“Most of the stories we are told now are written by novelists and screenwriters, acted out by actors and actresses, stories that have beginnings and endings, stories that are not real. The stories we can...
“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap....
So, you may have noticed that I haven’t written very much recently. Since I started my blog, my policy was generally only to write if things were going well– or at least, to only highlight...
Continued from Part One Nervous system cells, whether they are in the brain, the spinal cord, or the peripheral nerves, communicate with each other via a group of chemical messengers called neurotransmitters. One nerve cell...
Hey everyone, As you may have heard me say, I really feel that people living with chronic pain/fibromyalgia can benefit immensely from learning about how the body works. Even the feeling that you are just...
The nervous system has a system of checks and balances that ultimately determine how strong a pain signal is experienced by the individual. Different parts of the spinal cord and brain can play a role...
This is an amazing excerpt from the film “Examined Life” in which Sunaura Taylor, artist and disability rights activist, and Judith Butler, critical theorist, go for a walk and talk about disability, gender, and the...
Update, Jan. 2018: Hi everyone– I’ve learned a ton since I wrote this post. Please be sure to check out my other site, My Sacroiliac Joint Saga, for more! And now, the original post: So, let...
Update, Jan. 2018: Hi everyone– I’ve learned a ton since I wrote this post. Please be sure to check out my other site, My Sacroiliac Joint Saga, for more! And now, the original post: So, let...
I first saw this Louis C.K. clip a couple of weeks ago, and I’ve been thinking about it ever since. (Be sure you watch until the 3:05 mark, which is where he really starts to...