Disability, Chronic Illness, & Culture
RebeccaDisability & cultural analysis from Rebecca, a chronically ill woman with a degree in Disability Studies
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We Need Cross-Disability Solidarity, Not Lateral Ableism
Disabled people aren't a monolith, and there are many different disabilities, marginalized groups, and privileges within the disability community. This unfortunately leads to microaggressions and hostility, sometimes referred to as “lateral...
Thoughts on Chronic Illness & "Health Anxiety"
It's not irrational to have anxiety about illness, and patients shouldn't be condescended to for looking up our symptoms
In the summer of 2018, I was experiencing a flare-up of symptoms I had not had before. These included pins and needles...
Eugenics & American Immigration Policy: Past & Present
Note: This is an updated version of a post I made in November 2025, which didn’t have as much information about what was currently happening to immigrants under this administration.
Historical Context
Disability, Chronic Illness, & Cultu...
The Disability Arts Movement & Disability Art as Resistance
One of my favorite units in any of my Disability Studies classes was on disability art. Disability art is art created by disabled people about disability. The Disability Arts Movement started in the United Kingdom in the 1980’s and spread t...
There Isn't Just One "Chronic Illness Experience"
On why I don't mourn the person I used to be or could have been (because I was a child when I became sick)
I see many posts about the painful process people go through when they are diagnosed with a chronic illness as an adult. How they gr...
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She/her. Writer with a degree in Disability Studies. Chronically ill, bipolar, autistic. Writing about disability here. Still masking. Free Palestine, Sudan, and Congo.
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