07/26/26
3:35 pm
Case #009 Field Report:
introduction
Hi everyone! I’m really happy to be here writing this newsletter right now. This is a more personal post than I’ve made in a while, but the summer heat lowers my inhibitions. Just know that before it gets funny, it’ll be a bit emotional.
The world is hard. C-PTSD symptoms are also kicking my ass, but I’m still out here saying Happy Disability Pride Month! My disabilities are invisible, but I want to tip my hat to people with visible, invisible, and both forms of disabilities. Your existence makes the world a better place.
We all deserve accommodations and respect without having to beg for it, but when it comes to disability, that’s frequently not the case. Disability activists have given everything, including their lives, to the fight (through lobbying for ADA, protests in the streets, and more) for a world in which we all deserve to live. I am grateful to their work for making life better for me and my loved ones.1
case documents
cw: mentions of family trauma
I’ve been reading Model Home by Rivers Solomon, and the prose both captivates me and strikes a chord personally. Solomon’s work has been on my TBR for years, and I’m finally committing to their most recent book. The home in literature is about the self, and Solomon follows gothic writers like Shirley Jackson in carefully using metaphor to discuss inner turmoil and complicated family dynamics.
