accountability

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
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
January 2, 2021

First Essay of 2021: Nothing about People is a Binary

Human beings are complex. We can both criticize each other and yet still love each other; the criticism does not mean our love is false, and yet society teaches us thus. This binary thinking is killing us. Our society teaches us that everything is a binary: either we are Black or White, Man or Woman, Continue reading

Author, Blogging, disability, Feminism, Philosophy, Race, transgender, Writing

4 R's, accountability, binary thinking, dismantling bias, dismantling binary thinking, healing, Indigenous Ways of Knowing, reciprocity, relationship, Respect, responsibility
April 29, 2018

On How I curated my 2018 Reading List

I’ve been meaning to update my blog with my reading goals, but I took awhile to decide what to read this year. Part of this is because I had to establish where I stand in relation to my healing journey, my spiritual journey, and my social justice activism. I also needed to build up my Continue reading

Author, Books, Feminism, History, Race, Writing

accountability, fiction, forgiveness, healing, justice, life, Race, reading list, social justice, spirituality, truth
October 6, 2017

Updates and Thoughts on Love, Empathy, and Accountability

I feel like I’ve been ill a long time. I am working on managing my C-PTSD in a healthy way as well as slowly working through my healing. But I also face a growing weakness in my right side that randomly seems to turn into numbness and painful tingling or abdominal pain. As for what Continue reading

Author, Feminism, Writing

accountability, despair, empathy, fear, hope, illness, life, love, social justice, truth

accountability

Narratives, Pacing, and Conundrum of Ableism

Clair Obscur: To be accountable to those that come after

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

First Essay of 2021: Nothing about People is a Binary

On How I curated my 2018 Reading List

Updates and Thoughts on Love, Empathy, and Accountability