Episodes

  • Turning pain into pleasure !

    Turning pain into pleasure !
    Jul 4 2023
    On the latest episode of The Sick and Sickening Sexability series *************************************** Host @multiplesclerosisfashionista and fellow Londoner @plant_based_tomboy JJ is back and exploring how MS affects our sex lives and how BDSM can be used as an empowering practice. Helping us to take precedence over how we feel in our bodies on a path to personal pleasure. JJ is a queer loudmouth lifestyle content creator and blogger living a plant based life style with multiple sclerosis. You can always find them having the most open, raw and unapologetic conversations. Never one to shy away from the real conversations that create change for the community. ********************************************** The Sick and Sickening Podcast is ⁣Hosted by : @multiplesclerosisfashionista A fierce advocate for disability rights and sex positivity as a pansexual person living with Multiple Sclerosis. She is the founder of The Sick and Sickening Podcast, where she shares unfiltered stories about living with disability and illness. Roxy's mission is to empower disabled and chronically ill individuals using her fashion background as a stylist as a tool of activism, creating space and pushing for visibility for people from ethnically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTQIA+ community. In addition to her advocacy work, Roxy campaigns for inclusion and equity, calling out the lack of diversity and inclusion within the medical industry, charity sector, and corporate businesses and organizations. She is also a strong advocate for workplace allyship, intersectionality, wellbeing, identity, and self-empowerment, and can speak about topics such as neurodiversity, body positivity, activism, and sexual health. *************************************** Disclaimer: By no means is the conversations on Sick and Sickening Podcast an alternative to medical advice. Please contact your health care advisor before changing or adding to your personal care routine . ⁣
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    31 mins
  • Then Barbara Met Alan The Disability Rights Revolution

    Then Barbara Met Alan The Disability Rights Revolution
    Apr 2 2022
    Then Barbara Met Alan Discussing the ground breaking BBC drama and the importance of the Disability Rights Movement in the UK and how we can keep pushing forward for change . Josh Merritt is a neurodivergent / disabled (autistic / dyspraxic) writer, director and now actor (apparently!). His play MADDIE recently completed a sold-out run at London's Arcola Theatre, garnering glowing reviews. He has been shortlisted for ITV Original Voices and is being mentored on the Media Trust / BBC / ScreenSkills 'Reframing Disability' programme by Rose d'Or-nominated Stu Richards (creator of BBC Three’s JERK). Josh is a commissioned writer-director with BBC Four/iPlayer and an Arts Council-funded filmmaker whose shorts have screened globally and been broadcast on television. A published playwright, his stage work has been commissioned by New Wolsey Theatre and Boundless Theatre. His plays have also been produced at Barbican, Folkestone Quarterhouse, and Shoreditch Town Hall. He is a founding member of the Barbican Young Filmmakers for whom he co-devised and created the stage show UNLEASHED. The Independent gave it five stars, and Josh's writing-directing work received an award from the producers of movie SIN CITY. He has also written for Rory Bremner on BBC Radio 4. Josh has numerous TV, film, theatre & audio projects in development including a coming-of-age film about autism with Nigel Cole (CALENDAR GIRLS, MADE IN DAGENHAM, DOC MARTIN) and Hannah Stevenson (BIFA-winning producer of EATEN BY LIONS), plus various audio fiction series with producer/director Jack Bowman (AudioMarvels, BBC Studios, Audible). www.joshmerritt.co.uk Josh’s agent: https://www.revolutiontalent.co.uk/writer-director-producers/josh-merritt www.twitter.com/Josh_Merritt1 www.linkedin.com/in/joshmerritt1 Follow us on The Sick and Sickening Instagram : https://bit.ly/3AiZzrb Follow our Host Roxy : The Multiple Sclerosis Fashionista on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3GFQETf
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    31 mins
  • My Disabled Love Language MS & Sex Part 2

    My Disabled Love Language MS & Sex Part 2
    Mar 4 2022
    Part two of pleasure and the importance of knowing and expressing your love language as a person with a chronic illness or disability. The truths behind sex , disability and accessibility. . . . . . #LoveLanguages #Sexability #DisabilityAwareness #MultipleSclerosis #MS #MSAwareness #SexualHealth #SexualEmpowerment #BabeWithAMobilityAid #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityBlogger #MultipleSclerosisFighter #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityInclusion #InvisibleIllbessawareness #InvisibleDisability #Autoimmune
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    20 mins
  • My Disabled Love Language MS & Sex

