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Jellybean Comix by Grae Salisbury – Week 3

January 17, 2020January 2, 2020 - Leave a Comment

Grae Salisbury is a queer human living with vulvodynia, anxiety, a jungle of lovely house plants, and their adorable partner. Grae describes drawing Jellybean Comix as a practice of processing …

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I Do Not Talk About Spoons by Rachael Dickzen

January 13, 2020January 11, 2020 - Leave a Comment

They say a person with chronic illness only has so many spoons to get through each day. Each action, each sentence, each movement takes a spoon away, and when the …

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Jellybean Comix by Grae Salisbury – Week 2

January 10, 2020January 2, 2020 - Leave a Comment

Grae Salisbury is a queer human living with vulvodynia, anxiety, a jungle of lovely house plants, and their adorable partner. Grae describes drawing Jellybean Comix as a practice of processing …

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Post Diagnosis: Learning to Live With Your Assassin

February 18, 2019February 25, 2019 - Leave a Comment

By Sarah Birdsong Mere weeks after Hurricane Irma raged her way through Atlanta in the month of September, 2017, I sat on the patient bed of my local gastroenterologist. The …

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Link Roundup: February 15th, 2019

February 15, 2019February 14, 2019 - Leave a Comment

Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup (almost) every Friday. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please tweet it at me or Chronically Lit. Since …

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Link Roundup: November 30th, 2018

November 30, 2018December 1, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup (almost) every Friday. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please tweet it at me or Chronically Lit. Academics, …

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Link Roundup: October 21st, 2018

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 - Leave a Comment

I have #multiplesclerosis . I am in an exacerbation. By the grace of the lord, and will power and the understanding producers at Netflix , I have a job. A wonderful job. …

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Thunder II by Sarah Bigham
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Two Paintings by Sarah Bigham

October 19, 2018October 19, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Both Medica Veritate and Thunder II are made from watercolors and dissolved dietary supplements. Sarah Bigham teaches, writes, and paints in Maryland where she lives with her kind chemist wife, …

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Link Roundup: September 7th, 2018

September 9, 2018September 9, 2018 - Leave a Comment

Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup every Friday and this is the seventh one. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please …

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expectation vs reality by evelyn benvie
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Expectation vs. Reality

August 28, 2018August 29, 2018 - Leave a Comment

By Evelyn Benvie Artist statement: From my experience, when you have a chronic illness, everyone around you expects you to still just press on. Be the good little engine that could, …

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