Isabel Abbott·Feb 7, 2022The Ableism of CBTCognitive Behavioral Therapy is sold as the solution for just about everything, with it’s “evidence based” claims wildly exaggerated. To…A response icon42A response icon42
Isabel Abbott·Nov 27, 2021Why 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…A response icon6A response icon6
Isabel Abbott·Aug 21, 2021Still 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…A response icon2A response icon2
Isabel Abbott·Apr 20, 2021In Praise of QuittingThis is a proclamation of praise to quitting,A response icon3A response icon3
Isabel Abbott·Oct 8, 2020meanwhileBecause 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.A response icon1A response icon1
Isabel Abbott·Apr 18, 2020TranslationWhen people say “herd immunity” is preferable and won’t stop posting articles about it, I hear eugenics.A response icon1A response icon1
Isabel Abbott·Apr 6, 2020A Letter to My Abled FriendsA letter to my abled friends,A response icon4A response icon4
Isabel Abbott·Apr 12, 2019the 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…
Isabel Abbott·Sep 24, 2018Gaslighting: 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…A response icon4A response icon4
