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Disability

A collection of 12 posts

Memories are not a "normal" we can return to

Memories are not a "normal" we can return to

Until you can recognize that craving "normal" makes you susceptible to fascism and sacrificing others, your resistance will be empty.

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Connection Featured

Contextual Mismatch

Contextual mismatch simultaneously pushes us away from others and pulls us out of our bodies, disconnection and disembodiment. Contextual mismatch is manufactured against all of us, so that capitalism can fill in the gaps around us with comfort, convenience, conditioning, and cruelty.

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The Difference in Charge

My problems are only our problems when the solution is to disappear us.

I realize how insignificant I am

I realize how insignificant I am

I dream about a world where tech never existed. I consciously feel like there's no way I would want that. But I am craving something that is different than here and I don't know how it would feel.

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I Need to Do It for My Mental Health

Are you going for self protection or projection?

Longing and Dreading

Longing and Dreading

There is nowhere to go and nothing to do but survive. You dread the dreading and long for longing.

The Homeostasis of Humanity

The Homeostasis of Humanity

Our ideas and networks are evolving, not our bodies. We adapt environments to us, yet we still create and uphold conditioned limitations. I am indefinitely excluded and isolated, yet my art can safely exist in spaces where I cannot.

I Regret Adopting My Puppy

I Regret Adopting My Puppy

As my service dog puppy Pepper Ann nears a year old, do I continue to hope things improve during this pandemic or rehome her?

It's Okay That Someone Else Got to Be Future You

Policy Featured

It's Okay That Someone Else Got to Be Future You

Together we form an unbreakable net. I believe in a Wisconsin that can enact important human-centered policies like paid leave.

My Identity Isn't the Nasty Habit Killing Your Dreams

My Identity Isn't the Nasty Habit Killing Your Dreams

I can't believe this bullshit got 9000 claps on Medium.

I've Been Wrong About What's Wrong About Me

I've Been Wrong About What's Wrong About Me

Existing where our similarity with each other and our past selves ends.

The Gift of Grey Spaces in Our Careers

The Gift of Grey Spaces in Our Careers

Valuing career advancement above health causes many people to pursue or tolerate harmful work environments. This is certainly the case for many of us working in the hostile and competitive world of tech.