What is "queercrip fashion?" In this episode of Contra*, I talk to Sky Cubacub, a fashion designer known for their colorful lycra, mesh, and chain mail designs. We discuss Sky's Rebirth Garments and Radical Visibility projects, as well as how specific materials shape their approach to design. And I talk a bit about my own sewing practice.

How are disabled artists challenging the design of museums and public spaces? In this episode of Contra*, Critical Design Lab member Kevin Gotkin and I talk to  Shannon Finnegan, whose work draws attention to the need for rest in spaces that often require extended sitting, standing, and movement. 

How do disability culture and design practices shape contemporary disability art? In this episode of Contra*, Critical Design Lab member Cassandra Hartblay and I talk to disability dancer Alice Sheppard about her project, DESCENT, which includes choreography, spatial design, and technology design. 

In this episode, Aimi, Cassandra, and Jarah announce a new Critical Design Lab project: Crip Ritual. This project focuses on how disabled people use rituals to change daily life or broader structures. 

Aimi Hamraie wraps up season one of Contra* with some reflections on central themes.

In this episode, I speak with black feminist disability activists and scholars Dr. Moya Bailey and Vilissa Thompson,  LMSW about “hashtag activism” as a strategy in black feminist and black feminist disabled communities.

In Episode seven, Critical Design Lab contributor Cassandra Hartblay and director Aimi Hamraie speak to Marcel LaFlamme about how the concept of open access publishing relates to accessibility. This episode is the second in a two-part series about critical design and accessibility within or adjacent to academia. 

In this episode, we talk to Ideas on Fire CEO Cathy Hannabach about podcasting design as a tool for creating more just worlds.

In Episode five, Vanderbilt Graduate students and Critical Design Lab members Maggie Mang and Rebecca Rahimi speak to Robert McRuer about his book Crip Times: Disability, Globalization, and Resistance

In this second episode with Alice Wong, we discuss the politics of the straw ban.

In this episode, we begin a two-part episode with disability activist Alice Wong, who has done incredible work with social media to strengthen connections between global disability communities. 

In Episode three, I talk to Critical Design Lab artist-in-residence Kevin Gotkin about practices of “crip nightlife” and accessible DJing, which he is developing as part of the DIY club scene in New York City. Kevin is thinking about DJing as both art and design practice encompassing archival collection and the curation of experiences.

In Episode two, Vanderbilt graduate student and Critical Design Lab member Maggie Mang interviews Mimi Khuc about her curation and design of Open in Emergency, a special issue of the Asian American Literary Review focused on mental health. 

In this first episode of the podcast, we talk to design researcher Sara Hendren, who teaches at Olin College of Engineering, about disability, critical design, and poetic creation.