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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

Ever heard of a lyra? Probably not! We invented them! These non-binary fluff balls are about to win your heart!

ID: Sandra Mae Frank as Eleria "El" Siderian in SPACE PIRATES. A proof of concept photo showing the bridge of a spaceship. El sits in her captain's chair next to Nugget, a fluffy lyra. Nugget is a black fluff ball. She looks like a cross between a baby goat, a cat, and a rabbit. They are standing with her paws on the side of the captains chair next to El's. El is wearing all leather. She is looking down at Nugget with affection.

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Electric Marshmallow Productions @electricmarshmallow.com · 22/09/2026

We are the founders of #FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com and a lot of the stories we create are based on the knowledge we have received through doing multiple studies into representation on television as well as studying representation in film.

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Electric Marshmallow Productions @electricmarshmallow.com · 22/09/2026

I wanted to also remind people, and also educate people because not everyone knows this, but we have been studying disability representation for at least two decades.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 22/09/2026

WE NOW OWN THE TRADEMARK TO FILMDIS!!!!!!!!

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 02/07/2026

@domevans.electricmarshmallow.com and @ashtynwrites.electricmarshmallow.com are doing the work to make Hollywood more inclusive of everyone.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

ANNOUNCING Shannon Dang (CW's Kung Fu) as Alaesiana "Alia" Siderian, El's younger twin sister. Alia was raised at the Selaton Science Institute, away from her family. She is part of the lead ensemble, and has quite the journey. We are thrilled to have Shannon as a part of this amazing show!

Shannon Dang as Alia Siderian. A badge ID for the Sealton Science Institute. A vertical blue bar is on the left side and letters going sideways SELATON. The right side of the badge has a square photo of Alia, an Asian woman smiling widely. She's happy to be here. Her hair is up in about and she has pencils sticking out of it. You can see part of her lab coat on her shoulders. Text underneath: Alaesiana Siderian Lead Researcher. ID #319514823675 Science Institute of Selaton 3 Date Issued: 97645-16-212

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

Proof of concept photo.

T'Vara (Sofiya Cheyenne) and El (Sandra Mae Frank) sit at a table in the mess hall on a spaceship. There are plates in front of them. They are laughing and joking obviously sharing something. Alia (Shannon Dang) stands in the background holding her tablet feeling left out. You can see the hallway of the ship behind her.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

Twins, Alia (Shannon Dang) and El (Sandra Mae Frank) stare each other down in this proof of concept photo for the TV show SPACE PIRATES.

Alia is an Asian woman wearing jeans, a tank top, and a lab coat. She has her hair up in a bun and pencils in her hair. El is a white woman who is shorter than Alia. She is wearing all black leather from head to toe and had short dark hair. At the top is silver gritty text SPACE PIRATES

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 01/07/2026

She is holding a tablet in her hands and looking at it as she goes to swipe her finger over it. She is wearing a lab coat over a tank top and jeans with her hair up in a bun being held by pencils.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 01/07/2026

I don't know why the ALT text did not save. Shannon Dang as Alia Siderian. An Asian woman stands in a laboratory. There are beakers and other science things. There is a screen with charts and various other things.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

Proof of concept photo.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

Ursuline is one of the villains of SPACE PIRATES. She has a delicious story arc and intricate background. BUT she isn't the only villain. We are excited to share her story through SPACE PIRATES!

Ren Hanami as Ursuline K'Paylah in SPACE PIRATES. An older Asian woman wearing a silky red dress off the shoulder. Black pants and brown boots completely outfit. She has an intricate head piece on her head. She is wearing a necklace and earrings. She stands with her hands on her hips very authoritative. The background is purple space behind her. White girly text at the bottom SUPREME LEADER.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

Ursuline will go head-to-head with her granddaughter, El, in this exciting new TV series by screenwriter Ashtyn Law, and director, Dom Evans.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

ANNOUNCING Ren Hanami (Star Trek Picard) as Supreme Leader, Ursuline K'Paylah in SPACE PIRATES. Ursuline is the leader of Selaton 3, and she's also El's grandmother. As the supreme leader of the planet, Ursuline likes things done her way.

Ren Hanami as Ursuline K'Paylah. An older Asian woman looks directly into the camera. She is leaning her hands on a table. She is dressed in a silky red off shoulder dress with black pants. She is wearing a necklace and earrings and has long dark hair. Behind her in her golden palace with white marble walls is a gigantic portrait of Ursuline standing with her hands on hips in the same silky red outfit. The portrait is framed in gold.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

T'Vara comes from Creto, a planet of Little People. She is The Treasured Daughter of Creto, a title given to the planet's greatest fighter

Salmon pink gradient background from light to dark. Sofiya Cheyenne as T'Vara V'aatay. She is standing in a warrior pose looking fierce. She is covered in a leather outfit which includes pleated skirt, pants, and arm cuffs. She is Indigenous with long dark hair over her shoulders. She holds a very thin weapon – a cross between a staff and a riding crop. It standing up in her hand. Silver gritty text on top T'VARA.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

CAUGHT in the MIDDLE. Alia (Shannon Dang) is caught between the orbit of her grandmother, SUPREME LEADER Ursuline K'Paylah (Ren Hanami) and her older twin sister, space pirate Eleria "El" Siderian. This photo shows her literally stuck between the two who are looking at each other.

