{"id":461788,"date":"2019-10-20T03:21:59","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T10:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=461788"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:19:46","slug":"ep-62-black-disabled-women-in-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/10\/20\/ep-62-black-disabled-women-in-media\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 62: Black Disabled Women in Media"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1191\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-461788-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_62_Final.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_62_Final.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_62_Final.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\/Ep_62_Final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=461788-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_62_Final.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"Ep_62_Final.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('461788-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_461788-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_461788-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=461788-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%3D461788\" 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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today\u2019s episode is about Black disabled women in media. I\u2019m in conversation with the goddesses behind <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8WyYessjzRA&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Triple Cripples<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tweetkymoliver\">Kym Oliver<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/herroyalj\">Jay Abdullahi<\/a>. Triple Cripples is a project <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">created to highlight the narratives of Black &amp; non-Black Women, Femmes &amp; Non-Binary People of Colour, living with disabilities whose stories would otherwise remain hidden from view. You\u2019ll hear Kym and Jay talk about the origins of Triple Cripples, the lack of representation of Black disabled women in media, the racism they face as Black disabled women in the UK, their vision for culture change, and the future of their platform. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1ZS2_HOrDtb-yBhkoxOBlDPyj2hi5ekR4w4t47eIUOaw\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>[Google doc]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Black-Disabled-Women-in-Media.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRvzeWloAGsjr0EU-niSQjA\/videos\">Triple Cripples on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1360\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bOTQ3SANQSg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1360\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dG8e6f9mp94?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_461794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461794\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"461794\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/10\/20\/ep-62-black-disabled-women-in-media\/a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83.jpg?fit=1200%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1600\" 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=\"a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A picture of two Femmes\/Women with almond brown skin and black hair, one with glasses and a ponytail, the other with a short cropped hairstyle. Each of them is wearing a black T-shirt with a colourful slogan saying \u201cNah, I\u2019m good love. Enjoy.\u201d  In the background, the same T-shirts hang behind them on a cream wall, next to a poster with West African adinkra symbols.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83.jpg?fit=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-461794\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83.jpg?resize=398%2C531&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A picture of two Femmes\/Women with almond brown skin and black hair, one with glasses and a ponytail, the other with a short cropped hairstyle. Each of them is wearing a black T-shirt with a colourful slogan saying \u201cNah, I\u2019m good love. Enjoy.\u201d In the background, the same T-shirts hang behind them on a cream wall, next to a poster with West African adinkra symbols.\" width=\"398\" height=\"531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-461794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A picture of two Femmes\/Women with almond brown skin and black hair, one with glasses and a ponytail, the other with a short cropped hairstyle. Each of them is wearing a black T-shirt with a colourful slogan saying \u201cNah, I\u2019m good love. Enjoy.\u201d In the background, the same T-shirts hang behind them on a cream wall, next to a poster with West African adinkra symbols.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Featured on the BBC, AJ+, METRO, Black Ballad, iNews and more, <strong>TRIPLE CRIPPLES<\/strong> was created by <strong>Kym Oliver<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Jay Abdullahi<\/strong>. It is a ground-breaking platform, created to increase visibility &amp; highlight the\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">narratives of Black &amp; non-Black Women, Femmes &amp; Non-Binary People of Colour, living with disabilities\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8211; whose stories would otherwise remain hidden from view.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project came out of their frustration with the lack of representation of Black Disabled women, like\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">them and it\u2019s social, cultural, economic &amp; medical implications. You can find them spitting hard facts\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and cackling inappropriately about various topics on their YouTube Channel. Their podcast is more of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the same, featuring in-depth interviews with special guests sharing insight into their lived experiences.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These women are doing the work! You can also find them around the world giving lectures, offering\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">training, guesting on panels and side-eying colonisers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kym &amp; Jay are extremely passionate about eradicating the cultural taboos surrounding illness and\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">disability within the Black community, not just in the UK, but in the global diaspora. The intersections of\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Race, Gender &amp; Disability are key factors in determining how people experience the world around them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet so often, these axes of oppression are overlooked in Disability activism, Feminist agendas &amp; Black\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">liberation movements. The TRIPLE CRIPPLES are here to change the culture. They refuse to be ignored\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">any longer and are dedicating their lives to being SEEN &amp; screaming \u201cWE ARE HERE!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCRvzeWloAGsjr0EU-niSQjA\">Triple Cripples YouTube channel<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/triplecripples\">@TripleCripples<\/a><\/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>\u00a0to 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 &amp; Text Transcript<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Audio Producer, Host<\/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:\u00a0<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:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Meet_Podington_Bear_Box_Set_Disc_1\/14_Blossoming\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blossoming<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Said_Lion_To_Lamb_Box_Set_Disc_3\/Kitty_In_The_Window\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kitty in the Window<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">,\u201d and \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Rainy\/Relinquish\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relinquish<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d by Podington Bear. (Source: freemusicarchive.org. Licensed under <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc\/3.0\/\"><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>\u00a0by Jack_Master.\u00a0<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.\u00a0<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\/Ep_62_Final.mp3Podcast\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/Ep_62_Final.mp3Podcast<\/a>: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Email | RSS&nbsp; Today\u2019s episode is about Black disabled women in media. I\u2019m in conversation with the goddesses &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/10\/20\/ep-62-black-disabled-women-in-media\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ep 62: Black Disabled Women in Media<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":461794,"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":[257332,587152443,587152780,587152519,2005041,50623202,58990044,587152687,587152320,943085,13443,587152478,8199,587152362],"class_list":["post-461788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-uncategorized","tag-black-culture","tag-black-disabled-women","tag-culture-change","tag-disability-advocacy","tag-disability-culture","tag-disability-in-media","tag-disability-representation","tag-disabled-femmes-of-color","tag-disabled-media","tag-intersectionality","tag-racism","tag-sexism","tag-uk","tag-youtube","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/a8906481-2451-43da-90e6-40dadf166e83.jpg?fit=1200%2C1600&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1W8c","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461788","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=461788"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/461788\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/461794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=461788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=461788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=461788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}