In June I started a summer job. It’s not a particularly high paying job, but it’s the highest paying I’ve ever had. It’s also one of the most accessible jobs I’ve ever had. It’s only a part time summer job, but being in an accessible work environment has changed a lot for me as a … Continue reading Accommodated: The Difference Accessibility Makes In The Workplace
Welcome to True Crime Tuesday! This is a monthly series for the first Tuesday of the month where I write about different things true crime and horror related. It obviously has nothing to do with my podcast Sick Sad World. I write and talk about intersectionality a lot. Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term to discuss … Continue reading True Crime Tuesday: Crime Reporting Needs To Be Intersectional
CW: This post includes discussions of suicidal ideation and self-harm. On Sunday I celebrated my twenty-fifth birthday. But the weeks leading up to my birthday were difficult for me. The truth is, I wasn’t always sure that I’d make it this far. […]
Welcome to True Crime Tuesday! This is a monthly series for the first Tuesday of the month where I write about different things true crime and horror related. It obviously has nothing to do with my podcast Sick Sad World. So if you know me, then you’d know that I love horror and I love … Continue reading Why I Love True Crime
Last month I attended a psychiatrist appointment as part of the process to access accommodations both through ODSP and through my university accessibility office. This was my third appointment with the clinic and my first with the psychiatrist. This appointment ended in my storming out of the office twenty minutes into the appointment and heading … Continue reading An E-mail To The Social Worker Who Recommended I Needed Yoga
CW: description of sexual assault, internalized victim-blaming, rape culture Today my news feed was filled with Me too. I’ve scrolled past it from countless friends and acquaintances. Post after post reminding us that almost none of us haven’t been affected by sexual harassment or assault. Me too. It took me three years to talk about … Continue reading Me Too: What Happened At the Con
CW: detailed description of public harassment by a visibly mentally ill person, racism, ableism, sanism, police violence Yesterday I woke up deep in a depressive episode. I skipped my second class for the week, a tutorial I still haven’t shown up to it. There was a hopelessness that I’m so familiar with. My body wasn’t … Continue reading When Performing Whiteness Still Can’t Keep You Safe
