Bed Theory: The Bed as Site of Conditional Care
Sarah Boira introduces their Bed Theory, noticing the assumptions and borders of the seemingly mundane object of the bed.
Trans Time: Reclaiming the Trajectories of Our Lives
Lu Wilson reflects on research commissioned by QUEERCIRCLE in 2024 into best practice around trans youth work.
Looking Again: The Quilt, the Gaze, and Queer Remembering
David Woodhead reflects on the memories, legacies, and queer histories provoked by viewing- gazing upon- the AIDS memorial quilt in 1994 and in June this year.
What are the Queer Medical Humanities?
MedHums 101: Why ‘queer’ critical medical humanities scholarship and practice? Chase Ledin and Benjamin Dalton signpost the emergence of the queer medical humanities.
How to be an activist-researcher?
David Woodhead reflects on his past research experience and explores the relationship between activist and researcher identities, priorities, and possibilities
MedHums 101: What is Crip Time?
‘Crip time’ is a conception of living with illness that many patients bring to their healthcare interactions, says Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril.
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
The Radical Potential of Sickness Stories
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’.
‘LGBTQ+ People with Chronic Illness’: Book Review
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
Refusing Resolution? Exploring Unresolveable Illness and Story Endings
Char Heather explains why chronic illness stories can productively trouble standard ideas about narrative arc and resolution.