Isabel AbbottThe Ableism of CBTCognitive Behavioral Therapy is sold as the solution for just about everything, with it’s “evidence based” claims wildly exaggerated. To…6 min read·Feb 7, 2022--44--44
Isabel AbbottWhy I stopped selling my pain: on the commodification of traumaAny casual scrolling online will offer up a kaleidoscope of trauma narratives complete with selfies, traumatic stories used to sell me…8 min read·Nov 27, 2021--6--6
Isabel AbbottStill SickWhen I first became sick with cancer I was swathed in a cocoon of kindness tinged with other people’s fear. I received significant empathy…7 min read·Aug 21, 2021--2--2
Isabel AbbottIn Praise of QuittingThis is a proclamation of praise to quitting,5 min read·Apr 20, 2021--3--3
Isabel AbbottmeanwhileBecause to be alive is to listen to the whump thump of the heart valve clapping, one and then another, in and out, turning into a pulse.4 min read·Oct 8, 2020--1--1
Isabel AbbottTranslationWhen people say “herd immunity” is preferable and won’t stop posting articles about it, I hear eugenics.4 min read·Apr 18, 2020--1--1
Isabel Abbottthe broken mendingIt happens often. And it can happen anywhere: with the Lyft driver I only just met, in doctor’s offices, social and art gatherings, work…7 min read·Apr 12, 2019----
Isabel AbbottGaslighting: the magic violence boxIf you put a woman in a box, and cut the box into pieces, is the woman whole or broken or both? If I tell you this a is a magic trick, does…12 min read·Sep 24, 2018--4--4
