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Cripple Threat episodes
- E10 - The Theory of Everything (2014)
Today we cover The Theory of Everything, a boilerplate biopic about Stephen Hawking's marital problems, with a very surface level exploration of his career and struggles with motor neuron disease. We also talk about bad british accents, waking up during serious surgeries, expensive foot nurses, robot voices, and swearing at Tony's mom.
Find out more at http://cripplethreatpodcast.com
1 hr 43 min - E9 - I Care A Lot (2020)
Today we discuss our love-hate relationship with I Care A Lot, the hit dark comedy starring Rosamund Pike as a deplorable court appointed guardian who seizes the assets of elderly people for her own, only to one day target someone with the means to fight back. Indeed the film's first half is a perfect illustration of the disparate power dynamics between wheelies and their attendant programs, where "care" is too often a euphemism for "control". Throughout the episode we cover Tony's fight to wear pressure socks, the cruel conflation of diapers and resource management, our appreciation of Peter Dinklage, and dildo thievery.
Also, our apologies for the audio this week. Not really sure what happened :(
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1 hr 36 min - E8 - Crip Camp (2020)
Today we rave about Crip Camp, a 2020 documentary film directed by Nicole Newnham and fellow wheelie James LeBrecht. Its a genuinely joyous portrait of a "disabled woodstock" summer camp where a bunch of cripples find community and confidence in their formative years - experiences they use to inform their advocacy and autonomy in adulthood. We also reflect on overcoming internalized ableism, surviving secondary school spec ed lunchrooms, and a hilarious body swap wheel-breakers scenario that testifies to our our compassion for our able-bodied friends.
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1 hr 42 min - E7 - The Fundamentals of Caring (2016) (with Kyle Hanna)In this episode, we have another special guest, our friend Kyle Hanna, to share his unique perspective on being a caregiver for people with disabilities, while reviewing the 2016 comedy The Fundamentals of Caring. We discuss the intricacies of the client-attendant relationship, our celebrity road trip wish lists, and the value of good bladder control.2 hr 2 min
- E6 - My Left Foot (1989) (with Drew Gurza)
Today we have our first celebrity guest on the show: writer, public speaker, disability rights advocate, documentary subject, and spastic dancer Drew Gurza.
Drew joins us to discuss My Left Foot, the Citizen Kane of cripple movies, in which Daniel Day-Lewis plays a disabled poet in search of autonomy and love through mastery of the only part of his body he can control. Throughout the show we discuss a smattering of topics, including the scarcity of cripple role models, the horrors of porridge, times when inter-able boundary encroachment has caused embarrassing public freakouts, Jamie's tedious vocabulary,
how the wheelie experience is suited to quarantine, miscommunication in client directed care, and the disabled perils of dropping ones phone.Drew's Twitter
https://twitter.com/drewgurzaDrew's Sextoy Book
https://thatshandi.co/Find out more at http://cripplethreatpodcast.com
2 hr 9 min - E5 - Run (2020)
Today we discuss a recent 2020 thriller called Run, a deceptively thoughtful examination of the horrors of inaccessible spaces and the often unintentional abuses of helicopter wheelie parents. We reflect on questionable care strategies from our own loving parents in childhood, and examples from our personal lives when otherwise familiar spaces have become inaccessible death traps. We also debate the ethics of casting able-bodied people in crippled roles and lament the tyranny of unblemished drywall and flooring in able-bodied homes.
Also here's Jamie learning to walk, as cited in the episode:
https://youtu.be/KfHtJEMKYwYFind out more at http://cripplethreatpodcast.com
1 hr 54 min - E4 - The Sessions (2012)
Today we discuss The Sessions, a 2012 dramedy about a poet with polio who navigates the world in a ridiculous recumbent bed. Oh and also he hires a sex surrogate to conquer his body image issues and lose his virginity. During our review we address the nuances of disabled personal hygiene, the absurdity of cripple camps, and the deceptively harmful implications of the "dead cripple" trope.
The Film
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1866249/The Source Material
https://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/174/on-seeing-a-sex-surrogateFind out more at http://cripplethreatpodcast.com
1 hr 34 min - E3 - Picture This (2018)
Today we watch a short documentary called Picture This, starring Andrew Gurza - a fellow disabled friend of ours who embarks upon a quest to host a sex positive accessible party. Andrew's fearless confrontation of the taboos of cripple sexuality push against even our boundaries in ways that are hopefully insightful and entertaining.
Video: https://youtu.be/3fMCsyhvnEc
Follow Andrew @DrewGurzaFind out more at http://cripplethreatpodcast.com
1 hr 25 min - E2 - Faith Healers
In this episode, we tackle faith healers, covering another documentary from Emily Yates. Though we've never encountered a faith healer ourselves, we've both had amusing encounters with spiritual authorities who offer lofty prayers with good intentions.
Article: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/12fb29da-567c-488b-8523-d1f11a79e40c
Video: https://youtu.be/l-M30YaHnm8Find out more at http://cripplethreatpodcast.com
1 hr 1 min - E1 - Devotees
In our first episode, we react to the bizarre concept of devoteeism - a community of mostly able bodied people who fetishize disability. Since even now the status quo deems disabled people asexual, devotees reveal an opposite side of the cripple intimacy spectrum that leaves us with mixed feelings and big laughs.
Source: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/9e399edb-3924-4406-bab5-01c5e170ca42
Find out more at http://cripplethreatpodcast.com
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About Cripple Threat
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A disability support program between two friends in wheelchairs discussing their daily lives and critiquing depictions of the crippled experience in popular culture.