{"id":224812,"date":"2017-10-15T04:18:56","date_gmt":"2017-10-15T11:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=224812"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:22:09","slug":"ep-5-orphan-black-reproductive-justice-and-disabled-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2017\/10\/15\/ep-5-orphan-black-reproductive-justice-and-disabled-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 5: \u201cOrphan Black,\u201d Reproductive Justice, and Disabled Women"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_8215\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-224812-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep5.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep5.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep5.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep5.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=224812-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep5.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Final_Ep5.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('224812-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_224812-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_224812-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=224812-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D224812\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This episode celebrates the science fiction drama <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Orphan_Black\">Orphan Black<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbcamerica.com\/shows\/orphan-black\">BBC America<\/a>) which ended in the summer of 2017 with their fifth and final season. Alice talks with superfans Maelee Johnson and Rebecca Cokley about eugenics, autonomy, technology, reproductive justice, feminism, and how the show resonates with them as disabled women.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1SMi5R0TNFbjSBo-669zkMSzVhnZ32PnuRiMQ_m57GzA\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>[Google doc]<\/strong><\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/\u201cOrphan-Black\u201d-Reproductive-Justice-and-Disabled-Women.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbcamerica.com\/shows\/orphan-black\">Orphan Black (BBC America)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cussins, Jessica. (August 7, 2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geneticsandsociety.org\/biopolitical-times\/what-clones-think-crispr-and-other-highlights-final-season-orphan-black\">What Clones Think of CRISPR and Other Highlights from the Final Season of Orphan Black.<\/a> Biopolitical Times.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224818\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224818\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"224818\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2017\/10\/15\/ep-5-orphan-black-reproductive-justice-and-disabled-women\/ep5_rebecca\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?fit=3529%2C3072&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3529,3072\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D3100&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1500433364&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Ep5_Rebecca\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image description: A woman with shoulder length red hair and green eyes standing against a brick wall. She is wearing a blue blazer and white t-shirt.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?fit=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?fit=1024%2C891&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-224818\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?resize=300%2C261&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A woman with shoulder length red hair and green eyes standing against a brick wall. She is wearing a blue blazer and white t-shirt.\" width=\"300\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?resize=300%2C261&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?resize=768%2C669&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?resize=1024%2C891&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?resize=1500%2C1306&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Ep5_Rebecca.jpg?w=2720&amp;ssl=1 2720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224818\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image description: A woman with shoulder length red hair and green eyes standing against a brick wall. She is wearing a blue blazer and white t-shirt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Rebecca Cokley<\/strong> most recently served as the Executive Director of the National Council on Disability, an independent agency charged with advising Congress and the White House on issues of national disability public policy. She joined NCD in 2013 after serving 4 years in the Obama Administration including time at the Departments of Education, Health &amp; Human Services, and a successful stint at the White House where she oversaw diversity and inclusion efforts. Currently she is consulting with civil rights organizations and working on her first book, but Rebecca got her feet wet in advocacy while working at the Institute for Educational Leadership for five years (04-09), building a number of tools and resources designed to empower and educate youth with disabilities and their adult allies. She has spent the last 15 years helping make stronger and deeper connections across civil rights communities and continues to see cross-movement solidarity as the only means of surviving these next four years. In 2015 she was inducted into the inaugural class of the Susan M. Daniels Disability Mentoring Hall of Fame and was the recipient of the Frank Harkin Memorial Award by the National Council on Independent Living. Rebecca has a B.A in Politics from the University of California Santa Cruz, is the proud spouse of Patrick and mother of Jackson and Kaya.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebeccaCokley\">@RebeccaCokley<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_224819\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-224819\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"224819\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2017\/10\/15\/ep-5-orphan-black-reproductive-justice-and-disabled-women\/maeleejohnson\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?fit=720%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"MaeleeJohnson\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Image description: Woman, wearing a grey knit cap, smiling.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?fit=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?fit=720%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-224819\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Image description: Woman, wearing a grey knit cap, smiling.\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?resize=250%2C250&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/MaeleeJohnson.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-224819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image description: Woman, wearing a grey knit cap, smiling.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maelee Johnson is a Disability rights activist, medical marijuana advocate, media archivists and disability representation consultant. Her work currently includes holistic patient consultant\/coach, comic book series co-creator\/writer, and cannabis cuisine expert\/instructor. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mae_DayJ\">@Mae_DayJ<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b> to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whoamitostopit.com\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Audio Producer, Text Transcript<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Producer, Interviewer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoAmIToStopIt\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Text Transcript<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Song: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wKOU_Z6Y8yQ\">\u201cHard Out Here for A Gimp\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Album: NO BIG DEAL<\/p>\n<p>Artist: <a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Electronic_II\/Bell_Club\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bell Club<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Textural\/Encounter\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encounter<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Textural\/Refraction_1627\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refraction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Podington Bear. (Source: freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/legalcode\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creative Commons <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.)<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Sounds<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/Jack_Master\/sounds\/248096\/\">\u201cVOCODER countdown\u201d<\/a> by Jack_Master. <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/freesound.org\/people\/sheepfilms\/sounds\/153583\/#\">8 Bit Beeping Computer Sounds<\/a>\u201d by sheepfilms. <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/publicdomain\/zero\/1.0\/\">This work is licensed under the Creative Commons 0 License.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep5.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Final_Ep5.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS&nbsp; This episode celebrates the science fiction drama Orphan Black (BBC America) which ended in the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2017\/10\/15\/ep-5-orphan-black-reproductive-justice-and-disabled-women\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ep 5: \u201cOrphan Black,\u201d Reproductive Justice, and Disabled Women<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":214400,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[587152318,1],"tags":[587152344,587152341,58990044,214695644,829844,227422386,11795,553,587152340,1142,2060,246627,587152342,173,10615,587152343,6,459],"class_list":["post-224812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-uncategorized","tag-autonomy","tag-clones","tag-disability-representation","tag-disabled-bodies","tag-disabled-women","tag-disabled-women-of-color","tag-eugenics","tag-feminism","tag-orphan-black","tag-podcast","tag-podcasts","tag-reproductive-justice","tag-reproductive-technology","tag-science","tag-science-fiction","tag-sestras","tag-technology","tag-television","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/3000podcast_logo.png?fit=3000%2C3000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-Wu0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}