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Hannah Montana Masterlist

LILY TRUSCOTT:

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OLIVER OKEN:

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JACKSON STEWART:

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MILEY STEWART:

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Okay is it weird that I lowkey pictured Lilly and Oliver a little bit when I first read Percy Jackson and Percabeth was described...

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Diabetes In Media: The Good, the Bad, and the Stacey

November is National Diabetes Awareness Month in the United States, and to commemorate the month, today's blog is going to analyze three diabetic characters and how good, bad, or mid their handling is.

The unfortunate reality is that diabetes representation in the media is far from perfect. As a diabetic myself, I crave proper representation of people like me, but I've had to come to terms with the fact that we as a society still have a long way to go in those terms.

So, without further ado, let's get into three notable (whether for good or bad reasons) examples of diabetes in the media!

The Good: Sonia (Silly Sundays)

This piece of representation is as entertaining as it is vital. It's important to teach preschoolers about managing conditions and treating others with medical conditions well at a young age, and Silly Sundays does a commendable job in the process.

I've been waiting to talk about Silly Sundays for a while now; only recently did the show start airing episodes here in the States. The series focuses on three kids: Hugo and sisters Sonia and Mel. The three of them are cousins and go on adventures every Sunday when their family comes together, hence the show's title. Sonia, the middle cousin, happens to be diabetic, and wears a CGM and insulin pump. According to this interview, the idea for Sonia to be diabetic wasn't floated around until one of the staff member's sons was diagnosed and realized there weren't many characters with his condition on TV for him to see. This isn't touched on much in the show, with the exception being in the episode Sit Still Sonia where Sonia has a low blood sugar episode but struggles to relax and sit still. I love Silly Sundays' take on diabetes since it incorporates the condition into its plotlines in a way that feels realistic. Sonia's diabetes isn't the main focus of the episode, but it does tie into her everyday life in a way that manages to not hinder the main plot but educate on the condition at the same time.

I also love how Sonia's character isn't portrayed as 'perfect,' per say. She's still a little kid- she's impulsive, loud, and makes mistakes. It's so easy to feel pity for a chronically ill character and force them into a Mary-Sue persona, but Silly Sundays doesn't do that at all. Sonia may be diabetic, but at her core, she's an ordinary person, just like we all are.

The Bad: Oliver (Hannah Montana)

If you're at all familiar with Disney sitcoms you've most likely heard of Hannah Montana and her friend Oliver. However, most people fail to realize that Oliver has type 1 diabetes, and for good reason as well- the condition is mentioned once in a 'very special episode' and never again in the series' run. This would have been okay if it weren't for how badly the show fumbled in writing an episode about Type 1 diabetes in the first place. In fact, this episode, 'No Sugar, Sugar,' was temporarily pulled from Disney Channel and had to be reworked into a whole new episode just to be re-broadcasted again.

Oliver's type of diabetes is not specified, creating a sense of confusion as to why he's so desperate to eat sugar in the original cut. If Oliver had Type 1, he'd simply have to take insulin before having a sweet treat; as a type 2 diabetic myself, I can still have treats from time to time as long ad I check in with my body via my own CGM. Oliver can't do that for whatever reason.

Instead of focusing on the actual diagnosis itself, the episode is hyper focused on sugar. Not only is the stigma against diabetics and sugar so overplayed, but this stereotype is made even worse when considering that Hannah Montana is a show for children. You need to be extra careful when making content for little kids since they're so impressionable and can be sucked into conspiracies easily. Spreading blatant misinformation like Hannah Montana did is unacceptable.

While the episode was eventually refurbished and remade, the point still remains that the mere fact that the episode managed to get so far in production to be published out to the public is crazy in itself.

The Stacey: Stacey McGill (The Babysitters Club)

Stacey is arguably the most notable example of the three that I'm covering in this article. She gets her own section because there are multiple depictions of her in various mediums, and each of them are varying in their quality levels. None of the representations are bad, per say, but some are definitely better than others.

The original book series did an okay job, for a series that began in 1986. We got multiple books focusing on Stacey's condition, from one with her telling her friends about it to her ending up in the hospital. However, my problem comes with the fact that even in books where diabetes isn't even relevant, Stacey's condition is still shoved into our throats, and I'm saying that as a diabetic myself. I don't need to hear that Stacey has diabetes every ten seconds.

One scene that bothered me a lot was in a book where Stacey was babysitting a little girl named Charlotte whose parents were away. Charlotte was sick and didn't want to take her medicine, so Stacey showed the girl how she is forced to take insulin every day and that she should be grateful she only has to take cold medicine every so often. While I can understand where Stacey is coming from, swaying someone over because of a condition you have is not the best way to go in that regard.

The graphic novels and the 2020 Netflix series top the original books by a landslide, but I specifically want to discuss the latter example since it's the one I felt has had a more profound impact on the general population. Unlike the main books, Stacey's condition isn't thrown into every introduction of her character. Instead, there are a handful of episodes focused on the diagnosis, and all subsequent mentions are displayed via subtle signs, such as her insulin pump and her ability to drink a juice box when her sugar is low. Outside of her condition, Stacey is a New-Yorker fashionista, and unlike the books, the show doesn't neglect Stacey in that regard at all. Her diabetes is a part of her; it isn't just her.

While no new Babysitters Club content is currently being made, I can only hope that future iterations of the series, if they ever do happen, do as exceptional of a job in portraying diabetes as the 2020 series did. It's a shame that the series was cancelled so prematurely.

So there it is! Those are three examples of diabetes and how the portrayal of the condition has evolved over time. we've discussed all types of representation, from good to mediocre to god-awful. But, in the end, the effort to portray such a marginalized group is appreciated, even in the final result is less than stellar. Now that more research and is being conducted and awareness is growing, I'm confident that the way we see this disease will only continue to get better and better as time goes on.

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Hannah Montana Miley Cyrus Then And Now & How Old Is Hannah Montana?

Who hasn't watched Hannah Montana, the wildly popular Miley Cyrus show? Miley Cyrus starred in the TV show & movie Hannah Montana in the early 2000s. Miley Cyrus, who played Hannah Montana. Hott Stories provides in-detailed information and exclusive news & updates about Miley Cyrus.

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Day 5 of drawing canon diabetic characters

He put his insulin pen on his ear. Thought it could be funny.

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