This post was originally published in October of 2020. Now, more than five years later, 45 has started his second term, his buddy Musk is helping him stage a coup, CDC data is being purged, and many many other horrifying things as a result of his executive orders that amount to the country falling apart at the seams. Escalating fascism is quickly getting out of control. This post offers resources on what you can do next.
Author: Kella Hanna-Wayne
The Road Less Traveled: Where I’ve Been
For the past year, I have been significantly less involved in activism, at a time when the need for involvement is more than ever. That has eaten at me constantly and yet I could not find a way around it. I finally figured out why.
Putting the “Chronic” in Chronic Illness: Lessons from 10 Years of Chronic Illness
Now that I am coming up on 10 years of chronic illness and dynamic disability, I wanted to reflect on some of the lessons I’ve learned during that time, and what I wish I’d known about chronic illness from the start.
Resources Created by a Disabled Writer & Artist
It’s July, which is disability pride month, and as such I wanted to share with you a compilation of the resources and work I’ve spent the last seven years assembling. If you’d like to learn more about the experience of disability and chronic illness, or you’d like a list of resources to point family and friends to, this is the list for you.
Dissociative Identity Disorder, Gender, and Sexuality: The Intersection of LGBTQ Identities & DID
In honor of pride month, we decided to cover a topic we’ve wrestled with ever since our diagnosis: The intersection between our dissociative identity disorder, gender, and sexuality. How does it work? What language do we use? We’ll explore it all in this article.
New Merch: LGBTQ Pride Mosaics
My pride mosaic patterns are now available on etsy on skater dresses, phone cases, drawstring bags, and stickers!
Photos of My Alters: What It Looks Like When My Dissociative Identities Front
Many of you know by now that in the summer of 2020, I was diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. But have you ever wondered what it would look like to see photos of my alters?
Life After Abuse: An Open Letter to My Friend on Healing from Abuse
I originally wrote this letter for a dear friend of mine about the process of healing from trauma and life after abuse, in 2018. The blog that published it has sadly gone dark since then. I wanted to make sure that this piece could still be enjoyed and potentially shared with your own close friends if they’ve been through something similar.
New Website: KellaHannaWayne.com
We haven’t posted in a few months now and that’s because we’ve been working on a big project, our new website KellaHannaWayne.com!
Disclosing Disability: Why It’s Hard to Reveal My Disability to Strangers
I originally wrote this piece about disclosing disability in the early days of my grappling with the loss of dance as a result of my disability. Since then, my baseline ability has fluctuated many times but even five years later, this piece still resonates strongly with the complex evaluation process necessary to safely disclose a disability, and the grief that comes when the onset of disability is later in life.