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November 30, 2025

Narratives, Pacing, and Conundrum of Ableism

Crossposted to Comradery The day starts cold, the wind brisk, and the pain I feel simmers at the usual 5 out of 10 pain scale. It is rare for it to drop below 5, even with pain meds like Tynelol, but after awhile, the body grows accustomed to the pain, making it an annoying background Continue reading

activism, Author, disability, Labor

accountability, biases, building community, chronic-illness, communication, disability, disability justice, disabled, empathy building, health, labor history, mental health, narratives, oppression, stereotypes
June 30, 2025

Clair Obscur: To be accountable to those that come after

CROSSPOST FROM COMRADERY. Part of a three part series: Disability (part 1), Right to Exist (part 2), and Accountability and Healing (part 3). In my prior essays, I related themes woven through Clair Obscur to show how it can parallel real world complexities and oppression. For the character of Alicia and Gustave (and even Lune Continue reading

Author, Characters, disability, Feminism, Game Writing, Reviews, Writing

abuse, accountability, Characters, clair obscur: expedition 33, disability, Game analysis, game narrative, healing, healing journey, justice, mental health, narrative analysis, responsibility, transformative justice, writing
April 15, 2025

Bird’s Disabled Manifesto

I write this truth so all may understand the reality of Disability. Disability is the one category, the one group, the one community that anyone can join at any time in their life for any reason. Disability is defined by people. People can be born disabled. People may become disabled due to an infinite set Continue reading

activism, Author, disability

accessibility, disabilities, disability, disability justice, disabled, Disabled Manifesto, inclusion, intersectional, justice, Manifesto, mental health
December 18, 2023

Building Communities of Care and Liberation

We need to build better communities of care and support, desperately. With how our society keeps refusing to acknowledge the pandemic (Covid levels are so high in my state right now that it’s dangerous to go out), it makes existing with other people even harder, and often disabled, marginalized folks like me get left behind. Continue reading

activism, Author, Feminism, Philosophy, Race

anarchism, collective care, communal care, Communalism, communities of care, community, justice, liberation, Race, radical and revolutionary movements, social justice, solidarity
September 6, 2022

Ways of Learning

Curiosity, Creativity, Compassion, and Cooperation are the 4 C’s of human nature. A fifth C is the darker side of our nature: Control. In past (and non-western or Indigenous) societies, they educated their youth through self-directed learning that required a high level of respect, cooperation, creativity, and mutual exploration. Adults guided the children rather than Continue reading

activism, Author, Blogging, Books, History, Philosophy, Race, Writing

capitalism, critical pedagogy, dismantling whiteness, education, equality, equity, justice, liberation, Paulo Freire, theory of social control, unlearning capitalism, unlearning colonialism, unlearning imperalism, unschooling, white supremacy
November 14, 2021

Let’s Unlearn Capitalism Myths

I think this needs said: The framework that society shoved into us is capitalistic and it tries to teach us that the capitalistic view of reality is the ONLY view. This socialization is full of myths that aren’t actually true. There are many worlds within our biosphere of Earth, and we need to understand that Continue reading

activism, Author, Books, disability, Feminism, History, nature, Philosophy, Physics, Race, Science, Writing

anti-capitalism, anti-imperalism, anti-racism, capitalism, colonialism, corporations, doughnut economics, feminism, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, intersectionality, objectivity vs subjectivity, pluriverse, Race, racial capitalism, regenerative economy, Relationality
August 6, 2021

There Is No Moderates

Y’all, I think most won’t like what I got to say, but it needs said: There is no such thing as a middle ground. There is no moderate in America. You are either: 1. for genocide OR 2. Not for genocide. Republican party has thrown their lot in with number 1 to the point they Continue reading

activism, Author, disability, Feminism, History, Race, Science, transgender

abolish ICE, abolish police, Abolition, accessibility, climate change, climate disaster, climate justice, disability justice, genocide, immigrants, Indigenous rights, justice, LGBTQIA, Race, resources
July 6, 2021

My Open Letter to City Designers

I originally wrote this email for the Des Moines City Council. For the past year, I’ve adjusted the verbiage to reflect what I’ve heard in their City Council Meetings with the Public. I also adjust the bullet points and actions I (and others) wish to see them take. Otherwise, most of the letters are verbatim Continue reading

activism, Author, disability, Race, transgender

ableism, access, accessibility, Accessible Cities, disability, disability justice, Disability Pride, Fight Ableism, Homelessness, No More Ableism
April 24, 2021

We Are the Fire

We Are the Fire By Aidan Zingler Words pull push, agitate, infuriateI’m the fury of the world not seen.I beg, I cajole, I reason, I askI’m the pain of the dead not seen.Time is running out, time is running Black Lives burn bright and extinguish, Stars howl their sorrow at their lossDisabled flames smolder and Continue reading

Author, disability, Feminism, Poetry, Race, transgender, Writing

Abolition, anti-racism, creation, Disabled Lives Matter, feminism, justice, Movements, oppression, poetry, Race, social justice
January 6, 2021

My First Teacher: Iowa’s Land (Short Essay)

Reminded of my first teacher: Iowa’s Land. My first political foray: fighting to save wetland. Where I went to recover: the forest. The land teaches of justice, of hope, of ways of knowing beyond the confined narrow focus of our modern world. I miss nature: small patches of forest, paths along the lakes, the wetlands, Continue reading

Author, disability, nature

ableism, accountability, America, genocide, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, justice, nature, pandemic, police brutality, racism, reciprocity, relationship, responsibility, social justice