The Whole Mess
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Collector of contradictions, student of imperfection, and occasional meditator. Writing from the messy middle with equal parts honesty and humor.
Category: about
about me, about posts, about the blog
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The concept and definition of disability is always “shifting, elusive, and sometimes contradictory.” (Adams et al., 2015, p. 30) Its unstable nature has its roots in a history of tension with the concept of normalcy and the rise of medicalization. Society, in its anxiety and fear of the deviating bodymind, became a “broad medical and…
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Before delving into my argument, I must first situate myself by sharing my relationship to disability and the challenges of locating my disablement. Disablement is inherently unstable, shifting depending on social, medical, and internal conditions. My experience exists at the intersection of impairment and external barriers, shaped by both privilege and marginalization. These tensions are…
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I guess I’m officially middle-aged. Though, let’s be real. I’m not likely going to live to be 90 years old. It’s a bit of a mindfuck to think that my life is probably more than half-over. Yet, I don’t dread getting older. I feel like my life just keeps getting better.
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Welcome to The Whole Mess. I’m a queer, disabled therapist and (apparently) writer who spends a lot of time thinking about how to live inside contradiction. I practice Buddhism, sort of, though often reluctantly. My life is shaped by therapy work, queerness, disability, grief, joy, and the everyday chaos that comes with being human.