Athena Stevens on Disability Justice, Globe Theater Lawsuit, and AI's Impact

The Genesis of Disability

• 💡 Athena Stevens' disability was a result of medical malpractice when a doctor disregarded her mother's concerns and scan results, leading to her being born dead.
• 🧠 While not making her angry, this event has profoundly shaped her life, impacting her emotions, psychology, and thoughts, though she acknowledges her magnificent brain and talents.
• 🎭 Stevens identifies as an outlier who doesn't live within the system, possessing skills and brilliance that are often overlooked.

Artistic Expression and Universality

• ✍️ Stevens is pioneering a new type of writing, akin to the Harlem Renaissance, aiming to give language to unexplored areas of human existence that are reality-based and human-based, not identity-based.
• 🌍 Globalism and interconnectedness mean individuals are affected by others' decisions, highlighting the need to understand how to live with the impacts of people we never met, a concept amplified by events like the pandemic.
• 🎨 She aspires to write literature that will last, rather than