Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril and Daniel P Jones respond to a recent Polyphony essay exploring the access difficulties of wearing face-masks. Introduction In response to Phillips and Soorenian’s recent contribution to the Polyphony, we wish to
Louise Atkinson, Jamie Hale, and Kirsty Liddiard introduce their new co-produced project ‘Cripping Breath’, which centres and explores Crip perspectives on respiration.
‘Crip time’ is a conception of living with illness that many patients bring to their healthcare interactions, says Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril.
Francesca Lewis attends to the growing movement of neuroqueer medical humanities and the potential of kaleidoscopic analysis in lived experience research. I recently completed my doctoral research exploring the possibilities of what I call
Char Heather considers the radical potential of sickness stories to crip and to queer what is considered ‘credible, coherent, complete, interesting, moving, and morally sound’.
Emily Mendelson reviews LGBTQ+ People with Chronic Illness: Chroniqueers in Southern Europe by Mara Pieri (Springer, 2023). As the ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues, millions of individuals find themselves chronically ill as a result of
