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bad french

an online publication dedicated to sloughing off the rules of neuro-conforming society. essays and poetry, all written by a PDA Autistic woman, and often about life as a PDAer.

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Aug 25, 2026
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  1. Issue · Aug 25, 2026

    Post Ego-Death (opens the original)

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    <img alt="man and woman standing under green tree leaves with accidentally matching t-shirts" class="sizing-normal" height="1941" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l5ut!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fafb9c8ba-8339-4bed-bd1c-3a0ff3895c9b_4032x3024.jpeg" title="man and woman standing under green tree leaves with accidentally matching

  2. Issue · Aug 13, 2026

    Embodiment Literacy (opens the original)

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    One thing about me is that I really can’t help but see everything as connected. For much of my life, I tried to do that whole “compartmentalizing” thing: over here is my work and over here is my life and somewhere between them is supposed to be some sort of balance…apparently?It didn’t ever really work - everything has always bled back and forth pretty constantly. The novel I was reading for leisure was obviously and inextricably tied to the metadata problems I was having

  3. Issue · Aug 3, 2026

    My friend Phil is probably going to live to break the record for oldest dude around. (opens the original)

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    My friend Angie might be the nicest helper around. She’s good stuff. And Phil too. I mean, his name is Phil Joy, so…Instead of having to share and congeal all of my ideas in a substack post to share today, I’m just sharing Phil’s recent talk. So stinkin’ good. Watch it, or don’t watch it. Either is fine, y’all.Cool. :) I’m doing a good job. You’re doing a good job.

  4. Issue · Aug 1, 2026

    it might feel scary right now but I promise it can be ok. you can be ok. (opens the original)

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    Poetry isn’t riddles - it’s just seeing things that kind of make sense but you’re not sure why or how, and maybe it’ll help somebody else to read/hear it. I’m pretty sure that’s it.This event was incredibly beautiful - Oscillator Press is like a little healing center for weirdos in our town, and it was their anniversary show which we were invited to be weird for.This was pure improvisation for the three of us, and it helped me figure out and remember something about who I am.thanks, Lauren and U

  5. Issue · Jul 29, 2026

    I wrote this, I think, 5 years ago on my birthday (opens the original)

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