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My Beautiful Broken Brain Review
Listen to this post: I am so glad I just watched the Netflix documentary “My Beautiful Broken Brain” about documentary film producer Lotje Sodderland from 2014. I typically have no patience for documentaries that begin with people talking about the film’s main star, but you don’t hear from the star themselves. Especially when it’s about disability,…
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ZCO/Dance Project premieres “Progression” and dancing beyond disability
Listen to this post: Back in 2013, you got to meet longtime dancer, actress, model, and disability activist Zazel-Chavah O’Garra when she shared a guest blog about her experience becoming disabled from a brain tumor. That same year, Zazel founded ZCO/Dance Project. Her brain tumor was 13 years ago, and it came when she was in the…
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Talking about noggins with NW NOGGIN Neuroscience outreach
Listen to this post: If you like things that start with the letter b, here’s three I can offer to you in one night: brains, bikes, and beers. This week, I’m co-presenting with PSU speech-language pathology grad student Lauren Ficker as part of NW NOGGIN’s presentation series. In this series, they pair up a scientist…
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Nina G. Comedian tears up TEDx and with captions
Listen to this post: Nina G. recently came out with a TEDx talk called “Being an Everyday Ally.” This is so good and so needed! I know people who shy away from allyship with marginalized groups because they fear they’ll do it wrong, say the wrong thing, or generally misunderstand what work is needed. Nina spells it…