I was 12 years old when Rachel Corrie was born in our shared hometown of Olympia, Washington — a small, rain-soaked city that raises activists the way the midwest raises … Continue reading Smashing Irony
Tag: Activism
The Value of Visibility
Why I Participate in Ehlers-Danlos Awareness Month It happened the second Friday of May. I was fishing money out of my zipper pouch, purchased with gift card funds from the … Continue reading The Value of Visibility
Luered to TikTok for Advocacy
It was only days after my official autism diagnosis that I felt compelled to download and install an app I had sworn never to. For many months, I had been … Continue reading Luered to TikTok for Advocacy
Screaming Secrets: An Original Poem
Screaming Secrets The wronged shrieked from their fingertips, silenced no longer, Empowered by consent, Enraged from words not welcomed to say, stuffed inside, eating the polite curtains away … Continue reading Screaming Secrets: An Original Poem
M.E. Slighte 