Sick and Sickening

Roxy and Charlie sit down and converse about Charlie’s journey to diagnosis , HSCT, art as therapy and living iconically with multiple sclerosis. Charlie Jenkins is a 26-year-old creative whirlwind from South London who lives with relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis. Charlie’s mind never seems to rest! Passionate about all things art, Charlie thrives on spilling their thoughts and a bit of paint onto the canvas. Always up for a new challenge, Charlie is the perfect collaborator for anyone looking to create something bold and exciting. Instagram: @monocle_sloth @monocle_sloth_media Roxy Murray is an internationally recognised advocate for disability rights, adaptive fashion, patient empowerment, and radical inclusivity, living boldly as a pansexual individual with Multiple Sclerosis. A proud member of the BBC 100 Women 2024 and the Disability Power 100 list, Roxy’s impactful work has earned her a place among the world’s leading voices for change. As an established host and podcaster, she founded The Sick and Sickening Podcast, a platform where she shares raw, unfiltered stories about navigating disability and chronic illness. Leveraging her background as a stylist, Roxy empowers disabled and chronically ill individuals to embrace accessible, adaptive fashion with style and confidence. She consults on art direction and styling, while occasionally stepping in front of the camera as a model. Roxy’s voice has resonated across media platforms, with features in Vogue UK, Refinery29, and other major outlets, where she contributes to critical discussions on diversity and inclusion. A familiar face on TV, she advocates for visibility for ethnically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTQIA+ community. Her work unapologetically calls out the lack of diversity in the fashion industry, medical communities, charities, and corporate sectors, driving forward meaningful, systemic change. A sought-after speaker, Roxy shines on topics like neurodiversity, body positivity, sexual health, workplace allyship, and self-empowerment. Her work champions intersectionality, wellbeing, adaptive fashion, and a future where radical inclusivity is the norm Instagram: @MultipleSclerosisFashionista @TheSickAndSickeningPodcast

On the latest episode of The Sick and Sickening Sexability series *************************************** Host @multiplesclerosisfashionista and fellow Londoner @plant_based_tomboy JJ is back and exploring how MS affects our sex lives and how BDSM can be used as an empowering practice. Helping us to take precedence over how we feel in our bodies on a path to personal pleasure. JJ is a queer loudmouth lifestyle content creator and blogger living a plant based life style with multiple sclerosis. You can always find them having the most open, raw and unapologetic conversations. Never one to shy away from the real conversations that create change for the community. ********************************************** The Sick and Sickening Podcast is ⁣Hosted by : @multiplesclerosisfashionista A fierce advocate for disability rights and sex positivity as a pansexual person living with Multiple Sclerosis. She is the founder of The Sick and Sickening Podcast, where she shares unfiltered stories about living with disability and illness. Roxy's mission is to empower disabled and chronically ill individuals using her fashion background as a stylist as a tool of activism, creating space and pushing for visibility for people from ethnically diverse backgrounds and the LGBTQIA+ community. In addition to her advocacy work, Roxy campaigns for inclusion and equity, calling out the lack of diversity and inclusion within the medical industry, charity sector, and corporate businesses and organizations. She is also a strong advocate for workplace allyship, intersectionality, wellbeing, identity, and self-empowerment, and can speak about topics such as neurodiversity, body positivity, activism, and sexual health. *************************************** Disclaimer: By no means is the conversations on Sick and Sickening Podcast an alternative to medical advice. Please contact your health care advisor before changing or adding to your personal care routine . ⁣

Then Barbara Met Alan Discussing the ground breaking BBC drama and the importance of the Disability Rights Movement in the UK and how we can keep pushing forward for change . Josh Merritt is a neurodivergent / disabled (autistic / dyspraxic) writer, director and now actor (apparently!). His play MADDIE recently completed a sold-out run at London's Arcola Theatre, garnering glowing reviews. He has been shortlisted for ITV Original Voices and is being mentored on the Media Trust / BBC / ScreenSkills 'Reframing Disability' programme by Rose d'Or-nominated Stu Richards (creator of BBC Three’s JERK). Josh is a commissioned writer-director with BBC Four/iPlayer and an Arts Council-funded filmmaker whose shorts have screened globally and been broadcast on television. A published playwright, his stage work has been commissioned by New Wolsey Theatre and Boundless Theatre. His plays have also been produced at Barbican, Folkestone Quarterhouse, and Shoreditch Town Hall. He is a founding member of the Barbican Young Filmmakers for whom he co-devised and created the stage show UNLEASHED. The Independent gave it five stars, and Josh's writing-directing work received an award from the producers of movie SIN CITY. He has also written for Rory Bremner on BBC Radio 4. Josh has numerous TV, film, theatre & audio projects in development including a coming-of-age film about autism with Nigel Cole (CALENDAR GIRLS, MADE IN DAGENHAM, DOC MARTIN) and Hannah Stevenson (BIFA-winning producer of EATEN BY LIONS), plus various audio fiction series with producer/director Jack Bowman (AudioMarvels, BBC Studios, Audible). www.joshmerritt.co.uk Josh’s agent: https://www.revolutiontalent.co.uk/writer-director-producers/josh-merritt www.twitter.com/Josh_Merritt1 www.linkedin.com/in/joshmerritt1 Follow us on The Sick and Sickening Instagram : https://bit.ly/3AiZzrb Follow our Host Roxy : The Multiple Sclerosis Fashionista on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3GFQETf

Part two of pleasure and the importance of knowing and expressing your love language as a person with a chronic illness or disability. The truths behind sex , disability and accessibility. . . . . . #LoveLanguages #Sexability #DisabilityAwareness #MultipleSclerosis #MS #MSAwareness #SexualHealth #SexualEmpowerment #BabeWithAMobilityAid #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityBlogger #MultipleSclerosisFighter #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityInclusion #InvisibleIllbessawareness #InvisibleDisability #Autoimmune

Pleasure and the importance of knowing and expressing your love language as a person with a chronic illness or disability. The truths behind sex , disability and accessibility. . . . . . #LoveLanguages #Sexability #DisabilityAwareness #MultipleSclerosis #MS #MSAwareness #SexualHealth #SexualEmpowerment #BabeWithAMobilityAid #DisabilityAdvocate #DisabilityBlogger #MultipleSclerosisFighter #DisabledAndProud #DisabilityInclusion #InvisibleIllbessawareness #InvisibleDisability #Autoimmune