The Sick Gaze
Welcome to the Sick Gaze podcast, a series where we dive deep into the complexities of life with chronic illness, attempt to break down gendered barriers within healthcare, and advocate for disability justice. Drawing inspiration from Laura Mulvey’s concept of the male-gaze, The Sick Gaze challenges the existing narrative norms by offering a platform for diverse lived experiences. In a world where stories are often filtered through able-bodied perspectives, our podcast strives to bring visibility to invisible conditions. Join us as we navigate the complexities of life with chronic illness, fostering empathy, understanding, and ultimately, creating a community that embraces and validates the stories that have long remained in the shadows.
Podcasting since 2024 • 22 episodes
The Sick Gaze
Latest Episodes
An Attack on Disability Rights: The Lawsuit Against Section 504
In this episode of The Sick Gaze, Tayler Goectau and I, Molly Dickerson, break down the alarming lawsuit filed by 17 states against Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act—a crucial civil rights protection for disabled people. We discuss...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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24:20
The Limbo of Dynamic Disability with Tayler Goectau
In the kickoff episode of Season 3 of the Sick Gaze, I sit down with Tayler Goectau.Tayler (she/her) is a young, thin, white woman with medium-length brown hair who is in her 20s and navigating life as a Deaf, Disabled, and Autistic woma...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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37:33
Connective Tissue Issues; hEDS & Chronic Illness with Amy Weintraub
In this episode of The Sick Gaze, Amy Weintraub shares how hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) has shaped much of her young adult life. She opens up about the difficulty of surgery after surgery as a young person, the emotional w...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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47:08
Hysteria, Harm, and Healthcare: The Legacy of Dismissing Women's Pain
Why is women’s pain so often dismissed, downplayed, or outright ignored? In this special episode of The Sick Gaze, I’m sharing an episode I co-hosted with Emily Currey for WHAT IFF: Intersectional Feminist Futures, where we di...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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35:34
The Invisible Cycle: Bek Meyers' Journey with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome
In this episode of The Sick Gaze, we sit down with Bek Meyers, a resilient nonbinary advocate navigating life with cyclic vomiting syndrome (CVS), scoliosis, and frequent joint dislocations that Bek believes may be Ehlers-Danlos Syndro...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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48:48