Ursuline is an older Asian woman wearing a silky off the shoulder dress, black pants and brown riding boots. She is an intricate headpiece. Alia is an Asian woman wearing a tank top, jeans, a lab coat and a bun with pencils in her hair. El is a white woman wearing black leather from head to toe.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

Meet Nugget. Nugget is the ship mascot and companion to El, played by Sandra Mae Frank! You are getting your first look at a lyra in these proof of concept photos! This is a proof of concept photo for the TV show SPACE PIRATES.

Sandra Mae Frank as Eleria "El" Siderian in SPACE PIRATES. A proof of concept photo showing the bridge of a spaceship. El, a white woman wearing black leather, sits in a captains chair on her ship. She looks worried. Sitting next to her is Nugget, a non-binary lyra, a feline like species from Selaton. He is a black fluff ball looking like a cross between a baby goat, rabbit, and cat. He has rainbow colored eyes. Nugget's head is quirked, and he is looking at the camera!

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

Lyras come from Selaton 3, a habitable planet in a galaxy far away. They are black balls of fu that can suck up small objects and particles around them. They have rainbow eyes reflecting the universe. They look like a cross between baby goats, rabbits, and cats.

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

El Is a Deaf queer space pirate being hunted across the galaxy while investigating a deadly attack. Sandra is known for her work on Broadway and the NBC show, New Amsterdam!

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Dom Evans @domevans.electricmarshmallow.com · 26/06/2026

Introducing Sandra Mae Frank as Eleria "El" Siderian in SPACE PIRATES. Proof of concept photos released 6/26!

A photo of Sandra Mae Frank as Eleria "El" Siderian in SPACE PIRATES. She is wearing a leather jacket, fingerless black gloves, black leather pants and boots with buckles and they weapons garter on her right leg. The background is space and dark purple. There is silver text that looks gritty in the lower left corner that says EL.

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Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 02/07/2026

Literally never been a better time in my lifetime to run for office as a leftist. Get in there if you're considering it, y'all.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 25/11/2025

Dom Evans is working on a FilmDis podcast – stay tuned for details in 2026.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 25/11/2025

In 2026, FilmDis will delve back into our television research roots. We hope to do a mini study on where disability is on television now, after our latest study followed the pandemic. We believe things are even more abysmal for disabled representation, so stay tuned.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 25/11/2025

Stop letting caregivers and parents tell the stories of disabled people. They never understand, and they ALWAYS get the story wrong.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 25/11/2025

We are convinced nondisabled people are incapable of writing disabled characters correctly.

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LadyMenopause Loves Los Angeles and Her Dodgers @ladymenopause.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Very helpful information to consider about how the disabled are portrayed in the media, even (or especially) in very popular "feel good" stories. Thank you @ebthen.bsky.social and @4wheelworkout.bsky.social for taking time to explain it to me.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 05/10/2025

We have been developing television that we believe addresses the issues we found with various forms of representation when we were doing our multiple studies.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 07/07/2025

From our #FilmDis paper: FilmDis White Paper on Disability Representation on Television – 2020-2022

Text reads: "One thing that is important to stress is that you can both like things that are harmful andrecognize the harm they cause. That is what the disabled community must start doing if
they want to see change in Hollywood."

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 07/07/2025

Did you know that The Handmaid's Tale Rose Blaine is a disabled character and is played by a disabled actor? Carey Cox has EDS in real life and uses a cane in real life, just like her character does! #FilmDis #DisabilityAwareness #HandmaidsTale

Image of Carey Cox, a white woman with red hair, dressed as her character Rose Blaine with her hair in a bun.

Image of Carey Cox, a white woman with red hair, wearing a green dress. Her hair is down, and also she's holding a cane.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 07/07/2025

Is it worth it to remake media that was harmful in previous incarnations to disabled people, but now includes a disabled actor? We wrote about it on Patreon! Become a member and support the work we do! #FilmDis

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 07/07/2025

Have y'all seen Deaf President Now! What did you think of it?

Poster for Deaf President Now! documentary. A young man in DC with a fist raised to the crowd. Text says: Apple TV+. Deaf President Now! The revolution that refused to be silenced.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 06/07/2025

! We wrote something new on the website: a review about Hush (2016). It's an old one but we thought we'd go through some blasts from the pasts and write our thoughts on them. What movie should we look at next? Read here: www.filmdis.com/hush-the-mov...