    My Disabled Love Language MS & Sex
    Feb 11 2022
    Pleasure and the importance of knowing and expressing your love language as a person with a chronic illness or disability. The truths behind sex , disability and accessibility. . . . . . #LoveLanguages #Sexability #DisabilityAwareness #MultipleSclerosis #MS #MSAwareness #SexualHealth #SexualEmpowerment #BabeWithAMobilityAid #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityBlogger #MultipleSclerosisFighter #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityInclusion #InvisibleIllbessawareness #InvisibleDisability #Autoimmune
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    9 mins
  • 5 Reasons Cannabis Should Be Legal In The UK

    5 Reasons Cannabis Should Be Legal In The UK
    Feb 10 2022
    Bonus mini episode : 5 reasons Cannabis should be legal in the UK. ************************************** Discussing the reasons why Cannabis should be medically legal in the UK. ************************************** Host: Roxy : https://instagram.com/sickandsickening_podcast⁣ https://instagram.com/multiplesclerosisfashionista⁣ *************************************** MS society UK :  https://www.mssociety.org.uk/about-ms/treatments-and-therapies/cannabis ************************************** Sativex : https://www.mstrust.org.uk/a-z/sativex-nabiximols ************************************* Bridgefarms :  https://www.bridgefarmgroup.co.uk *************************************** Grassroots The Cannabis revolution documentary :⁣ https://youtu.be/mlQ9AFjsVK8⁣ *************************************** Music by : The Apehouse⁣ Instagram :⁣ https://instagram.com/theapehouse⁣ YouTube:⁣ ://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=04tDClJqVtc Music directed by : Marcus Siyu⁣ https://instagram.com/seeyu_official.
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    10 mins
  • Does MS Ruin Your Sex Drive?

    Does MS Ruin Your Sex Drive?
    Jan 20 2022
    Sexability Season 2 of the Sick and Sickening Podcast. In today’s Episode we focus on how MS can affect our sex drives and reveal what the community believes is the number one reason why . Love Language test : https://bit.ly/3KvricU Bed Geek Wand: https://amzn.to/3KoKd9o Sick and Sickening Instagram : https://bit.ly/3AiZzrb Multiple Sclerosis Fashionista Instagram: https://bit.ly/3GFQETf
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    25 mins
  • The A.D.A.M.S Study A Study Of MS And Genetics

    The A.D.A.M.S Study A Study Of MS And Genetics
    Nov 12 2021
    *********************************** Ben is a trainee neurologist in East London and a researcher at Queen Mary University of London. His PhD project - the ADAMS study - is aiming to decipher how genes contribute to MS risk in people from non-European ancestries.  Follow Ben here : https://bit.ly/3kqL0eM What is the ADAMS study? We are doing a study to understand how genes cause Multiple Sclerosis in people from different ancestral backgrounds. If you would like to participate click this link : https://bit.ly/3n8L4BE You can find the MS Society’s summary of the project here. Ruth Dobson and Ben Jacobs write up about Ethnicity and MS for the 'Advances in Clinical Neuroscience and Rehabilitation' journal - you can read it here.   *********************************** Sick and Sickening is a Bi-weekly Podcast. ⁣Hosted by the Multiple Sclerosis Fashionista follow them on : https://bit.ly/3gAatQH They are A MS Warrior advocating for Inclusion in the health sector. Disabled Blogger & Health & Sex Advocate. Podcast Host of https://bit.ly/3DiaMJX The Chronically Fabulous Podcast Sharing The Stories of Chronic Illness Warriors #WeAreNotInvisible *********************************** Disclaimer: By no means are the conversations on Sick and Sickening an alternative to medical advice. Please contact your health care advisor before changing or adding to your personal care routine . ⁣ ***********************************
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    17 mins
  • Sincerely MS With Maria

    Sincerely MS With Maria
    Oct 29 2021
    *********************************** Maria shares her story of what it’s like to be newly diagnosed with MS within a pandemic . The fears, isolation and misconceptions of MS and the beauty of using fashion to brighten any day . Maria Frangeskou Is a sustainable vintage Fashion lover . Originally born in Birmingham now residing in London . Follow her : https://bit.ly/3jNbdUd *********************************** Sick and Sickening is a Bi-weekly Podcast. ⁣Hosted by the Multiple Sclerosis Fashionista follow them on : https://bit.ly/3gAatQH They are A MS Warrior advocating for Inclusion in the health sector. Disabled Blogger & Health & Sex Advocate. Podcast Host of https://bit.ly/3DiaMJX The Chronically Fabulous Podcast Sharing The Stories of Chronic Illness Warriors #WEARENOTINVISIBLE *********************************** Books mentioned in the podcast : * Awkward Bitch By Marlo Donato Parmelee: https://amzn.to/3bjhcM7 * Power Of Now By Eckhart Tolle : https://amzn.to/31bXO1L *********************************** Disclaimer: By no means is the conversation on Sick and Sickening an alternative to medical advice. Please contact your health care advisor before changing or adding to your personal care routine . ⁣ ***********************************
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    33 mins