The Politics of Disability
Disability is messy, political, not palatable and intersects at every identity. This podcast examines those intersections and their nuances.
Hosted by the founder of the Disability Justice movement Upgrade Accessibility , Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame inductee, and two-time award winning podcaster Mary Fashik.
Portrait sketch: @jenny_graphicx on Instagram
Hosted by the founder of the Disability Justice movement Upgrade Accessibility , Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame inductee, and two-time award winning podcaster Mary Fashik.
Portrait sketch: @jenny_graphicx on Instagram
Episodes
39 episodes
Conversation Series: Black Women Thought Leaders - Living at the Intersection of Being Black and Disabled
In celebration of both Black History Month in February and Women's History Month in March, Mary put together this conversation series.During the final interview of the series, Mary talks with Keri Gray of the Keri Gray Group and the NAM...
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Season 2
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Episode 18
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25:53
The Intersection of Drag and Allyship
In this episode, Mary sits down with drag performer and Drag Queen of the Year pageant contestant, Charles Galin.The two discuss Charles' pageant experience, virtual drag, why they choose to continue to mask in public spaces, lack of ge...
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Season 2
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Episode 17
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29:25
Pride Edition: Bridging the gap between the LGBTQIA+ community and the disabled/chronically ill community - Part 2
Mary continues her conversation Season 5, All Stars 2 contestant of RuPaul's Drag Race, Detox for The Politics of Disability Pride series.The two discuss continue their discussion on what it will take to bridge the gap between the LGBTQ...
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Season 2
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Episode 16
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20:47
Pride Edition: Bridging the gap between the LGBTQIA+ community and the disabled/chronically ill community - Part 1
In part one of the second interview for The Politics of Disability Pride series, Mary sits down with Season 5, All Stars 2 contestant of RuPaul's Drag Race, Detox.The two discuss what it will take to bridge the gap between the LGBTQIA+ ...
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Season 2
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Episode 15
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24:18
Pride Edition: The Intersection of Queer Liberation and Disability Justice - Part 2
Mary continues her conversation with Season 12 contestant of RuPaul's Drag Race and the national co-chair of Drag Out The Vote, Brita Filter for The Politics of Disability Pride series.The two discuss anti-LGBGTQIA+ legislation...
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Season 2
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Episode 14
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23:26
Pride Edition: The Intersection of Queer Liberation and Disability Justice - Part 1
In part one of the initial interview for The Politics of Disability Pride series, Mary sits down with Season 12 contestant of RuPaul's Drag Race and the national co-chair of Drag Out The Vote, Brita Filter.The two discuss menta...
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Season 2
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Episode 13
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24:01
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Conversation Series: Black Women Thought Leaders - The Intersection of Politics, Social Justice, and Faith - Part 2
In celebration of both Black History Month in February and Women's History Month in March, Mary put together this conversation series.During the second interview of the series, Mary continues her conversation with Stacey Abrams' former ...
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Season 2
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Episode 12
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33:23
Conversation Series: Black Women Thought Leaders - The Intersection of Politics, Social Justice, and Faith - Part 1
In celebration of both Black History Month in February and Women's History Month in March, Mary put together this conversation series.During the second interview of the series, Mary talks with Stacey Abrams' former press secretary, Jayl...
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Season 2
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Episode 11
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25:39
Conversation Series: Black Women Thought Leaders - The Intersection of Social and Disability Justice - Part 2
In celebration of both Black History Month in February and Women's History Month in March, Mary has put together this conversation series.She continues her conversation with Alison Mariella Désir in part two of this compelling int...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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22:11
Conversation Series: Black Women Thought Leaders - The Intersection of Social and Disability Justice - Part 1
In celebration of both Black History Month in February and Women's History Month in March, Mary has put together this conversation series.She sits down with Alison Mariella Désir in part one of their conversation to discuss her book,
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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20:06
BONUS EPISODE: The Intersection of the Drag World and Disability
In this season 2 bonus episode, Mary sits down with RuPaul's Drag Race season 11 finalist, host of Canada's Drag Race and executive producer/host of 1 Queen, 5 Queers, Brooke Lynn Hytes.The two discuss the dif...
