Last night, I was in a Fringe play, and my character was a disabled woman who has figured out how… Read more I am so motherfucking inspirational
Category: disability
Dear Bitter Butch: How Do I Thank Someone For an Offensive Gift?
. . . It was a Christian/Inspirational autobiography by a woman with polio, all about how turning her life over to… Read more Dear Bitter Butch: How Do I Thank Someone For an Offensive Gift?
Strange Hobbies
Do you enjoy stepping directly in the path of a person in a wheelchair and then just sort of standing… Read more Strange Hobbies
In Which Other People Really Want to Help Me
Downtown Minneapolis, where the corporations live, is a strange place. If you looked at the streets and skyways at a… Read more In Which Other People Really Want to Help Me
Representation
Sometimes, I don’t realize how much I hunger to see myself represented until suddenly I’m looking at it. This mom who… Read more Representation
Come see Listen to Your Mother: Twin Cities!
This Thursday, May 9 at 7 pm, I’ll be joining a terrific cast of women reading essays on mothering our… Read more Come see Listen to Your Mother: Twin Cities!
On assuming you know things and being happy and biking
I posted this wonderful article on Facebook last night by The DIY Couturier: 21 Tips to Keep Your Shit Together… Read more On assuming you know things and being happy and biking
On the supposed “death with dignity” movement, and the value of a disabled life
Whenever assisted suicide comes up amongst my friends and family, they are very pro-assisted suicide. I get angry and quiet… Read more On the supposed “death with dignity” movement, and the value of a disabled life
I made it I made it I passed the audition
And so did one of my besties!!!! So, I am going to be in the show Listen to Your Mother,… Read more I made it I made it I passed the audition
Disabled parenting
I’ve written a rather uncharacteristically personal piece for MPR this time, about parenting a shy kid when you stand out… Read more Disabled parenting
