Hi friends! I’m going to keep this short but if you’ve been following along at home you know that I had a bit of health thing back in 2014 (lol, I got cancer). So anyway three plus years of treatment (pills and injections) and I counted down to the final injection seen here: It was… Continue reading A Quick Health Update
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Our Faultless Stars: What John Green Got Wrong
So I finally did it. I read The Fault in Our Stars, easily once of the most beloved novels by one of the most beloved novelists. I didn’t read it earlier because I feared that my own cancer story would make me biased. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to give it a fair… Continue reading Our Faultless Stars: What John Green Got Wrong
No Vera. It Was Just A Really Good Day
“Hope is like the sun. If you only believe in it when you can see it, you’ll never make it through the night.” — Leia Organa The day before my last cancer treatment I went to see Star Wars: The Last Jedi. I adored the movie – found it to be the most feminist Star… Continue reading No Vera. It Was Just A Really Good Day
A Free Lesson on How to Talk about Disease.
Hello. I have some thoughts. Recently we learned that Senator John McCain was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a very serious form of brain cancer. This was probably the first time a lot of people in this country heard about the seriousness of glioblastoma. The first time I heard about it was 2014. I was in radiation… Continue reading A Free Lesson on How to Talk about Disease.
Representation Matters for the Diseased, too.
So something kind of amazing happened the other week. I’ve been rather vocal on the twitters and what not about the portrayal of people with cancer. I'm up to fucking here with the cancer patient dies to teach everyone to love life trope #fuckcancer #ownvoices — Ally Ally Oxenfree Pre-order GHOST GIRL! 👻 (@AllyMalinenko) May… Continue reading Representation Matters for the Diseased, too.
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