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Aug 15, 2023

Unhoused Solidarity in Action

A guide on how to help homeless people beyond care packages

Unhoused Solidarity in Action

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Aug 3, 2023

A Guide for Coming into Disability

Recognizing Disability, Loss & Grief, Spoon Theory in Practice, Accepting Disability, Disabled Liberation & Joy, and Finding Community

Brown text on a cream background reads “A Guide For Coming Into Disability” a person using forearm crutches with curly hair in a femme business-casual outfit stands next to the title. Abstract, neutral-colored shapes surround the image

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Jan 17, 2024

Reflections on the Winter Solstice

Eventually, the blue of my hands became just another thing to carry with me, like my backpack and the weight of homelessness.

Reflections on the Winter Solstice

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Oct 25, 2023

Homelessness and Trauma: Transitioning Into Housing

Having housing after experiencing homelessness for over half of my life wasn’t healing for me (and most others too).

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Aug 16, 2023

People Who Use Drugs Deserve Love and Kindness

Abstinence is not the only form of recovery. AA/NA doesn’t work for everyone. Sometimes people choose to use instead of meeting other…

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Aug 16, 2023

What’s So Wrong With Having Heroes?

Most kids dream of becoming a hero. The firefighters, the builders, the astronauts. The ones who get medals and standing ovations…

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Aug 16, 2023

Intelligence Doesn’t Equal Morality

I try to be a pretty good person, I fight for human rights, I regularly engage in mutual aid, and I care for my community. I try to do the…

Intelligence Doesn’t Equal Morality

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Aug 16, 2023

Homeless Delicacies and Finding Unhoused Joy

When I was 16, I came out as trans and quickly after, was forced to leave my family for the last time. I remember talking to my sister…

Homeless Delicacies and Finding Unhoused Joy

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Aug 16, 2023

Internalized Ableism as Means for Unhoused Survival

We need to dissect the cultural context of homelessness as it relates to disability. I’ve spent most of my life unhoused, while also being…

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Aug 15, 2023

Guide to Interacting with People with Psychosis

Guide to interacting with people with psychosis spectrum disorders and psychotic symptoms

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Chronically Couchbound

Sharing my lived experiences of being disabled, unhoused, living in my multi-marginalized bodymind. https://chronicallycouchbound.wordpress.com/

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