EPISODE · Jan 5, 2026 · 27 MIN
"Without Hands": Sarah Biffin
from Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist · host Madigan
In this week’s episode, Madigan brings you the story of Sarah Biffin, an English artist born with phocomelia (a condition where infants are born without arms or legs) who would go on to paint miniature portraits for the royals, and break society’s idea of what a woman with disabilities is capable of. Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: [email protected] Social media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist Get YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/ JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist Sources: https://artuk.org/discover/stories/sarah-biffin-the-celebrated-nineteenth-century-artist-born-without-arms-or-legs https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/22/the-lady-without-legs-or-arms-how-an-artist-shattered-victorian-ideas-about-disability https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/sarah-biffin https://philipmould.com/exhibitions/31-without-hands-the-art-of-sarah-biffin/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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In this week’s episode, Madigan brings you the story of Sarah Biffin, an English artist born with phocomelia (a condition where infants are born without arms or legs) who would go on to paint miniature portraits for the royals, and break society’s idea of what a woman with disabilities is capable of. Do you have a topic that you want the show to take on? Email: [email protected] Social media: Instagram: @angryneighborhoodfeminist Get YANF Merch! https://yanfpodcast.threadless.com/ JOIN ME ON PATREON!! https://www.patreon.com/angryneighborhoodfeminist Sources: https://artuk.org/discover/stories/sarah-biffin-the-celebrated-nineteenth-century-artist-born-without-arms-or-legs https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/22/the-lady-without-legs-or-arms-how-an-artist-shattered-victorian-ideas-about-disability https://www.rejectedprincesses.com/princesses/sarah-biffin https://philipmould.com/exhibitions/31-without-hands-the-art-of-sarah-biffin/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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"Without Hands": Sarah Biffin
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