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Two Long COVID-focused performances show the power of art for reflection and solidarity
Two performances on April 24, in New York City and online, demonstrated how arts and theater spaces have become increasingly inaccessible to people with Long COVID, other chronic illnesses, and disabilities over the course of the ongoing pandemic — and how those artists are creating new spaces for themselves.
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A timely book of poetry chronicles a mother — and her daughters’ — experience with Long COVID
Breath / is not something / anyone would dare / to hold right now, / even for luck, Ann E. Wallace wrote on the 33rd day of her acute COVID-19 case, during the first wave of the pandemic in spring 2020. Half a decade later, breathing still doesn’t come easy for the Poet Laureate Emeritus…
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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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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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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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