Lunar Chronicles: Belief and Bodies in Pain
In this highly personal piece Deepsikha Dasgupta recounts the intersection between lunar phases and the arthritic pain experienced by women in her family.
The kaleidoscopic value of neuroqueer knowledges
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
‘Swimming to Recovery’: Polio in 20th Century Belfast
Hannah Brown shares the oral histories of two polio survivors from Belfast, demonstrating how the Northern Ireland Polio Fellowship (NIPF) helped promote a social conscience around disability. One of the striking cultural memories of
Selective Abortion: Involving People with Down’s Syndrome in the Conversation
Amy Redhead discusses the ethical necessity of involving people with Down’s Syndrome (DS) in discussions of, and debates around, selective abortion (SA). Bioethical debates surrounding Down’s syndrome (trisomy 21) have taken up space in
Reclaiming the Disabled Sexual Self
Arlene Jackson reflects on sexuality, empowerment and discrimination in Samantha Renke’s 2022 memoir ‘You are the Best Thing Since Sliced Bread’. Amongst the many themes in Samantha Renke’s memoir, You Are the Best Thing Since
Writing my way out: A Poetics of Illness and Disability
Reflecting on their pandemic life living in communal halls as a PhD student at Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Cat Chong considers their practices involved in continually negotiating a chronic illness within the context of Singapore’s circuit breaker measures.
Refusing Resolution? Exploring Unresolveable Illness and Story Endings
Charlotte Heather explains why chronic illness stories can productively trouble standard ideas about narrative arc and resolution. Lazard wrote that chronic illness ‘experiences are difficult to narrativize: they have no arc’ (Lazard 2013) and
In the Zine House: The Kitchen
We explore zines that centre food in Part Four of Lea Cooper’s six-part series about the study of zines in the medical humanities. Most good zine titles involve a pun. This title is a
In the Zine House: The Bathroom
In Part Three of Lea Cooper’s six-part series about the study of zines in the medical humanities, we move from the living room to the bathroom, containing zines around (Self-)Care. Most good zine titles
In the Zine House: The Living Room
In Part Two of Lea Cooper’s six-part series about the study of zines in the medical humanities, we move from the bedroom to the living room, where we encounter zines about trauma and memory.