By Chally on 24 November, 2010
Last night, for the first time in ages, I got a full night’s sleep! This hasn’t happened in months, so I am very pleased! This is just a little spark of joy for me: it’s hardly a pattern yet, and I’ve only been managing to sleep sensible hours a very little bit of late. And [...]
Posted in small stories | Tagged fatigue, sleep
By Chally on 1 November, 2010
Welcome to November. Gentle reader, be cautioned: comments sections on mainstream media sites tend to not be safe and we here at FWD/Forward don’t necessarily endorse all the opinions in these pieces. Let’s jump right in, shall we? Queen Emily at Questioning Transphobia: attacking the already vulnerable: In the UK, people with disabilities have been [...]
Posted in class issues, recommended reading | Tagged australia, employment, sleep, unemployment, United Kingdom, United States, voting
By Annaham on 1 June, 2010
fiction_theory (LJ): The internet IS real life The problem with impeaching someone’s anti-racism based on attendance at a specific march or even public rallies and protests in general is that it assumes that a) attending such events is a more real, valid, and important means of expressing anti-racism than any other means, specifically online and [...]
Posted in bodies, identity, intersectionality, news, politics, recommended reading, social attitudes, technology | Tagged accessibility, activism, anti-racism, barriers to access, chronic pain, communication, community, critique, fandom, fibromyalgia, internet, Internet use, intersectionality, invisible disability, media critique, mental health, race, reading, science, sleep, social networking, trichotillomania
By Ouyang Dan on 31 October, 2009
Moderatrix Note: “The Labor of…” is a somewhat intermittent series to re-explore things in daily life taken for granted before living with chronic pain and/or disability. This is a space to share experiences. Sleep. My relationship with sleep has changed dramatically throughout my life as I have grown and changed. I am told that I [...]
Posted in life changes | Tagged chronic pain, chronic pain conditions, pain management, sleep, The Labor of, things I took for granted
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