The Ableism of CBTCognitive Behavioral Therapy is sold as the solution for just about everything, with it’s “evidence based” claims wildly exaggerated. To…Feb 7, 2022A response icon43Feb 7, 2022A response icon43
Why 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…Nov 27, 2021A response icon6Nov 27, 2021A response icon6
Still 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…Aug 21, 2021A response icon2Aug 21, 2021A response icon2
In Praise of QuittingThis is a proclamation of praise to quitting,Apr 20, 2021A response icon3Apr 20, 2021A response icon3
meanwhileBecause 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.Oct 8, 2020A response icon1Oct 8, 2020A response icon1
TranslationWhen people say “herd immunity” is preferable and won’t stop posting articles about it, I hear eugenics.Apr 18, 2020A response icon1Apr 18, 2020A response icon1
A Letter to My Abled FriendsA letter to my abled friends,Apr 6, 2020A response icon4Apr 6, 2020A response icon4
the 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…Apr 12, 2019Apr 12, 2019
Gaslighting: 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…Sep 24, 2018A response icon4Sep 24, 2018A response icon4
