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Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 32

October 23, 2020 ~ Val ~ Leave a comment

Greetings, Internet! Hope everyone is staying as safe and sane as possible. I’m on the mend from last week’s ER trip, ordered and received my MIDI controller, and rediscovered my love of Radiohead’s OK Computer. Daily summaries below! Day Two Hundred and Eighteen (10/16/20) And we’re back on the road to Princeton to deal with … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 32

Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 22

August 14, 2020 ~ Val ~ Leave a comment

Greetings, Internet! Hope everyone’s staying as safe and well as they can. I’ve been continuing to binge “The Great British Baking Show,” have eaten more pastries and pie slices than I normally do in a given week, and went outside TWICE (once for some much needed #triotime). Oh, and we’ve passed the one-hundred-and-fifty-day mark (yay?). … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 22

Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 21

August 7, 2020 ~ Val ~ Leave a comment

Greetings, Internet! Hope everyone’s staying as healthy and safe as they can. Baseball is still around (for now), I am still all about the music (in part because I am dreading the coming semester), and power surges led to an interesting couple of hours battling with my HVAC unit. Daily summaries below! Day One Hundred … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 21

Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 9

May 15, 2020 ~ Val ~ Leave a comment

Greetings, Internet! I’m remembering that I’m a graduate student with academic obligations (that I shall continue to fulfill even as academia crashes all around), so this week has been a neat balance of non-dissertation-related readings and a seminar. Also went on a “Phantom of the Opera” kick, as if I was back in senior thesis … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 9

Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 7

May 1, 2020 ~ Val ~ Leave a comment

Greetings, Internet! How’s everyone doing? Well, April happened. That was somehow fast and slow? The ukulele channel has upgraded to a setup with a real microphone, the world continues to be chaos, and I’m actually making progress with some of the main primary sources of my dissertation (even though it is looking less and less … Continue reading Self-Isolation Diaries – Week 7

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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)
  • “Becoming the Representation” (MIGA)
  • “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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