I Am My Own Laboratory

The film does not include any LGBTQ+ characters or stories about non-cisgender identities. It focuses solely on the life of the main subject.

The documentary highlights the strong role of a woman who defies medical norms to lead scientific research. This challenges traditional male-dominated intellectual hierarchies.

The story centers on a specific British aristocrat and her personal history, creating a homogeneous social context that lacks diverse racial or ethnic representation.

The film emphasizes subjective experiences over institutional norms, presenting a critique of Western medical dominance through the lens of psychedelic research.

The film examines altered states of consciousness and neurodivergence through the lens of ability to act. Feilding’s self-experimentation is portrayed as reclaiming bodily and mental autonomy.