In this episode, my guest Joel, of the podcast Crip & Chronic, and I discuss Amanda LeDuc's Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space (2020) and how it pertains to the subject of the last couple of episodes, Angela Carter's The Bloody Chamber. This conversation centers around how representations of disability in popular media, including fairy tales, have a serious influence on the way we conceptualize disability in society at large. We also veer off into arguments about whether Chris Evans is better than Chris Hemsworth... I fell in favor of the latter. What can I say? I have a weak spot for himbos.
Books Referenced:
Dune by Frank Herbert
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Feminist, Queer, Crip by Alison Kafer
Slow Man by J. M. Coetzee
The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffery
Growing Up Disabled in Australia
Films Referenced:
Pulse (Australian film)
Captain America
Friday the 13th, Pt. 2
Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge
Other References:
"The Stories We Tell About Disability: A Conversation with Amanda LeDuc" by Sara Black McCulloch