Episode 8: Representations of Disability in Fairy Tales & Beyond with Host of "Crip & Chronic", Joel Lago

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:

Amanda LeDuc's website

"The Stories We Tell About Disability: A Conversation with Amanda LeDuc" by Sara Black McCulloch