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It’s not lost on me that people are *regularly* fired because they are sex workers, have done porn or taken suggestive photos for Instagram outside of work, have nudes leaked

I argued about straws so much last year that my husband literally had to talk me down and ask me to stop for my own mental health. But here’s why

Neither parenting nor being childfree is a privilege, not everything can be delineated cleanly along privilege lines. Some people are childfree by choice but some are not. Some people are

You can’t decide what a “quality life” is for someone else. The fact that you wouldn’t see your life as worth living if you were sick/in pain/paralyzed/housebound/took a long time

A lot of people are pointing out the fact that the ADA only allows for “reasonable” accommodations, not any accommodation. True. But there are several other things that make the

The alt-ac life is glorious. I’m also super happy I got a PhD. I don’t want to downplay how rough the market is or how damaging it can be—I decided

Also, a question: those of you who differentiate between disability and chronic illness for yourself (at least sometimes), why do you do so? Just curious. I have for myself on

Eugenics has never been just about reproduction and birth. It’s always, always been about whose life is considered more valuable. Access to healthcare is an issue of eugenics. Ventilator access

The PhD/Dr. question, by the way, is also a practical consideration. As more and more people move into alt-ac careers, whether by choice/design or because they are forced out by