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Beyond the Binary: Maria Pendolino on Disability, Fat Liberation, and Voiceover
Voice actor Maria Pendolino joins Lily for an episode that challenges the narrow way society views disability. Maria shares her experiences as an ambulatory mobility-aid user, explaining how fluctuating conditions are often misunderstood or erased in media and medicine. With candid honesty, she connects her journey of psoriatic arthritis, knee replacements, and self-advocacy to building a career that truly works for her body, through voiceover and a fully accessible home studio.
The conversation also takes on fat bias in healthcare, how outdated tools like BMI continue to be used to deny or…
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