personalTuesday, August 18
Today's personal feed is heavy on identity and representation, with two pieces digging into the messy intersections of disability, fatness, and Hollywood. Meanwhile, a spiritual essay and an AI cautionary tale round out the day, offering different angles on self-awareness and societal pressure.
Two pieces today wrestle with what it means to show up authentically when your identities overlap, and what that costs in professional spaces.
A Disability Justice practitioner admits she struggled for decades to identify as disabled, pointing to internalized ableism even among those who do this work. The piece also calls out 'Access Intimacy Abuse' by name, which is a rare and specific reckoning.
Steve Way is blunt about Hollywood's failure to represent disabled actors properly, and his frustration with not having an agency to advocate for him. His comment about wanting an agency to 'whore me out' cuts through the usual polite industry talk.
The rest of the day splits between practical advice on e-bikes and AI, and a metaphysical take on current struggles.
E-bikes aren't banned in NYC, but the crackdown on illegal models is real. The piece gives a state-by-state look at regulations, which is useful if you're navigating the patchwork of rules.
A short but pointed warning: heavy AI use can degrade critical thinking, but the piece suggests ways to use it without losing your edge. It's a practical counter to the usual AI hype.
A channeled essay that frames current hardship as spiritual awakening, pulling back veils of a 'material simulation.' If you're into that, it's a different lens on why things feel hard.
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