PinnedTeona StudemireFlorida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Will Leave More Sexual Abuse Survivors Like Me in the DarkCW: discussion around CSA, queerphobia, and transphobia3 min read·Mar 29, 2022----
PinnedTeona StudemireThe Heavy Cost of Strength: The Weight of Being Black, Queer, & Disabledin·ter·sec·tion·al·i·ty5 min read·Mar 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…3 min read·Jan 3, 2022--1--1
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?2 min read·Jan 3, 2022----
Teona StudemireRemembering All the Times I Thought About Leaving YouCW: discussions of emotional abuse5 min read·Mar 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…4 min read·Mar 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…3 min read·Mar 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.4 min read·Feb 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.4 min read·Jan 3, 2022--2--2
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.3 min read·Oct 25, 2021----