The Cruelty of Progressive Eugenics
Fighting eugenics with more eugenics, viral sanism, and ableist online discourse from "people who should know better” Two events happened recently that have...
Disability & Genocide in Gaza
Genocide & mass disablement Disability Pride month has come to an end. It isn't just a month to celebrate disability pride, but also a month to talk about...
The Ugly Laws, Institutionalization, and the Latest Executive Order
Just my initial thoughts, more to come later Image description for accessibility: dark background with text that reads: "THE END OF THE UGLY LAWS Personal...
Chronic illness, wellness, and the politics of “identity”
On the phrase "Stop making your chronic illness your whole identity"
A Particularly Brutal "Autism Acceptance" Month
We deserve better.
Medicaid & Healthcare Justice
Just some brief thoughts based on my own experiences.
Section 504 is Under Attack
We all need to do what we can to protect it.
RFK Jr's Confirmation Hearing is on Wednesday
What I'm worried about as a chronically ill, neurodivergent woman.
On COVID Surges & Denial
"Back to normal" is a myth.
Two poems I wrote in 2020
On pandemics & eugenics under capitalism
Centering Chronic Pain in the Discussions on US Healthcare
Don't let chronic pain patients get lost in these conversations.
Healthism: an introduction
For those unfamiliar with the term & how it applies to wellness culture
RFK Jr. Doesn't Care About Your Health
And neither does that wellness influencer selling you expensive supplements
Post-election Thoughts
I've been working on this for all of this week and I just want to get it out there already. Here are all my thoughts about the election results, the last...
Life with Irritable Heart Syndrome (POTS)
Today is the last day of Dysautonomia Awareness Month. I have been diagnosed with a type of Dysautonomia known as Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome,...
Chronic illness, climate change, climate grief
NOTE: I wrote this in the summer of 2023. I was about to post it, but then my grandmother died, so my focus was on a different kind of grief. I was reminded...
Pediatric Long COVID
It's Pediatric Long COVID Awareness Week, and kids are suffering due to our society's inaction & ableism.
On Thyroid Disorders & COVID
Protect your thyroid, take COVID precautions
Pride Month & the Exclusion of Queer Chronically Ill & Disabled People
"Masked sections" & "masks optional" aren't forms of accessibility
Mask Bans & Eugenics
I have not posted in months, mostly due to finishing the semester, but now that that's over, I want to get back into talking about disability rights issues...