Guest Post: Trust me, I have already thought about their feelings

A huge thank you to Karlie Ebersole for contributing this guest post! CW: sanism, ableism   A couple months ago, I decided for the third time in my life that I needed to begin to see a therapist. As someone with an anxious and often depressive neurotype, there are generally two options posed to me:…

Reblog: Why Are You Complaining? Some People Actually Feel That Way: A Critique of Me Before You

Originally posted on crippledscholar:
Warning: This post includes comprehensive spoilers for the book Me Before You, a book that deals with disability and assisted suicide. It also deals with sexual assault. ? It has taken me months to get all the way through Jojo Moyes’ 2012 novel Me Before You. This protrated reading can be…

Reblog: Get Help: How the myth of self-sufficiency fails PhD students with mental illness

Reblogged from Ph(D)isabled. Get Help: How the myth of self-sufficiency fails PhD students with mental illness.