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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
June 20, 2025

Clair Obscur Expedition 33 – That which hides hope with scars

CROSSPOST FROM MY COMADERY. Part of a three part series: Disability (part 1), Right to Exist (part 2), and Accountability and Healing (part 3). It may come as a surprise for some players to call Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 a Disabled narrative, and yet that is essential to the core of the story. Several of Continue reading

Blogging, disability, Game Writing, History, Labor, Reviews, Writing

Analyzing Video Games, anti-capitalism, capitalism, Characters, collective care, Culture of care, Deconstruction, disabilities, disability, disability justice, disabled, games, healing, healing from abuse, History of Disability, inclusion, justice, mental health, PTSD, video games, writing
June 17, 2025

Accessibility Zine Completed and Ready for Download

The Accessibility Zine my friend and I worked on is completed! I asked friends and members of the National General Strike group (they have an Accessibility affinity group) to review for errors and readability so I could revise and correct. The Zine covers: It perhaps is more accurately called a booklet due to its length. Continue reading

activism, disability, History, Labor

access, accessibility, disabilities, disability, disability justice, disabled, disabled history, education, Infectious Disease mitigations, justice, Zine
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
February 17, 2025

A History Lesson: Disabled Activists and our Right to Exist in Public

For a History Lesson and reminder of the role Disabled people have played in activism, I singled out a few instances, but there’s hundreds of thousands throughout America’s history. Many of the privileges and rights people have had are due partly to the fight of our disabled ancestors. Continue reading

activism, disability, Feminism, History, Race, transgender, Writing

activism, civil rights, disabilities, disability, disability justice, disabled, disabled history, human rights, insane asylums, intersectional feminism, justice, labor strikes, Race, section 504, strikes, ugly laws
November 9, 2024

How To Move Forward In Moments of Crisis

I do not feel well. But I can share this since some folks are confused and despairing about what can be done. NOTE: Choose which ones you wish to focus on. Do Not Think You Must Do All Of This as that will burn you out. This post is comprehensive, but it’s not meant as Continue reading

activism, disability, Feminism, Race

accessibility, action, community care, disabilities, disability, inclusion, justice, mask bloc, mental health, mutual aid, organizing
December 27, 2021

Omicron and Pandemic Mitigations

Ok. Y’all, Listen Up. Time to do a breakdown of what we know of the new variant – Omicron. First off, let’s look at this Pretty-But-Terrifying-Image of the genetic sequencing of all the known variants of COVID19. Why is it alarming? Look at that red line that shoots out on the right hand side. That’s Continue reading

activism, Biology, disability, nature, Science

abelism, Biology, breakdown of the science, coronovirus, covid, covid-19, disability, disability justice, Filitration, FVAM, genetic sequencing, masks, omicron, pandemic, pandemic mitigations, unlearning ableism, variant, ventilation
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
October 12, 2020

Indigeous Peoples’ Day: We Need to Show Up Year Round

Indigenous People’s Day. The wind blows fiercely as the leaves tumble down the sidewalk. At the capitol, Indigeous people speak their truths, broadcast it in a livestream. Around them and us, Western Society throttles on slowly, its gears mucked up with Mother Nature, the pandemic slowly everything down. Ilarion (Larry) Merculieff (Unangan Tunuu) and Libby Continue reading

disability, Race, Writing

anti-capitalism, anti-racism, being in relation, disability, disability justice, dismantle imperialism, dismantling whiteness, indigenous, Indigenous Peoples' Day, Indigenous rights, relationship, white privilege