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The TRUTH about Sickfluencers (opens the original)
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The journalists spewing this unimaginative, untrue rhetoric should be ashamed. The lack of regulation against media campaigns that actively target our most vulnerable is disgraceful. It is bad enough that there is little to no support for disabled people, lengthy waiting times, lack of care
So What, Apricot? (opens the original)
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Swee-tea,My trademark optimism was MIA in my last poem. I know I am not alone in feeling hopeless, in comparing myself, in being concerned that the internet and social media are perhaps doing more harm than good. If I cannot be honest about the times I feel hopeless, my hard-won ability to be hopeful loses its merit. So let me elaborate on this oh-so-common comparison trap…<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cQjs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progr
Scrolling (opens the original)
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Married at 21 with a kid the whole village showed But I never didNever questioned the BibleNever slid off the railsAnd that envious life? Well, the colour now palesDarling homegirl just got her degreeShe’s prettier and younger than I’ll ever be In double the debt, she’ll still struggle for cashAnd that piece of paper?Might as well turn to ashSinging songs for strangersSipping Aperol spritz, Smile at the camera, cigarette litSo unhappy, so insecureAnd this picture perfect life?<
Disability... PRIDE?! (opens the original)
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Disability... PRIDE?!Proud of what? Constant pain? Ridicule? Being dismissed?That's how I felt before I met others who called themselves 'disabled'. Their stories encouraged me: I don’t have to be ‘proud’ of my agony. I can be proud to belong in the disabled community. I can be proud of the ripple effect I have just by existing. I can be proud of raising awareness for my rare conditions. Disabled. This label that took me so long to use. What more defiant expression against stigma and stereotypes
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