Who is your favourite queer Black character with a disability? Whether you can think of ten or none, this episode is for you. I had the most fun chatting with D’Arcee Charington Neal (Ohio State University) about all the places we can find queer Black characters with disabilities and the wondrous ways in which they shape narratives. As a researcher and creative writer, D’Arcee is interested in audio rhetoric and audio narratives that go far beyond your average Audible experience. Listen now to find out how the audio experience captures minoritised stories and what André 3000 has to do with all of this.

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CW: illness, trauma, coming out, homophobia, discrimination, racism, ableism
Light spoilers for Everything Everywhere All at Once

References:
D’Arcee Charington Neal. “Mutant and (Not) Proud: Disability Erasure in X-Men's Storm.” Cartoons of Future Past: Cultural Critiques of X-Men: The Animated Series (University of Mississippi Press, forthcoming)
D’Arcee Charington Neal. “Who is Asking? Black Arthurian Legendmaking in N.K. Jemisin's Far Sector.” Arthuriana (forthcoming)
Narrative ISSN
André 3000
Outkast “Where Are My Panties? (Interlude)”
Neil Gaiman’s The Sandman
James McAvoy
Taron Egerton
Modern Love Podcast “A Heart Outrun”
Colin Farrell
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/fashion/colin-farrell-modern-love-podcast.html
The Shade Room @theshaderoom
The Breakfast Club @breakfastclubam
The Tom Joyner Morning Show
Steve Harvey @steveharveyfm
Ebonics
Sheneneh Jenkins
Martin
AAVE African American Vernacular English
Henry Louis Gates
NeNe Leakes
Judith Butler
Performativity
Cece Adams
Storm
X-Men
Afrophantasm
Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man
Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower
Hyper-Empathy Syndrome
Jada Pinkett
Ariel
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha’s The Future is Disabled
N.K. Jemisin’s Far Sector
Tracy Deonn’s Legendborn
Green Lantern
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Michelle Yeoh
Angela Bassett
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Encanto
https://www.vox.com/culture/23025832/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-parental-apology-fantasy-turning-red

Links to D’Arcee’s podcast episodes:
Episode 1: https://drive.google.com/file/d/100Y7hChK3DR8aAPfot1QoWERPKwzKQi_/view?usp=drivesdk
Episode 2: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CJmqUxUBfT7oLcYIoHVwd-psMSXCsK40/view?usp=drivesdk
Episode 3: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mg2j2STi4pfaJVRXo1sm4GPLKFyqM1Uj/view?usp=drivesdk

Questions you should be able to respond to after listening:

1. We speak a lot about the power of audio narratives. Why does D’Arcee find this format crucial in articulating minoritized stories?
2. D’Arcee speaks about Afrophantasm. What does this mean and who coined this term?
3. Can you think of an example of Afrophantasm in literature or culture?
4. Can you think of another film, series or book that uses the ‘parents apologising’ trope? What relevance does this hold in a queer setting?
5. Please look up the term disability justice. What does this mean to you?