Collected Item: “Christie Peetoom, Oral History 2022/09/22”
Title
Christie Peetoom
Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.
Kit Heintzman
Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.
Christie Peetoom
Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.
kheintzman@gmail.com
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
#anxiety, #church, #coach, #COVID+, #dance, #freedom, #Idaho, #Ivermectin, #introvert, #manipulation, #marriage, #motherhood, #naturopath, #smallbusiness, #sport, #teaching, #trauma, #vaccination, #Washington
What is the format of your recording?
Video
In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.
Idaho
What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*
Female
What is the age of the interviewee?
35 to 44
How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*
White - Latina
Describe the oral history.
Some of the things we discussed include:
Having just started working as a high school cheer coach at the beginning of the pandemic.
Running a dance studio, moving classes online and outside, pre-recorded lessons, taped rehearsals.
Learning new technology to teach.
First hearing about the pandemic while in Hawaii on a family vacation.
Contacting the health department early in the pandemic about safety precautions and not getting answers; growing skepticism about the value of lockdowns.
Washington state banning the prescription of Ivermectin.
Moving from Washington State to Idaho during the pandemic due to restrictions; changing relationship with one’s hometown.
Being an introvert and watching extroverted husband and son struggling; humans as social creatures.
Narratives associated with breaking social distancing guidelines: bad mom, selfish.
Catching COVID while out of state, having traveled for an uncle’s, Norm’s, funeral; outdoor funeral, motorcycle procession.
Driving home from California with COVID.
Cranial sacral therapy treatment for COVID.
Having lasting relationships with medical professionals: family physician, chiropractor, naturopath.
Preferring natural medicines instead of pharmaceuticals and vaccinations.
Treating COVID with Ivermectin; husband hospitalized for 5 days with COVID for low oxygen; worries about him not returning from the hospital.
Daughter going into the hospital alone without an adult advocate.
Earlier lead poisoning impacting the experience of COVID.
Naturopath recommending against vaccination; writing a medical exemption.
Religious medical exemption; faith and the importance of discernment.
Brain washing, manipulation, and abusive tactics in government rhetoric.
Different ways of presenting data: the same information can look more or less scary depending on how it is relayed.
Inconsistent policies for unvaccinated workers.
Becoming the voice for other school workers who did not want to be vaccinated but who could not afford to lose their jobs.
COVID policies as exercises of power over others.
Vaccine and testing regulations impacting children’s sports.
Outbreaks happening among vaccinated people.
Vaccines failing to live up to their promises.
Homeschooling children.
The pandemic’s impact on mental health.
Other cultural references: Zoom, YouTube, WIAA.
See also:
https://www.infinitydancecompany.com/about
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/unvaccinated-borderite-cheer-coach-fired-for-not-meeting-school-exemption-accommodations,18200
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/283236/Newsletter_2019_-_January.pdf
https://www.lyndentribune.com/peter-pan-is-produced-against-all-odds/article_e96698ba-c627-11ea-8027-f7edfe4938a8.html
Having just started working as a high school cheer coach at the beginning of the pandemic.
Running a dance studio, moving classes online and outside, pre-recorded lessons, taped rehearsals.
Learning new technology to teach.
First hearing about the pandemic while in Hawaii on a family vacation.
Contacting the health department early in the pandemic about safety precautions and not getting answers; growing skepticism about the value of lockdowns.
Washington state banning the prescription of Ivermectin.
Moving from Washington State to Idaho during the pandemic due to restrictions; changing relationship with one’s hometown.
Being an introvert and watching extroverted husband and son struggling; humans as social creatures.
Narratives associated with breaking social distancing guidelines: bad mom, selfish.
Catching COVID while out of state, having traveled for an uncle’s, Norm’s, funeral; outdoor funeral, motorcycle procession.
Driving home from California with COVID.
Cranial sacral therapy treatment for COVID.
Having lasting relationships with medical professionals: family physician, chiropractor, naturopath.
Preferring natural medicines instead of pharmaceuticals and vaccinations.
Treating COVID with Ivermectin; husband hospitalized for 5 days with COVID for low oxygen; worries about him not returning from the hospital.
Daughter going into the hospital alone without an adult advocate.
Earlier lead poisoning impacting the experience of COVID.
Naturopath recommending against vaccination; writing a medical exemption.
Religious medical exemption; faith and the importance of discernment.
Brain washing, manipulation, and abusive tactics in government rhetoric.
Different ways of presenting data: the same information can look more or less scary depending on how it is relayed.
Inconsistent policies for unvaccinated workers.
Becoming the voice for other school workers who did not want to be vaccinated but who could not afford to lose their jobs.
COVID policies as exercises of power over others.
Vaccine and testing regulations impacting children’s sports.
Outbreaks happening among vaccinated people.
Vaccines failing to live up to their promises.
Homeschooling children.
The pandemic’s impact on mental health.
Other cultural references: Zoom, YouTube, WIAA.
See also:
https://www.infinitydancecompany.com/about
https://www.thenorthernlight.com/stories/unvaccinated-borderite-cheer-coach-fired-for-not-meeting-school-exemption-accommodations,18200
https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/283236/Newsletter_2019_-_January.pdf
https://www.lyndentribune.com/peter-pan-is-produced-against-all-odds/article_e96698ba-c627-11ea-8027-f7edfe4938a8.html
On what date did you record this oral history?
2022-09-22T08:04