Labor: to exert one's powers of body or mind especially with painful or strenuous effort : WORK 2: to move with great effort 3: to suffer from some disadvantage or distress labor 4: to be in the labor of giving birthMerriam-Webster Dictionary I hear there’s a bounty on my womb. A high price in the currency of…
"I was born with a brain that tells me to move. I'm hyperactive, and I'm bad at moving."Jessica McCabe, How to ADHD Lately some people pushed a bizarre rivalry in the neurodivergent community, perpetuating misinformation harmful to people with ADHD, autism, or both. Most recently I saw ADHD referred to…
If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't.Lyall Watson Memes. As I've said before, they're like the bumper stickers of the internet. Not a lot of room for context or nuance. There's a lot of ADHD memes, probably made by people…
But your home is not your prisonYou forgot that without me, you won't go far"Purge the Poison", Marina I think we carry home on our backs.My Diary From the Edge of the World, Jodi Lynn Anderson While I'm not sure how I feel about its resolution, Jodi Lynn Anderson's My…
"When I think of it, my fingers turn to fists." Fiona Apple, Limp Been awhile. I'd like to talk about all my new and ongoing projects, or even just work on them. Instead here's the latest horrific business I don't know how to fix because I struggle to even reach…
“We are not our trauma. We are not our brain chemistry. That’s part of who we are, but we’re so much more than that.”Sam J. Miller "Sometimes a flaw can make something even more beautiful. Like with Cindy Crawford and how short she is.”Tahani, The Good Place I came across…
"Inheriting the ignorance and hate of earlier generations may have been somewhat out of our control, but it is now our responsibility as individuals with agency to educate ourselves and each other, challenge past wrongs and stop the cycle."Michelle Yang “History is written by the rich, and so the poor…
"And sin, young man, is when you treat people as things. Including yourself. That’s what sin is."Granny Weatherwax in Carpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett I recently read Carpe Jugulum. The Discworld witches serve as midwives as a nod to "Roundworld" midwives falsely accused of witchcraft if their influence was perceived…
"My entire existence was constructed by a sociopath in a sweater vest".Amy Acker as Dr. Claire Saunders in Dollhouse "Imagination, life is your creation.""Barbie Girl" by Aqua When I was making the awkward and painful transition into adulthood, worsened by unidentified ADHD, two of the biggest things in pop culture…
"You see I believe in freedom. Not many people do, although they will of course protest otherwise. And no practical definition of freedom would be complete without the freedom to take the consequences. Indeed, it is the freedom upon which all the others are based.”Going Postal, Terry Pratchett You ever…