Russell is best known for her work in disability studies, and her theory of disability is called the “money model,” which this essay provides a brief overview of. Marta Russell’s watershed work on capitalism and disability has been long overlooked and ignored by both the left and the mainstream disability community. More about the exhibition can be found in the image descriptions as well as in the endnotes. All images accompanying this essay, other than the portrait of Marta Russell, are works by the artist Park McArthur from her 2014 show called “Ramps” which featured an explicit connection to Russell’s work and took place a little over a year after Russell’s death. My hope is that this short essay can both celebrate the life and work of Marta Russel on the 8th anniversary of her death, and also get people previously unfamiliar with her work excited for the symposium that will be coming later on. Coming next year is a symposium on Russell’s work that I am curating with legal scholar, Karen Tani, and my Health Communism co-author and Death Panel collaborator, Artie Vierkant -beyond mentioning it’s happening I can’t say much more about this project at this time-consider this the soft announcement and stay tuned for more in the new year. Kevin Gotkin has been doing amazing work rounding up links, events, and writing relevant to the disability community in a weekly newsletter format.įor those who might be interested in learning a little more about Russell’s work and life, I thought I would share a recent essay I wrote about her contribution to the disability model framework-it’s really a long-form edition of the Crip News Memoria Mortuorum I wrote. If you’re not familiar with the project, I highly recommend subscribing. This week I had the pleasure of writing a guest segment memorializing the life of Marta Russell for this week’s edition of Crip News.
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