Dr. Danielle ”Dani” Bacibianco

Queerstories of Recovery: Voices from the Margin

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Queerstories of Recovery: Voices from the Margin is a digital storytelling podcast founded and hosted by the creator of V oices from Rock Bottom, Dr. Dani Bacibianco. The series is dedicated to amplifying the lived experiences of queer individuals in recovery, particularly those whose identities have been marginalized or silenced within mainstream recovery spaces and academic institutions. Queerstories also positions a specific lens on the intersection of recovery, queerness, and institutional exclusion: critiquing the pro-alcohol norms prevalent within higher education and providing a dedicat...

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Dr. Danielle ”Dani” Bacibianco

Episodes

S1: E4 “Beyond the Canon: A Post-Mortem on the History of Rhetoric” Video 01.07.2026 1:04:44

What happens when a college classroom becomes the beginning of a much larger conversation? In this episode of Queerstories of Recovery: Voices from the Margin, Dr. Danielle Bacibianco welcomes former students to revisit questions that extend beyond academia and into lived experience. Together, they examine addiction recovery through the lens of rhetorical theory, exploring how stories of recovery...

S1: E3 “Narrative Resiliency: Latinx Literature, Sobriety, and the Atypical Path with Professor Lisa Quinones” Video 30.03.2026 43:37

In Season 1, Episode 3 of the Queerstories of Recovery podcast, host Dr. Danielle (Dani) Bacibianco sits down with Lisa Quinones-Fontanez, a writer, advocate, and the creator of the blog Autism Wonderland. The episode provides an intimate and intersectional look at the journey of sobriety, identity, and resilience. Lisa Quinones is a prominent voice in the Bronx community and the neurodiversity mo...

S1: E2 "Queer, Sober, and Academic: Unmasking Alcohol's Hold on the Ivory Tower, a Chat with Dee" Video 19.03.2026 1:05:01

In Season 1, Episode 2 of Queer Stories of Recovery, Dr. Dani sits with Dee, a genderqueer sociology scholar and sober academic, to discuss how alcohol use disorder is recognized as a disability and how academic culture normalizes drinking, overwork, and exclusion. They unpack the harm of alchogenic institutions, the challenges of being queer and sober in a Midwest Catholic university, and the lim...

S1: E1 “Economies of Misery and the Experience of the Queer Sober Academic, a Chat with Dr. Bryan J. McCann” Video 19.03.2026 1:04:38

Dr. Dani Bacibianco and Dr. Bryan J. McCann explore what it means to be sober and queer in academia, from conference bar culture to the pressures that equate productivity with burnout. Together, they discuss reclaiming space, speaking truth to institutional silence, and how recovery can be a form of queer world-making. Listeners will hear honest, personal reflections on stigma, community, and resi...