Walela NehandaI Survived Cancer & I Shouldn’t Be Required to Feel Grateful About It:CW: death, suicide, cancer, brief mention of disordered eating and self harmOct 23, 20221Oct 23, 20221
Walela NehandaI Am Not “The Problem” for Having Suicide Ideation, The Problem Is The World We Live InThis is entirely my own experience, contemplations and questions as a result of my own life. I feel sharing this side of myself, one that’s…May 18, 20221May 18, 20221
Walela NehandaThe Value of Pop Culture CommentaryAka Why the Conversations Surrounding Will Smith, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Chris Rock, and the Oscars Are Important Among Black PeopleMar 29, 2022Mar 29, 2022
Walela NehandaThe Pandemic, Caregiver Abuse, & the Survival of Disabled PeopleWritten in honor of Disability Day of Mourning:Mar 1, 2022Mar 1, 2022
Walela NehandaWe Need to Humanize Disabled People in Media: A Brief History and Analysis of Vilifying DisablementCW: Ableism, mention of violent acts towards disabled people, mention of violence in general — if you feel like it’s too much to tackle…Dec 15, 20211Dec 15, 20211
Walela NehandaAfter Cancer: I Visited The Burial Site I Chose if I Died — Next to my GrandmaIn 2017, I was hospitalized and diagnosed with advanced stage leukemia, with a not so good looking prognosis — at the time, it would’ve…Oct 22, 20211Oct 22, 20211
Walela NehandaCancer Survivorship, Suicide, & the Lack of Support for Our Mental HealthWhen the battle is done, we — the patients — are left with the aftermath and that is often too difficult to carry alone.Sep 11, 20212Sep 11, 20212
Walela NehandaI’m Immune Compromised & High Risk COVID19, Mutual Aid is What’s Saving My LifeLast week, I found myself breaking down into a panic attack when realizing all the Lysol disinfecting spray online and in the greater Los…Mar 16, 2020Mar 16, 2020
Walela Nehanda“Holistic” Ableism, Fauxhemians, Oh My: The Dangers of Health Misinformation on Social MediaBefore we start, here is a glossary of the major terms I used so we can all be working from the same place of definitions during this…Jan 16, 2020Jan 16, 2020
Walela NehandaHey, Actually Support the Disabled People in Your LifeThere is something about having cancer, or any disability for that matter, that will make people — from strangers to acquaintances to…Nov 10, 20191Nov 10, 20191
