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The Last Taboo (2012) Trailer

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    My first word was "squirrel", I think.
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    My next word was Mom,
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    and the word after that was "disability".
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    It was a word that I needed to be able to articulate
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    something that was going on with my body.
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    I personally don't actually like the word "disability"
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    to describe what's going on with me
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    because it's not,
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    to me it's not specific enough, I guess.
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    Cuz it just sounds like my ability is dissed [LAUGHING].
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    The problem with the word "disability"
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    is that it has a negative connotation from the get-go.
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    It automatically implies that there's something
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    that somebody can't,
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    or something that somebody isn't,
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    and that becomes defining,
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    a foundational definition of the way somebody thinks of somebody.
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    [PIANO MUSIC...]
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    So for me,
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    I was injured in the part of the spinal cord
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    which is exactly right in the area where sexual ennervation takes place.
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    But I had to find out for myself what all of this meant.
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    I think that queer sex, being able to have queer sex,
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    and opening myself up to queer sex
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    and feeling good about it
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    has been a lot about what it has taught me about how to have sex
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    both with a different body and with different bodies,
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    because you already are thinking about
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    new ways that you do things,
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    you're already thinking outside of this like normative paradigm
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    of like, missionary position and "this is how people have sex".
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    It became more and more about just me and my personal growth
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    as an individual in a relationship,
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    and less and less about my body and my disability.
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    Having sex in my wheelchair is RAD!
Title:
The Last Taboo (2012) Trailer
Description:

The Last Taboo on NPR http://www.wbur.org/2012/07/17/sex-disability-taboo-film

http://thelasttaboodocumentary.com

The Last Taboo tells the gripping and heart-warming story of six people with various physical disabilities and an able-bodied partner who was in a relationship with one of them. These individuals share their perspectives on intimacy, relationships and what their experiences have taught them about themselves. The Last Taboo asks us to step outside of our comfort zone in order to reconsider our misconceptions regarding disability, identity, gender, attraction, beauty and sexuality. Everyone deserves the touch of another person.

Documentary

Written and Directed by
Alexander Freeman

Produced by
Anne Scotina
Alexander Freeman
Andrew Christenson
Gabriella Iarrobino

Executive Producers
Anne Scotina
Eugene J. Doran Jr

Music by
Miro Kepinski
Dan Barrenechea
Caleb Williams

Director of Photography
Daniel Olivares

Edited by
Ryan Egan
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Video Language:
English
Duration:
02:02
Radical Access Mapping Project added a translation

English subtitles

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