“What I Am and Am Not Saying About Embodiment” Published
Happy to announce that my poem “What I Am and Am Not Saying About Embodiment” was accepted for publication by Unapologetically Us: Disabled, Proud, and Resilient, a Zine By the Disability Community For the Disability Community.
This Pride issue celebrates disabled and queer bodies and the full issue is available via Flipsnack. In this poem, I attempt to express what it feels like to be neurodivergent. Specifically, what it physically feels like to have strong feelings toward my body and its sometimes inability to hold all that I am. Reframing my struggles from a place of “more” and not “less” has helped me make peace with my struggles.
If you enjoy this piece, consider voting for me in the Reader’s Survey at the end of the issue.
From the publisher:
🌈♿ Pride. Power. Pages that Speak Truth. ♿🌈
The latest issue of Unapologetically Us is live—and it’s louder, prouder, and more unapologetic than ever.
This double issue celebrates Pride Month 🏳️🌈 and Disability Pride Month ♿—uplifting voices at the intersection of queerness, disability, and fierce resistance.
Inside this edition:
✨ Raw stories of queer disabled joy
🧠 Bold essays on neurodivergence and identity
⚡ Art, poetry, and unapologetic truth-telling
🔥 Radical calls to action for justice and accessibility
We don’t tone ourselves down.
We don’t wait for permission.
We speak, we shout, we celebrate—together.
This is for the ones who’ve been told they’re “too much,” “too complicated,” or “too different.”
We are exactly enough—and we’re building a world where we all belong.
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