Sending strength and solidarity to all impacted by these swingeing cuts, at the university and in Nottingham, a city that forever remains in my heart~ my daughter was born at Queens Medical Centre.

Like the books and calendars Gina and the late cartoonist Tony Husband produced, heart-felt, compassionate and humorous resources that touched so many. The work of the alliance and its legacy will live on.

This is not just a talk—it's a gold standard opportunity to experience how disability art powerfully challenges the psychological underpinnings of ableism while exposing the absurdities of our economic system. 17th June 2025, 1400-1700, Wates House @uniofsurrey.bsky.social

Drawing on 20 years of bipolar lived experience, Raven offers a darkly humorous yet poignant examination of how mental health conditions are stigmatized and commodified. The session includes film, AI-generated music, and invites participants to transform their future anxieties into a soundscape.

via a blend of disability satire and academic critique, Raven transforms the tears of PhD students and adjunct faculty into "therapeutic elixirs," explores the olfactory dimensions of mood disorders, and reveals how diagnosis might become the next competitive marketplace in our AI-disrupted future.