind grew up ‘obsessed with the stage’, and today has a prominent voice in the Pacific Northwest as a musician and writer on disability and beyond. However, as she explores in View From the Floor, it took some time for her to realise that, because she was born without legs, the wider world – and especially media – was often more interested in her as a vessel for ‘inspiration porn’ than her actual talents.

Mar 27, 2025 | nytimes.com | Megan Griffiths |Mindie Lind

For as long as I can remember, I've been obsessed with performing onstage. Since I was born with no legs, it wasn't long before news crews, national telethons and even the talk show host Maury Povich arrived to capture me in action, always portraying my simplest activities as inspirational. This kind of attention forced me into a lifelong struggle with impostor syndrome as I pursued my creative passions.

Mar 27, 2025 | nytimes.com | Megan Griffiths |Mindie Lind

transcript[APPLAUSE] [MUSIC PLAYING] Inspiration porn is something you watch to get off on inspiration, and not get off like with your penis and vagina, but get off and to cry, or to feel better, or to feel hopeful. Or it's something you watch to feel like you, yourself, could overcome an obstacle. And so nine times out of 10, when you see somebody with disability, we're presenting an idea that, despite their disability, they did A, B or C.

Sep 25, 2024 | thestranger.com | Audrey Vann |Julianne Bell |Lindsay Costello |Megan Seling |Mindie Lind

WEDNESDAY 9/25   Orville Peck: Stampede Tour (MUSIC) After taking the world by storm with his Sub Pop-released debut album, Pony, the mysteriously masked cowboy known as Orville Peck found himself collaborating with country-pop queen Shania Twain, modeling for fashion labels such as Dior and Ivy Park, and rubbing elbows with mainstream names on the Grammy red carpet.

Sep 25, 2024 | portlandmercury.com | Mindie Lind

In November of last year, I was scrolling through my Instagram feed when I saw a post by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon of a redheaded woman—wearing clothes I wish I owned—coming out from behind the curtain.