Film reel background with pink filter. Search box graphic says, "Hush Movie Review." Main box has the Hush movie poster, the title, "Genre: Horror," 2 out of 5 stars, and says, "Another movie about a deaf character played by a hearing actor... filmdis.com, patreon.com/filmdis"

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 17/06/2025

We wrote something new on the website: a review about Hush (2016). It's an old one but we thought we'd go through some blasts from the pasts and write our thoughts on them. What movie should we look at next? Read here: www.filmdis.com/hush-the-mov... #FilmDis

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Film reel background with pink filter. Search box graphic says, "Hush Movie Review." Main box has the Hush movie poster, the title, "Genre: Horror," 2 out of 5 stars, and says, "Another movie about a deaf character played by a hearing actor... filmdis.com, patreon.com/filmdis"

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 14/05/2025

Ashtyn and Dom consulted on this episode which is set to air June 11 on PBS kids! This is not the first episode they consulted on. #FilmDis

A photo of the three wombats from Work it Out Wombats! A PBS Kids TV show. The wombats are in a circle with the middle one with his head upside down. There is a orange wombat, a gray wombat, and a pink wombat. The background for them is sky-blue.

Text in white on a dark blue background. Text: "Work It Out Wombats! – Season 2, Episode 3 – The Fishmans Big Date; Fishman Family Circus. Here's Wednesday, June 11. Kids & Family/Special Interest/Adventure/Animation"

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 14/05/2025

One thing we noticed is that there is a general lack of disabled children on television. The younger the child the less inclusion. Disabled children deserve to see themselves represented. #FilmDis

A circle graph with a hole in the middle. Label: "Disabled Characters by Age Group FilmDis Pandemic Years Study – 2020-2022."

Rose/reddish purple: Adult (937 characters)
Teal: Elder (255 characters)
Gold: Teenager (98 characters)
Red: Child (57 characters)
Yellow: Baby (1 character)

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 14/05/2025

For better or worse, has a movie changed her perception about disability? Which one?! #FilmDis

A background that is a starry night fading from dark blue to medium blue to pink. There is a black cinema on a tripod projecting out a ray of black and white text in the center of it. Text: name 1 movie that changed your perception about disability.

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 10/05/2025

Comparing our three studies in the results we received between them. #FilmDis

A table showing the results of FilmDis' three studies into disability representation on television. There are three labels at the top – 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2022. There are three horizontal labels from top to bottom. Characters, shows, and shows watched..

2018-2019 featured 708 disabled characters across 151 shows out of 180 shows watched.
2019-2020 featured 1198 disabled characters across 218 shows out of 250 shows watched.
2020-2022 featured 1342 disabled characters across 216 shows out of 250 shows watched.

Text beneath: – "- fewer shows featuring disability, but more disabled characters
1,342 disabled characters across 216 shows
1,348 actors portray 1,342 characters
6 local networks, 10 cable channels, and 11 streaming services."

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 10/05/2025

"I grew up never seeing myself on television. As a trans wheelchair using disabled person I've still never seen myself really truly and fully represented other than my own representation." -@domevans.electricmarshmallow.com, #FilmDis

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 10/05/2025

One thing I love about our studies is they contain so much information. Like we have a good idea of how Hollywood separates types of parts with disabled representation being predominately one-off throwaway characters on most TV series. #FilmDis

Pie chart. Text at top: "Disabled Characters by Part Type"

Red: Bit (678 – 50.3%)
Yellow: Guest Stars (137 – 10.2%)
Blue: Lead (229 – 17%
Green: Supporting (304 – 22. 6%)

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 10/05/2025

Our message has always been consistent. As long as you keep watching media with bad representation Hollywood will see no purpose in improving representation. #FilmDis

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 10/05/2025

FilmDis sets itself apart from other media monitoring groups because we are using our work to create better media. A lot of groups depend on inequality to keep their work going but we want to end disparities because our work is about creating media not just examining it. #FilmDis

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 10/05/2025

We include all characters – Lead/Main, Supporting, and Bit. Most studies only list characters with speaking parts or lead roles. We've even documented what shows have disabled extras. #FilmDis

A photo of Sandra Mae Frank as Dr. Wilder on New Amsterdam on the left and a photo of Jillian Mercado from The L Word: Generation Q. In between is black background with white text. Text: "disabled actors account for just 8% of disability representation on television – 2020-2022 FilmDis Study Into Disability Representation on TV"

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 08/05/2025

The most represented disabilities on television versus the lease represented disabilities. Data comes from our 2020-2022 Pandemic Years Study. #FilmDis

A pie graph showing the most represented disabilities on television from the FilmDis Pandemic Years Study – 2020-2022.

The following colors match the following values. The numbers reflect the number of characters.

Blue (289) Addiction
Yellow (250) Chronic
Green (240) Neurodivergent
Orange (119) Multiple
Purple (98) Cancer

A pie graph showing the least represented disabilities on television from the FilmDis Pandemic Years Study – 2020-2022.

The following colors match the following values. The numbers reflect the number of characters.

Blue (21) Blind/Low Vision
Yellow (17) Deaf/HOH
Green (11) Learning
Orange (11) Dwarfism
Purple (4) Intellectual

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FilmDis @filmdis.filmdis.com · 08/05/2025

Disabled mimicry - we've seen it time and time again, more often than we'd like to. We've seen it in movies like "Hush," "Me Before You," and more. We've seen it in TV shows, too. #FilmDis

Background of yellow, green, blue, and purple "air" like strokes. On top is a search bar and box. "What is disabled mimicry?" Disabled mimicry - noun - when nondisabled actors portray disabled roles"

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