EPISODE · Jul 15, 2024 · 59 MIN
On Disability Justice & Changing Stories with Hannah Soyer | Unheard Stories Series | Ep. 107
from Stories Lived. Stories Told. · host Abbie VanMeter and The CMM Institute
How did you (or did you not) see yourself represented in stories growing up and how did that shape your understanding of yourself?How has your story changed?...Hannah Soyer is a queer disabled writer living in the Midwest. She has written fornationally acclaimed publications such as The Sun Magazine, Bustle, and Cosmopolitan and is the editor of The Ending Hasn’t Happened Yet: An Anthology of Disability Poetics from Sable Books (2022). Her debut lyric memoir, Dreams in Which I'm Almost Human, is forthcoming from Red Hen Press. Hannah also happens to be a cat and chocolate enthusiast.Today, Hannah begins by introducing herself, including how her creative work centers around her neuromuscular disability, was largely prompted by mental health struggles she had a young adult, and how it has become a sacred and magical place. Abbie and Hannah discuss why they both love stories, what it means that Hannah sees storytelling as “beautiful acts of survival, resistance, and community building,” and how our stories change with us. ...Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created, produced & hosted by Abbie VanMeter.Stories Lived. Stories Told. is an initiative of the CMM Institute for Personal and Social Evolution....Music for Stories Lived. Stories Told. is created by Rik Spann.Find Rik on YouTube.Listen to our conversation with Rik in Ep. 8....Visit the Stories Lived. Stories Told. website.Follow Stories Lived. Stories Told. on Instagram.Subscribe to Stories Lived. Stories Told. on YouTube.Explore all things Stories Lived. Stories Told. here.Subscribe to CMM Institute on Substack.Connect with the CMM Institute on LinkedIn and Facebook.Access all CosmoActivities for FREE!Participate in the CosmoParents Survey.Visit the CMM Institute website.Learn more about Cosmopolis 2045.
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How did you (or did you not) see yourself represented in stories growing up and how did that shape your understanding of yourself? How has your story changed? ... Hannah Soyer is a queer disabled writer living in the Midwest. She has written for nationally acclaimed publications such as The Sun Magazine, Bustle, and Cosmopolitan and is the editor of The Ending Hasn’t Happened Yet: An Anthology of Disability Poetics from Sable Books (2022). Her debu...
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