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Season 2
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26:47
The Intersection of the Performing Arts and Ableism - Part 2
In part two of this episode, Mary continues her conversation with friend Christophe Desorbay.The two discuss Mary’s acting aspirations, the lack of representation on Broadway, auditioning for a Broadway role as some who is hard of hearin...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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16:54
The Intersection of the Performing Arts and Ableism - Part 1
In part one of this episode, Mary sits down with her friend Christophe Desorbay about his experience as a artist, the ableism hard of hearing/Deaf performers on Broadway face, and more.Christophe Desorbay is Franco-American producer and...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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16:04
The Intersection of Publishing and Ableism - Part 2
Mary continues her conversation with founder and president of Row House Publishing, Rebekah Borucki. The two discuss accessibility, the disability tax, ableism and whether there is or will be a shift in representation in the publishing industry...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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12:43
The Intersection of Publishing and Ableism - Part 1
Mary talks with founder and president of Row House Publishing, Rebekah Borucki about the lack of marginalized representation, particularly disabled representation in the publishing world, what needs to happen in order to change that, and how im...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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21:37
The Intersection of being Black, Jewish, and Disabled - Part 2
Mary and Love continue their conversation as they dive into why Love created "Ableism Fridays," being an educator, the pandemic, and mental health.Love is a disabled Black and Jewish Higher Education administrator and educator. Love has...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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21:33
The Intersection of being Black, Jewish, and Disabled - Part 1
In part one of this episode, Mary and educator Love Wallace discuss the nuances and complexities surrounding intersectionality.They also talk about Love's experiences as a Black, Jewish, disabled woman and why it's difficult to get every...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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17:44
The Intersection of Parenting and Ableism - Part 2
In the second part of the season 2 premiere, Mary sits down continues her conversation with fellow disability advocate Nina Tame. The two discuss advocacy burnout, the pandemic, mental health, and Nina delivers her message to the non-disabled c...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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23:43
The Intersection of Parenting and Ableism - Part 1
Content warning: Some mild language and mentions of ableismIn the first part of the season 2 premiere, Mary sits down with fellow disability advocate Nina Tame to discuss her disability journey, how having a disabled child helped...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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22:41
Season 1 Finale - The Intersection of Academia, The Dance World, Disability Justice, and Ableism - Part 2
Content warning: Explicit language and mentions of both ableism and racismIn the last part of the season one finale, Mary and Catalina discuss how Catalina's term "diversity burrito" came about, what it means, ableism and r...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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31:55
The Intersection of Academia, The Dance World, Disability Justice, and Ableism - Part 1
Content warning: Explicit language and mentions of ableismIn the first part of the season one finale, Mary and Catalina discuss ableism in academia, the dance world and Disability Justice.Born in Medellin, Colombia and ra...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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34:21
BONUS EPISODE: Where Disability and Politics Meet
On Friday, July 8, 2022, Mary sat down with Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams for a one on one discussion about issues that directly impact the disabled community.The two discussed the lack of affordable, accessible housing,...
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Season 1
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29:37
The Intersection of Gaslighting and Ableism - Part 2
Content warning: Mentions of racism, ableism, suicidal ideationIn part 2 of their conversation, Mary and Emee discuss growing up in Middle Eastern families, not being "American enough," Emee's style, COVID and mental health...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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40:50
The Intersection of Gaslighting and Ableism - Part 1
Mary is joined by Emee for this episode. In part one of this interview, the two talk disability, chronic illness, going undiagnosed and the gaslighting they've both dealt with in medical settings.Emee is a disabled fiction and n...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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22:54
The Intersection of Generational Trauma and Ableism - Part 2
Content warning: Mentions of natural disasters, death of a pet, ableism, COVIDMary and Jocy continue their conversation during the second part of this interview. They discuss disabled and chronically ill individuals being left be...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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26:43
