See the Cripple Dance: Witchcraft for crazy people
Maranda Elizabeth introduces themself as Little Red Tarot’s newest contributor in their column See the Cripple Dance. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: To be disabled is to resist
What does it mean to resist while housebound? Maranda Elizabeth reads Starhadwk’s Dreaming the Dark. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: Finding agency and autonomy through isolation and grief
Do you know crip-time? Do you know crip-grief? Maranda presents a sick and disabled re-imagining of the Eight of Cups. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: To be crazy as a loon
Maranda reads the Two of Swords and Two of Pentacles with ghosts in their hometown. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: On the urgency of writing, borderline dreamscapes, and feelings hidden behind the prolific
Maranda explores BPD, sleeping pills, and the prolific with the Six of Swords and Daughter / Queen of Swords. Read more
See the cripple dance: Bruises as a sign of healing, lilac season, and becoming nobody
Maranda explores the Three of Swords, access intimacy, and the emotions of inaccessibility. Read more
See the cripple dance: Re-reading the Five of Pentacles as cripple-magic
Dumpster-diving and resisting ableism with the Five of Pentacles. Read more
See the cripple dance: The Seven of Cups and the pleasure of sadness
Summertime sadness, becoming smitten with yourself, and navigating internal worlds with the Seven of Cups. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: The Sun and The Moon, being looked at vs. being seen
Maranda Elizabeth encounters creeps & witches alike on the path of self-like. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: The (in)tangibilities of writing, dreaming, & trusting
“Each time I finish a project, each time somebody tells me my writing has helped keep them alive, I remember that I am one of the ones who was not expected to survive.” Read more
See the Cripple Dance: Unlearning sarcasm & self-deprecation with the Six of Cups
On shameless sincerity, and allowing ourselves and our fictional characters to be complicated. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: Strength as intimacy, intimacy as strength
Are you the human or the lion? Maranda re-imagines Strength as care & change. Read more
See the Cripple Dance: The Chariot and using public transit while disabled and crazy
Maranda discusses crip-time, the exhaustion of talking to non-disabled people, and everything you can’t fathom because you weren’t there. Read more
See the cripple dance: On Temperance, bravado, and wanting to change the world
Maranda discusses self-awareness, public meltdowns, and using the cards to reduce harm to themself and others. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Four of Swords as cripple writer and chronic over-sharer
On recuperation from burnout, claiming anti-productivity, and seeing our hands as always-in-prayer. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Nine of Wands, migraines, & living a creative life
Maranda discusses believability & environmental illness, asking if sickness can be liberating. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Embodying the Fool & finding beauty in the escape
Maranda shares brief thoughts and non-revelations on an impulsive trip. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | City-fascination, fibromyalgia, & fiction
Maranda connects the Ace of Wands to disabled psychogeography, learning (& cripping) new words, and inventing literary genres. Read more
See the cripple dance | The Wheel of Fortune: Learning to accept good luck
When good things happen to you, what are your first thoughts? When your wishes come true, do you tell anyone? Read more
See the cripple dance | Idealist pessimism & cynical romance
Exploring unconventional relationships, intimacy through paid transactions, and mutual care with the Lovers. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Two of Cups: Becoming skilled in emotional conversations and collaborations
Maranda discusses the possibility of no longer losing one’s sense of self in another, and relationships and friendships as always in process. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Seven of Swords: Shoplifting, style, & survival
Re-visiting the ways in which sick, disabled, & poor people are scolded or punished for having fun (or having anything). Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Nine of Swords: Tears, fears, & being both the caring and the cared for
In which those sharp, bloody swords are connected to medical procedures. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Six of Swords: Celebrating seven years of sobriety
Leaving behind substances, bad habits, & stagnation without fear; the Six of Swords is growing up, maturing, moving on. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Trusting the Ace of Pentacles to provide access & luck during tumultuous times
On disabled bodies becoming cockroaches, scars, protests, & altars: Maranda reflects on a recent election. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | The Four of Wands & constructing rooms & bodies of belonging
On the political position of the tenant, & the creative process of imagining homes. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Post-surgery & post-break-up introspection with the Page of Cups
On reading poetry, refusing to hide from pain, and blossoming in the mud during Chiron Retrograde. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | The sparks that build The Tower & then burn it down
On the weight of the wreckage of the loss of love during recuperation from surgery. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Leaving things unfinished while wandering & recalibrating with the Seven of Pentacles
Maranda on sickness as a sign that life has become unmanageable again. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | Learning what happens when the figure in Eight of Cups walks beyond our sight
From one form of grief to another, one form of relief to another… Read more
See the Cripple Dance | When the Four of Cups reminds us to resist apathy & cynicism even as we’re being attacked
On attending an anti-poverty march, coping ahead, and dreaming despite disaster. Read more
See the Cripple Dance | A farewell: Eight of Pentacles, language, & emerging themes of Venus Retrograde
In their final column, Maranda talks about building a legacy word-by-word, a commitment to further development of writing skills, and imagining age. Read more