Tuesday, October 14, 12-1PM. Hamilton 224/225. Lunch provided. Open to Jefferson students.
Join us for a discussion of an excerpt from Sex with a Brain Injury: On Concussion and Recovery by Annie Liontas.
After suffering multiple concussions, Annie Liontas shares what it means to be one of the “walking wounded” in Sex with a Brain Injury. Liontas weaves history, philosophy, and personal accounts to interrogate and expand representations of mental health, ability, and disability—particularly in relation to women and the LGBT community. Liontas uncovers the surprising legacy of brain injury, examining its role in culture, the criminal justice system, and through historical figures like Henry VIII and Harriet Tubman. Facing fear, rage, physical suffering, and the effects of head trauma on their marriage and other relationships, Liontas reckons with their own queer mother’s battle with addiction and finds echoes in their pain. The hidden gift of injury, Liontas writes, is the ability to connect with others.
Participants will be notified when the reading is available. Copies of Sex with a Brain Injury will be available for students after the discussion.
Facilitator:
Katherine Hubbard, MA, Teaching Instructor, JeffMD Humanities Selectives, Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
Participants are expected to read, and come prepared to discuss, the text selected for each session. To access the reading, participants must visit the Health Humanities Reading Group module in the Jefferson Humanities & Health organization on Canvas. Most Asano students are already users in the Humanities & Health Canvas course. If that is not the case, participants may email Kirsten Bowen, Humanities Program Coordinator
About the Health Humanities Reading Group:
The Health Humanities Reading Group gathers regularly to think critically about health as it is understood through various disciplinary perspectives, social contexts and value systems. This ongoing program is open to students, faculty and staff, and offers an informal learning environment facilitated by participants. Participants are expected to read, and come prepared to discuss, the text selected for each session.