This poem reflects on dual tensions that sick & disabled communities have to navigate during ongoing pandemic conditions. In particular, it addresses the chronic illness knowledges that people with post-viral illnesses already possess (the reality of chronic conditions after acute infections, the necessity of solidarity across bed space) in the face of medical and political institutions that refuse to know.
Articles by Carmen Cutler
Carmen Cutler is a sick and disabled doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her work focuses on the lived experiences of sick and disabled communities, and their knowledges both personal and political, embedded in long histories of community resistance against the violence and neglect of medical institutions.