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“Hardest f—kin years of my life”: Comedian Casey Frey says he may have Long COVID
Earlier this week, comedian, actor, and dancer Casey Frey disclosed to that he may have Long COVID to his nearly two million Instagram followers. Frey became a popular public figure after creating videos on the now-defunct social media app, Vine, before starring in music videos by Tiësto and The Knocks. The 31-year-old has also appeared…
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“Marching from home”: New rock musical embodies the challenges and resistance of people with energy-limiting diseases
Last weekend, a lucky group of disabled and chronically ill theatergoers in New York City attended a show that reflected their experiences and access needs. The new, non-narrative rock musical, called “Dan Fishback is Alive, Unwell, and Living in his Apartment,” ran for two sold-out performances at the Public Theater’s Joe’s Pub on Saturday and…
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“It’s not an individual problem, it’s everyone’s”: Matt McGorry shares his experience with Long COVID
This fall, activist and actor Matt McGorry disclosed on social media that he has Long COVID in an educational, two-part video series. In the videos, shared with over a million followers, McGorry talked about his experience with the disease and summarized key scientific information. He described the project as a “catch-up” for viewers unaware of…
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Special edition zine: One year of The Sick Times
We made a zine! To celebrate our first anniversary, we commissioned artist Katie Drackert to create a printable mini-magazine of our first year’s highlights, as well as top Long COVID and COVID-19 resources. Please print it and distribute it widely!
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Video essay: Taipei on what it’s like being a drag artist with Long COVID
In our first video essay for The Sick Times, drag artist Taipei talks about how Long COVID impacts her work as a performer and how many spaces are inaccessible for disabled performers due to a lack of COVID-19 precautions. Transcript: What’s it like to be a drag artist living with Long COVID? Let’s talk about…
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Missing the gig: When your subculture leaves you behind with Long COVID
“Maybe now vocalists will finally start bringing their own mics,” I tweeted in the first days of March 2020. My virtual audience was mostly friends I met by participating in subcultures in and adjacent to the DIY tendency of hardcore punk rock. In those early days, we on the cultural fringes shared a sense that…
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Solange Knowles thanks chronic illness community, shares POTS, MCAS, and Sjögren’s diagnoses
Earlier this week, Grammy-award winning musician Solange Knowles briefly shared three diagnoses and paid gratitude to the chronic illness community. Knowles replied in the comments of a Shaun Ross Instagram post that detailed his experience with Long COVID and postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). The singer wrote that she was also diagnosed with POTS, as…
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Filmmaker Jesse Ridgway shares experience with Long COVID with millions of followers
Filmmaker and popular YouTuber Jesse Ridgway, 32, recently shared his year-long experience with Long COVID on social media. Well known as “McJuggerNuggets” on YouTube, Ridgway has accumulated over two billion views on his videos and gathered more than four million subscribers on his channel. He is also an award-winning filmmaker, currently working as an executive…
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The first major novel on Long COVID falls for harmful tropes. It doesn’t have to be this way.
More than four years into the pandemic, There’s Nothing Wrong with Her is the first novel from a mainstream American publishing company to explore the experience of Long COVID. Hopefully, more will follow to further explore — and educate readers about — the nature of this illness, but for now, Weinberg’s novel stands alone.
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Iconic musician Sérgio Mendes dies while battling Long COVID
Los Angeles: World-renowned musician Sérgio Mendes, 83, died while fighting the effects of Long COVID, according to a recent statement by his family. “For the last several months,” the family wrote, “his health has been challenged by the effects of long term COVID.” Mendes died on September 5, surrounded by his partner, Gracinha Leporace Mendes,…
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