Welcome to “Disability and Obscenity” on the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast
Is disability obscene? Coverage of Michael J. Fox and Sen. Dianne Feinstein has me examining implicit connections between disability and obscenity.
People with advanced degrees can stomach the summary
- Shout outs to Doctor Kathryn- she appreciates the summaries because they’re quick to read
- Because she’s a doctor and they only get 15 minutes to do everything
Hah!
- Finding humor in adversity makes it easier
Not Sick Anymore
- Temperature report
24 Hour Meth Rave
- Sonny Rollins met up with Sartre on his 1966 European tour
- When he came back to New York City he could often be found at the jazz loft on the fifth floor at 89 East Broadway
The Emperor And The Caveman
- I grilled a boneless ribeye, it came out perfect and it was a relief to eat it without the kids, who eat in opposing styles that are less than ideal in different ways
Navigating disability in public
Roosevelt remained paralyzed from the waist down and relied on a wheelchair and leg braces for mobility, which he took efforts to conceal in public.
From the Wikipedia entry “Paralytic illness of Franklin D. Roosevelt”
- Feinstein in a wheelchair – questioning the ageist and ableist aspects of the news coverage of Senator Feinstein
- Michael J Fox in “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” – “… his practice of putting an object in his left hand to mask its trembling.”
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