A few months ago, I participated in a one-on-one creative nonfiction writing workshop with one of my favorite writers. One of the tasks was to write a 2,000 word essay on the topic of my choosing. I chose to write about the collective burden that both people with disabilities and…

Censorship isn’t an equation. It doesn’t have a formula to follow. The task is left up to whims of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). What content is safe? What content is indecent? We all have varying answers to these questions. Remaining objective can be difficult with a topic like sex…

COVID Shouldn’t Have Been What Caught Our Attention About Joe RoganOnce upon the 90’s, we saw Joe Rogan on television and mostly ignored him in favor of the spectacle of whatever game the Fear Factor contestants were playing that episode. Older generations may not have heard of him at all…

Think about “high risk” behaviors. What comes to mind? I think about drugs, physical violence, abuse, self harm. No matter what side of the censorship debate you are on, all of us can agree that being disabled isn’t a “high risk” behavior. It isn’t a behavior at all. …

Bureaucracy is oppressive at the best of times. From waiting five plus years to get on a waiting list to receive a housing voucher to veterans receiving abysmal care, the pitfalls are everywhere. When it comes to brutality, death, and documentation, the system is often just as dysfunctional. The Freedom…

One of my first pieces of writing is about cancel culture. How it’s more of a cultural bandaid that does nothing to hold people accountable. The term “kill your darlings” never seemed to applicable to my life as last semester. I examined some childhood favorite tv shows for an assignment…