Unwell to Begin With

By mholmberg

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Biology and the environmental movement have a eugenics problem. Eugenics has also been gaining ground in public policy and discourse in many parts of the world lately, with scientists, policymakers, physicians, wellness influencers, and techbros alike increasingly posing it as a solution to intensifying socio-ecological crises. But what do disabled people and others in the crosshairs of this ideology — those of us who are ”unwell to begin with,” according to this logic — have to say about nature and the not-so-natural disasters reverberating across our communities? What lessons do crip knowledge, creativity, joy, and practices of interdependence offer urgently right now? Taking love for crip and allied communities as our starting place, we talk to people with diverse expertise about how they understand socio-ecological problems and challenge eugenic “solutions” in their environmental thinking and politics. This work is funded by a SSHRC Insight Grant of the Canadian government.

Episode Date
Episode 4: Trans studies speaks back to invasion biology, with Drs. Anita Simha and Banu Subramaniam
Apr 24, 2026
Episode 3: Silicon Valley's TESCREAL eugenics cult with Dr. Émile Torres
Oct 26, 2025
Episode 2: "Life is built on a rickety stool" with Dr. Haley Branch
Aug 26, 2025
Episode 1: Autistic Knowledge Ecologies with Dr. Audra Mitchell
Jun 02, 2025