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Unhoused Solidarity in Action

A guide on how to help homeless people beyond care packages

Aug 15, 2023

Unhoused Solidarity in Action

Aug 15, 2023

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A Guide for Coming into Disability

Recognizing Disability, Loss & Grief, Spoon Theory in Practice, Accepting Disability, Disabled Liberation & Joy, and Finding Community

Aug 3, 2023

Brown text on a cream background reads “A Guide For Coming Into Disability” a person using forearm crutches with curly hair in a femme business-casual outfit stands next to the title. Abstract, neutral-colored shapes surround the image

Aug 3, 2023

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Reflections on the Winter Solstice

Eventually, the blue of my hands became just another thing to carry with me, like my backpack and the weight of homelessness.

Jan 17

Reflections on the Winter Solstice

Jan 17

Chronically Couchbound

Homelessness and Trauma: Transitioning Into Housing

Having housing after experiencing homelessness for over half of my life wasn’t healing for me (and most others too).

Oct 25, 2023

Oct 25, 2023

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People Who Use Drugs Deserve Love and Kindness

Abstinence is not the only form of recovery. AA/NA doesn’t work for everyone. Sometimes people choose to use instead of meeting other…

Aug 16, 2023

Aug 16, 2023

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What’s So Wrong With Having Heroes?

Most kids dream of becoming a hero. The firefighters, the builders, the astronauts. The ones who get medals and standing ovations…

Aug 16, 2023

Aug 16, 2023

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Intelligence Doesn’t Equal Morality

I try to be a pretty good person, I fight for human rights, I regularly engage in mutual aid, and I care for my community. I try to do the…

Aug 16, 2023

Intelligence Doesn’t Equal Morality

Aug 16, 2023

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Homeless Delicacies and Finding Unhoused Joy

When I was 16, I came out as trans and quickly after, was forced to leave my family for the last time. I remember talking to my sister…

Aug 16, 2023

Homeless Delicacies and Finding Unhoused Joy

Aug 16, 2023

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Internalized Ableism as Means for Unhoused Survival

We need to dissect the cultural context of homelessness as it relates to disability. I’ve spent most of my life unhoused, while also being…

Aug 16, 2023

Aug 16, 2023

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Guide to Interacting with People with Psychosis

Guide to interacting with people with psychosis spectrum disorders and psychotic symptoms

Aug 15, 2023

Aug 15, 2023

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Chronically Couchbound

Sharing my lived experiences of being disabled, unhoused, and multi-marginalized. chronicallycouchbound.carrd.co/

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