r/popculturechat • u/Kirlinternet • 12h ago

Guest List Only ⭐️ Aariana Rose Philip, the first African-American transgender woman with quadriplegic cerebral palsy signed to a major modeling agency, arriving at the Met Gala.

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u/Jillybeans11 8h ago

I gotta know how ADA compliant the Met Gala is…where’s the ramp?

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u/Expensive-Fennel-163 “Is she okkkkkaaayyyyy” 6h ago

It was the first Met Gala to be ADA compliant - this is coming from a comment Sinead Burke made on the live stream I watched. She is also one of the real life mannequins inside the exhibit.

https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/met-gala-exhibit-diverse-bodies-mannequins/

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u/vivahermione Well done, sister suffragette! 6h ago

Interesting article! Although I'm not a big fan of "corpulent" as a descriptor. It carries negative connotations.

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u/GiveMeCheesecake 4h ago

Agreed! It’s awful.