CLH Words

Author: chamomileharrison

  • Socialized Wrong

    In case you need a definition on eggs: an egg is trans fem slang for a trans woman who does not yet realize she is in fact a woman. Hatching or breaking an egg is when a trans woman begins to understand her identity. This essay should help put this…

  • Mind the Space

    Let’s talk about words and what they can show us about society as a whole. Language and words are kinda my thing. I have a degree in English, read and write a ton, and just generally think about/study how we communicate with each other. Now despite larger misconceptions, language by…

  • A Crip for Immigrants Rights

    There are many reasons why I hate ICE. Many arguments can and have been made for why it should be abolished. Today I want to talk about it from a disability perspective. I have been deeply involved in the disability rights movement for almost a decade now. Both professionally and…

  • Beyond ICE Out

    This has been the hardest post I have written here. Normally, a post takes a few days to write, with a first pass about something I have been thinking about recently followed up by a polished final draft once my thoughts have been put in order. I started writing this…

  • The Sky Hurt My Bones Again

    The weather gave me a flare up, and I am grumpy about it. I am writing this on a day where my chronic pain is worse than normal, or as I tell my friends, my bones are angry today.  I don’t have anything profound to say here, just an aspect…

  • Disabled at a Faire

    I sold at a Renaissance Faire recently. I always love selling at events. I get to spread joy and meet people. This was no exception. It was a great event and I met a lot of people. But, as a (somewhat) visibly disabled person living in an ableist world, often…

  • A year later

    I got bottom surgery one year and some odd days ago. This was one of the best decisions of my life. I am in a completely different spot in my life, in large part due to my bottom surgery. I have written before here about the joy around it and…

  • Blind Gender Moments

    I went blind in high school. This story isn’t about that, but that is relevant (which is honestly a pretty apt analogy for being disabled—it affects everything, while most stuff  is not about it). While I was going blind, I did not really think it would lead to more school,…

  • Voting with our words

                   Let’s talk about language and how it shapes our understanding of current events. I recently read two news articles that made me very angry. As a general rule, when something on the internet makes me mad, I try not to engage with it (don’t feed the trolls, as the…

  • Unmasking Transness

    While  I talk about my transness and my AuDHD here, everything I say below also applies to my other later diagnosed/realized disabilities. I specifically did not talk about my POTS or EDS here because while they are important, they are not an identity I relate to as much as my…