Category: disability

  • Screenshot of the beginning of a parser game, with a white sidebar, golden status bar at the top of the screen, and gray body.

    June 12, 2026
    Due to a perfect storm of medical crises and an uptick in ongoing workplace toxicity from a few academic bullies…
  • A cluttered desktop with dual monitors in front of double windows, with houseplants, paintings, and a whiteboard nearby.

    March 27, 2026
    Maybe it's because I obsess constantly about mine, but I wish we talked more about our professional workspaces. We share…
  • Screencap of a statue in the mist from The Shrine (2010)

    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…
  • Tamil woman in a Zoom meeting with a "This is Fine" meme background.

    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…
  • Computers & Writing 2019 banner, with a circular symbol.

    June 22, 2019
    I participated in a roundtable at Computers and Writing, themed "Mission Critical: Centering Ethical Challenges in Computers and Writing," unpacking…
  • Red-and-white Siberian tabby curled up in an open black suitcase.

    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…
  • Part of a kolam drawing.

    January 20, 2019
    My orientation to the world is dread, because its consistent if unpredictable promise is painervation, which is a word I…
  • Two travel prescription medication bottles.

    August 23, 2017
    One week into tapering off Savella, which would not have been possible save for my paranoid hoarding of medicines I'm…
  • Digital art of 2024 assassination of UHC CEO.

    May 4, 2017
    I want you to know you're killing me. You always were. It isn’t news. But assume your postures of defense…
  • Crowded NJ Transit waiting area at New York Penn Station.

    April 27, 2017
    It's the last week of classes, and my course announcements, as usual, have stacked up like this: Hey class, Due…