Author Archives: allisonthehuman

there’s a russ song, “do it myself” that resonates with me every time i hear it or play it over in my head. i could easily write for hours on the multitude of reasons that i identify so hard with that song. as an autistic human i’ve done a lot of stuff by myself. notContinue reading “do it myself”

i’ve received so much positive support over the last few months in the form of kind words and stories and discussions. last night someone messaged me on instagram in response to a Sia related post on my story. the gist was, “what about Sia’s mental health?” my reaction… i immediately deleted their message and closedContinue reading “internet gaslighting turned internal”

i’ve reached out to a few fellow SLPs on instagram who have a much larger following than i. i informed them of Sia’s actions and expressed hope they could share something, or really anyyything about it on their platform. a handful of my closest humans (who honestly have never been anything but supportive, thanks y’all)Continue reading “just a theory”

the older i get the more hesitant i am to respond when someone says “any questions?”. especially a figure of power. because YES i have so many questions. your syntax was vague and i’m not sure exactly what you mean. or you did not provide enough information and i know that i need more informationContinue reading ““any questions? mask away””

^this feels like a simple concept. the release of Sia’s new project. what that feels like… it feels like knowing that the most powerful platforms in capitalism will always do what they can to help themselves (inspiration porn!!!) without actually researching the community they are portraying. it feels like knowing a simple donation of actualContinue reading “nothing about us without us”

i’ve never been one to journal. A journal entry for me starts with “why am i doing this”, “no one is going to read this whats the point”, “i’m not even going to read this…” end journal entry, blank, close journal. The running discussion in my head is exactly that, a discussion, a mode ofContinue reading “hey yall”