Disability After Dark
The podcast shining a bright light on disability stories.
7 years ago

DISAFTDARK MINI 03

In minisode #03, I get a letter from Hayley who shares how being a sex worker with disabilities changed her life. Hayley's contact info Follow her on Twitter @bookhayleyjade or email her at [email protected] If you wanna write in your thoughts, feelings, hopes and dreams around disability and sexuality and tell me what's up, e-mail me with "Minisode" to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

7 years ago

Episode 074 - The Time I Hosted that “Handicapped Orgy”

In this episode, I talk in detail about the time I co-hosted the world's first "handicapped orgy." I go way in depth into the planning, media attention, backlash, positives, and I share whether or not there will be another one. Enjoy!

7 years ago

DISAFTDARK MINI 02

In this second minisode, we hear from contributor jennifer, who writes in with some thoughts she has about being disabled and a virgin at 22! If you wanna write in and contribute to a minisode, send them to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

7 years ago

Episode 073 - Promposal or Pity-Posal? The Rise of Digital Ableism

In this episode, I talk about the rise of viral promposals where non-disabled people ask disabled teens to the prom in high school or middle school and have it recorded and it goes viral or gets picked up by the news outlets. I share why I think this is problematic in all the ways and why I think we need to reconsider our consumption of "digital ableism" and promposals, and suggest that the disabled person may feel differently about the whole thing, and that the media must also focus on them. I have included some examples of this digital ableism below. Clip #1: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X\_QLoRrzwp0](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_QLoRrzwp0) Clip #2: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh-eeKpF1-c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uh-eeKpF1-c) Clip #3: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyPRgYcQ0mA&t=172s](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyPRgYcQ0mA&t=172s) Clip #4: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqpM3wW1\_uU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqpM3wW1_uU)

7 years ago

DISAFTDARK MINI 01

In our very first DisabilityAfterDark Minisode, we talk about disability and Valentine's Day with sentiments sent in by Kate! If you have thoughts, feelings, words or dreams you wanna have featured on a minisode, send them to [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) using subject line Minisode! enjoy!

7 years ago

Episode 072 - Sexting, Disability and So Much More - An Interview with Mari

In this episode, I talk with freelance model and blogger Mari Ramsawakh about their experiences with sexuality, disability and how those things intersect with non-binary sex, being a person of color and lots of other things, including sexting and how it can be an accessible medium for disabled people to navigate sexuality. We want of on many tangents on this episode, it was awesome! Mari's work can be found at: Facebook: [https://www.facebook.com/indivisiblewriting/](https://www.facebook.com/indivisiblewriting/) Twitter: [https://twitter.com/merkyywaters](https://twitter.com/merkyywaters) Linkedin: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/mari-ramsawakh-b5757458/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mari-ramsawakh-b5757458/) Instagram: [https://www.instagram.com/merkyy\_waters/](https://www.instagram.com/merkyy_waters/) Website: [www.IndivisibleWriting.com](http://www.indivisiblewriting.com/)

7 years ago

Episode 071 - Starting Again, Every Single Time - An Interview with Claire AH

On this episode, I talk with my friend Claire AH about her life and sexuality before and after a stroke. We talk a lot about what happened for her, what disability means for her now, and what sex and disability now means for her. It's a pretty great episode. You can follow Claire at [www.claireah.com](http://www.claireah.com) [www.twitter.com/claireahhhhh](http://www.twitter.com/claireahhhhh)

7 years ago

Episode 070 - Andrew’s Drag Race: That Time I Did Drag as a Disabled Person

Okay, I loved recording this episode. I talk about my foray into becoming a drag queen with a disability. I talk about how doing drag connected to my activism around queerness and disability, I introduce you to my drag persona, talk about the challenges of dressing in drag as a disabled person, and so much more.

7 years ago

Episode 069 - Why Planning For Sex is SO MUCH BETTER than Spontaneity as a Disabled Person

In this episode, I highlight why planning and scheduling sex as a disabled person is so much sexier than spontaneity. I talk about the ways planning for sex has been pathologized by the media, but why I think it's hot as fuck, and why as a Queer Cripple I get off on it so hard. Enjoy

7 years ago

Episode 068 - Do You Even Crip, Bro? The Gym, Sex and Disability

In this first episode of 2018, we look at how gym culture and the pursuit of the gym cut body we all want so we can have "better sex" aligns with (or totes doesn't) with disability culture. I share some of my experiences at the gym as a queer cripple, we can giggle at how inaccessible some of the workouts for better sex actually are, and I suggest that fucking a cripple might even be a better work out. Enjoy!