Over the last few weeks I’ve been reading Care Work: Dreaming Disability Justice by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarashina. It is a fantastic collection of essays that thinks through the possibilities of a political future where disability justice is a part of …
Do I Have a Superpower? What Illness Can Teach Us About Ourselves Read more →
In everyday life, community, or rather knowing where to find community, can be something we take for granted (on the surface). In the United States, you know where the black cities are, which black cities have young black people, and …
The Labor of Being in Community with a Chronic Illness Read more →
When I was diagnosed with lupus in 2010 I was overwhelmed with a sense of relief. While that may seem counter-intuitive, it is actually a common feeling for folks who’ve gone undiagnosed for an extended period of time. I initially …
What Can Political Activism Look Like When You are Chronically Ill? Read more →