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Aetna Denies Life-Saving, Physician-Recommended Surgery, Surprising Exactly No One
September 25, 2026
A few weeks ago, I shared that, after an exhausting 3 years of searching for a diagnosis during which my…
Schrodinger’s Cat, Or Am I Alive or Dead
September 10, 2026
I have been existing at the threshold of death for at least the past 3 years. I am frozen with…
AY 2025: Big Crises and Big Wins
June 12, 2026
Due to a perfect storm of medical crises and an uptick in ongoing workplace toxicity from a few academic bullies…
Professional Workspaces
March 27, 2026
Maybe it's because I obsess constantly about mine, but I wish we talked more about our professional workspaces. We share…
Brain Fog Tips
May 6, 2024
I've been consulting with someone abroad who is currently pre-diagnosis and struggling to navigate chronic pain and fatigue while negotiating…
Crip Triaging During COVID-19
March 25, 2020
I am writing this now because I am approaching the limits of my capacity for writing. I'm 36. I've lived…
C&W 2019: Radical Professional Participation on WPA-L
June 22, 2019
I participated in a roundtable at Computers and Writing, themed "Mission Critical: Centering Ethical Challenges in Computers and Writing," unpacking…
Conferencing With/In Pain
March 1, 2019
Patti Poblete has an awesome how-to conference post that's practically canonical at this point, and I still refer back to…
Dread, Depletion, Neologism
January 20, 2019
My orientation to the world is dread, because its consistent if unpredictable promise is painervation, which is a word I…
Paranoia or Crip Preparation
August 23, 2017
One week into tapering off Savella, which would not have been possible save for my paranoid hoarding of medicines I'm…
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