Category: Disability and Chronic Illness

Does Naming Ourselves Hurt Anyone? No. Erasing Us Does.
updated from November 18 2025
If the harm is sex-specific, th [...]

12 Things It Is Not Women’s Job to Fix
updated from July 11, 2025 — Especially When We’re Still Doing [...]

The Overlooked History of Black Disabled Lives: Survival, Misunderstanding, and Strength
As a Black woman who has struggled with a health condition that is lim [...]

Stop Calling It ‘Inclusion’ If You Aren’t Providing ‘Safety’ for ALL
"Institutionally, we still don't understand what inclusion means. Just [...]

Why You May Want to Unfollow People Who Willfully Turn a Blind Eye to Power Imbalance
As Big Brother Legend on X.com says, "I unfollow (Black) people who do [...]

10 Ways Violence Against Black People Is Dehumanized, Dismissed, and Minimized
“It is a peculiar cruelty to demand extraordinary proof from
those w [...]

When Disability and Blackness Meet: Over 25 Times When Grace Was Denied To Disabled Black People
There is a quiet cruelty that rarely gets named plainly. It lives in t [...]

Nell Carter: A Voice That Refused to Break
When I was a child, Nell Carter was one of my favorite entertainers. S [...]

10 Truths About Grooming: What It Is and What It Is Not
updated from March 2, 2025
Grooming is a word we hear often, yet misu [...]

For Some People, Staying Grounded in Reality Is a Daily Act of Strength
For Some People, Staying Grounded in Reality Is a Daily Act of Strengt [...]