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Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 10

May 22, 2020 ~ Val ~ Leave a comment

Greetings, Internet! How’s everyone doing? Academia continues to plummet both on my campus and across the country/world, I’ve been learning about the world of flutes, my video posting schedule has gone from Monday/Wednesday/Friday to Monday/Thursday, the WiFi went out in my neighborhood for the first time since the lockdown began, and I started therapy! What … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 10

Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 4

April 11, 2020 ~ Val ~ Leave a comment

Greetings, Internet! The self-isolation continues, although now I have a ukulele YouTube channel! Go like and subscribe if that’s the sort of thing you’d be interested in. And yes, I will continue to shamelessly plug this channel for the remainder of my quarantine posts. You have been warned. Also, I should seriously invest in a … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 4

Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 2

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 ~ Val

Greetings, Internet! How’s everyone doing? I’m still in the process of feeling like this is grad student life, even though I know for sure that this is not the life of a typical grad student. I can’t stop watching the news, even though the news is bleak (or, I guess, especially because the news is … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 2

Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 1

March 19, 2020 ~ Val ~ 1 Comment

Greetings, Internet! It seems that staying home is the name of the game, so here I stay. I do not believe I have COVID-19, nor do I think I’ve been exposed to it directly, however I am technically “high risk” on account of my quadriplegia. I sometimes forget that I am a quadriplegic, but then … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 1

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Val

(Medieval) History PhD, Princeton (2025). Wheelchair user since 2008. Bylines in The New York Times, PopSugar, and Healthline.

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  • “I Was Afraid My Disability Would Be a Dating Dealbreaker; I Was Wrong” (POPSUGAR)
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  • “Google Maps Makes a Modest Attempt at Wheelchair Accessibility” (Hyperallergic)
  • “Applying to College as a Wheelchair User” (Inside Higher Ed)
  • “My Life with Paralysis, It’s a Workout” (New York Times)
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