PinnedTeona StudemireFlorida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Will Leave More Sexual Abuse Survivors Like Me in the DarkCW: discussion around CSA, queerphobia, and transphobiaMar 29, 2022Mar 29, 2022
PinnedTeona StudemireThe Heavy Cost of Strength: The Weight of Being Black, Queer, & Disabledin·ter·sec·tion·al·i·tyMar 10, 2022Mar 10, 2022
PinnedTeona StudemireSociety Is Continuing to Gaslight People With Long COVID and Other Post-Viral IllnessesThere aren’t enough words to describe the amount of frustration I feel watching as the world moves on as if nothing has happened in the…Jan 3, 20221Jan 3, 20221
PinnedTeona StudemireNo, I Don’t Need to Forgive You to Heal From My TraumaWhy would my healing or my ability to move on and grow from a situation be contingent on whether or not I forgive someone?Jan 3, 2022Jan 3, 2022
Teona StudemireRemembering All the Times I Thought About Leaving YouCW: discussions of emotional abuseMar 29, 2022Mar 29, 2022
Teona StudemireWhat It Was Like to Get My First Infusion Treatment for M.E.It had been weeks of the worst flare I’d ever gone through and I was only getting worse. I could barely sit up for more than a few minutes…Mar 4, 2022Mar 4, 2022
Teona StudemireWhat Having My Hair Braided Feels Like as a Black Autistic PersonThe chair feels like I’m seated on a cast iron pan set over a fire. The longer I sat, the more I desperately needed to get up. Fidgeting…Mar 4, 2022Mar 4, 2022
Teona StudemireWhat Hair Wash Day Is Like When You’re DisabledDoing my hair and getting my hair done has always been a struggle.Feb 15, 2022Feb 15, 2022
Teona StudemireDear Ableds, Stop Making Fun of Gadgets That Help Disabled PeopleNot everything is made for you and that’s an understandably difficult pill to swallow.Jan 3, 20222Jan 3, 20222
Teona StudemireWhat I Realized About My Mortality and Chronic Illness…death is inevitable and she and I are going to have to get really friendly someday in the future.Oct 25, 2021Oct 25, 2021