Thinking About Mobility Across Scales & Borders: A Different Take on Travel Writing

When I travel, I like to carry a notebook with me. During my honeymoon, I carried a little gold-toned notebook- … More

Healthcare (& Related Issues) News Roundup: 10 March 2017

STAT – House Republicans would let employers demand workers’ genetic test results (10 March 2017) This takes the ACA’s “workplace … More

Chicago Tribune | (31 Jan 2017) Hearing Aids May Soon Be Sold Over-the-Counter Following the FDA scrapping a regulation that … More

I live with a literal loss everyday. The language of lack and difficulty is assigned to me: “hard of hearing” … More

I’ve been hesitant to write this post because it feels like I am possibly foreclosing options by doing so. After … More

I see this image used without irony all over the internet. I don’t think it’s funny. It just reminds me … More

Brown body. Gendered body. Classed body. Dis/abled body. Queer body. Transgressive bodies. The calculus of life leaves these Othered bodies … More

“Constantly seeking external affirmation will ultimately disempower you. Yes, who are can be (and is) subjective and relational, but by … More

“Feminism made a mistake in trying to make “women” a discrete, ahistorical group with common characteristics.” – Judith Butler ”No … More

Do you know what it is to be the Other? To be ascribed marginal status and identity on the basis … More

WE wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— … More

I’m not sure what to write here, honestly. I’ve been steadily working toward this point since I took the LSAT … More

Lately, I have been wrestling with Identity and Purpose. On one hand, there’s who I am and what I am … More

Two weeks ago, at the Farmer’s Market in Napa, I had a moment when my disability became real. Granted, I’ve … More

I am irreducibly human. I am more than the hands that produce, more than the body that functions. I am … More