Dear Saeed Jones and the staff at BuzzFeed's new imprint ( Read more... )

Well, I know *how* I did it--to see what sorts of problems Darnell might have that I might not(problems regulating body temperature, pain translating as chills or fluctuations in blood pressure--that, of course, is a health crisis and very serious).And, you know, while I'm here in Quadland anyway, big deal-- maybe I'll learn something worthwhile ( Read more... )

is what I would say about Ironside, despite the fact that the "Elevator pitch" or whatever was probably just "Blair Underwood in a wheelchair, shirtless"(Ok, kind of sexy ( Read more... )

awfully ambitious, and to be honest, I'm not sure I "get" it 100%, but I do agree that my history was stolen from me as a disabled woman.http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/

lost a big writing contest with a big prize. I really felt good about the story, too. I would consider it among my current best work. But now, I'm wondering if that's true, or if I just had fun writing it or something, as opposed to the dog story, where I'm struggling through a second draft.(Should I even bother with the dog-story contest? Maybe I' ( Read more... )

Dear Dad,
I am a *fucking* college graduate.I have been published in a magazine with national circulation, and in a small way, I'm an activist. All of which is my way of saying that I can respond to goddamn phone messages.
Please stop insulting me.
Ambivalently yours,
Your firstborn.
PS: Still the only one that never went to jail. Yet.

I honestly don't care if there's a crip fetishist out there jerking off to what I write online. Now, if they attempt to stalk me, or attempt to get details I don't provide(Incidentally, good luck with that.) that is a different thing.I mean, on one level I get my friend Tiffiny's squick, but then I think about how I respond to the famous people I ( Read more... )

When I was a kid, I totally thought I'd be on one. I watched them all summer growing up and found out I was really good at the combination of trivia and silliness that most of these shows tend to require.(I thought then that that was a sign that I was really smart, but now I think yes and no.) I have only seen a disabled person on a game show one ( Read more... )

I promised him I'd help him get it funded
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1644376829/hellwatch-epsodes-2-and-3-serial-fiction

My life is so not working...can't remember the last good time I really had ( Read more... )