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Crip Times A Podcast Series Disabled people have long been experts at staying at home, and getting creative with new ways to stay in community with one another. At the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown, many of us were wondering how we could maintain the sense of intimacy and connection that we get from gathering in crip arts spaces. Out of this desire, Crip Times was born: a new interview podcast series produced and hosted by Yousef Kadoura, Kayla Besse, and Kristina McMullin. Crip Times i ...
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S1E10 - Crip Times Episode 10: The Ryan O’Connell Episode
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Episode Notes It’s the season finale of Crip Times! Buckle up for lots of LOLs and too many puns. This week, Kayla, Kristina, and Andrew are joined by Ryan O’Connell, creator, writer, and star of Netflix’s Special. He’s done other stuff too but ughhh, who cares? We talk about cerebral palsy, the power of authentic disability representation, pushing…
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S1E9 - Crip Times Episode 9: The Jenna Reid Episode
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Episode Notes On this episode, Kayla and Kristina are joined by Jenna Reid for a conversation that feels like a bolt of energy to our weary pandemic souls. Jenna speaks about Mad Movements, their histories, their teachings, and how embracing Madness can support the goal of abolition. We discuss the role of Madness in bringing an ethic of care to ac…
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S1E8 - Crip Times Episode 8: The Shannon Finnegan Episode
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Episode Notes Have you ever thought of alt-text as poetry? What about lounging as a form of protest? This week, Kayla and Kristina are joined by Shannon Finnegan, a multidisciplinary artist making work about accessibility and disability culture. The conversation begins with Shannon sharing the importance of centering other disabled artists and thin…
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S1E7 - Crip Times Episode 7: The Gloria C. Swain Episode
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Episode Notes Welcome back to Crip Times! We hope you were able to find some moments of rest over the few weeks since you last heard from us. This week, Yousef and Kristina talk to Gloria Swain about making art as an older, Mad, Black, female artist and activist, the barriers in society and the sector. Gloria speaks about how her art and curatorial…
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S1E6 - Crip Times Episode 6: The Jess Watkin Episode
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Episode Notes “It was interdependent magic. Like it really felt like magic.” Happy solstice! They’re the four best friends anyone could have. On the last Crip Times episode of 2020, all three hosts (Kayla, Kristina, Yousef) are joined by Jess Watkin, an artist, activist, academic, dramaturg, and most importantly, friend of the pod. We spend some ti…
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S1E5 - Crip Times Episode 5: The Jeff Thomas Episode
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Episode Notes This week, Kayla and Yousef are joined by Jeff Thomas, a Governor General Award-winning Indigenous photographer. Jeff provides us with some background on his photographic work which began in the 1970s as a response to the representation of Indigenous people through historical photography, and how it has grown and changed since becomin…
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S1E4 - Crip Times Episode 4: The Cindy Baker Episode
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Episode Notes This week, Yousef and Kristina are joined by Cindy Baker, a contemporary artist whose work engages with queer, gender, race, disability, fat, and art discourses. We recorded this episode in the summer, but we think you’ll find it really speaks to the end-of-2020 burnout that many of us are collectively experiencing. Cindy describes he…
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S1E3 - Crip Times Episode 3: The Ben Barry Episode
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Episode Notes Everybody gets dressed—but how can fashion be a tool of social justice? This week, Kayla and Kristina sit down with Dr. Ben Barry, Chair of Fashion at Ryerson University. We talk about how we can imagine fashion beyond ‘the ideal body,’ how Ben and others are working to diversify fashion education, and how we can crip fashion, meaning…
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S1E2 - Crip Times Episode 2: The Renee Dumaresque Episode
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Episode Notes Episode Overview This week, Kristina and Kayla are joined by Renee Dumaresque, a PhD Student, writer, artist, and community organizer. The episode starts with a conversation around how we’ve been dealing with the isolation of the pandemic (shocker), the ways that interdependence has been deepened these past months, and how boredom can…
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S1E1 - Crip Times Episode 1: The Syrus Marcus Ware Episode
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Episode Notes On the first episode of Crip Times, hosts Yousef, Kayla, and Kristina speak with artist, activist, academic, and all around brilliant human, Syrus Marcus Ware. This conversation discusses the movements and actions that have occurred in Toronto and across Turtles Island over the summer of 2020. The building of collective knowledge surr…
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