Monica Michelle is joined by Journalist Julia Metraux.
Julia lives with vasculitis, mild to moderate hearing loss, and has experienced long COVID.
In this episode, Monica and Julia discuss:
- Julia's diagnosis with vasculitis and how it influences her journalistic lens
- How community impacts the mental health of those with chronic illness
- How Julia and Monica find positives and negatives in the internet spaces for chronically ill and disabled folks
- The politics of how government, businesses, and celebrities influence the chronic illness community
TIMESTAMPS
00:32 - Julia's diagnostic journey
07:02 - Julia’s work reporting on the online community of chronic illness
16:32 - The effect of Internet communities on chronically ill and disabled folks
26:46 - How Julia’s illness impacts her work, both in what she writes about and how she manages her lifestyle
The full transcript and all links mentioned can be found on the episode page on invisiblenotbroken.com
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