Chapter Two: Unfeeling Masks

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Chapter Two: Unfeeling Masks

Olivia talks about another cautionary tale with a disabled protagonist: Octavia E. Butler’s Parables series. Plus, Emily Sara discusses the importance of having disabled educators in academia.

Olivia Dreisinger

Feb 04, 2023

Olivia talks about another cautionary tale with a disabled protagonist: Octavia E. Butler’s Parables series. “I’ll adapt where I must, take what opportunities I can find or make, hang on, gather students, and teach.” Plus, Emily Sara discusses the importance of having disabled educators in academia. So be it! See to it!

*This episode is indebted to Sami Schalk and Gerry Canavan’s archival work on Octavia E. Butler. Please enjoy this episode as my love letter to Octavia 💋

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Sound designed by Tristan Douglas.

A digital drawing of a Phantom of the Opera inspired white masquerade mask on a soft pink background with white sparkle accents. Drawn by Mia Navarro.

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Diagnosis Grad School

Diagnosis Grad School is a documentary podcast series exploring the many challenges disabled academics deal with inside academic institutions in the hopes of shifting the university experience for current and future disabled graduate students. Lights. Camera. Ableism!

Join your exhausted host Olivia Dreisinger as she sneaks disability past the inaccessible front steps of the Ivory Tower, and podcasts her way through grad school.

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