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Sami Schalk
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Yall I’m on day 3 of the worst pain flare up I’ve had in 6 months and we’re now at the point where I just have to choose to between being in less pain but so unfocused from drugs that I can’t really work well and being in so much pain that I can only work in small bursts.
I honestly feel like my bodymind was waiting for the semester to be over and then just fell apart. The pain literally started Monday night after I gave the final exam for my class and has been pretty relentless since.
My disability studies, disability justice brain is telling me to just chill out, take care of myself and not worry about doing work for a few days, but wow does my Type A, internalized oppression brain really rebel at that notion. Phew. Sometimes the inside of my head is a trip.
I should note since I don’t tweet about pain stuff often: I’m not looking for advice here. I just am noting publicly the conflict between my intellectual knowledge about & my emotional response to my occasional chronic pain & my ever shifting relationship to disability identity.
I’m also thinking a lot right now about @brownstargirl’s discussion about disability doulas in Care Work & how I wish I had one right now! I honestly though my chronic pain had gotten better but of course, we have such little control & limited understanding of our bodyminds.
#chronicpain #flareup #painmedfog
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Sami Schalk
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Let’s talk about the difference between #SexStrike & #StopFuckingShittyMen. Sex strike proposes that all women stop having sex (with men its implied I think, no clue if queer women are supposed to stop fucking each other here) in order to punish men or raise awareness.
As some have already noted, this perpetuates the idea that sex is the only bargaining chip women have & that sex is the only reason men will listen to us. I’m not on board at all. But folks may think that the Sex Strike is no different than my recent proposal.
#StopFuckingShittyMen is about centering women’s sexual needs (don’t fuck men who don’t care about your pleasure or who make you feel bad about your body) as well as refusing to participate in sex with men who don’t deserve our time, attention or bodies.
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Sami Schalk
@DrSamiSchalk
To give you a sense of my mood right now. I just got an email about the first of two bachelorette parties for my friends who are getting married and I text my partner “This is why gay marriage should be illegal. Two bachelorette parties is so expensive” 😂
I really like this couple but the question is: Do I like THEIR friends this much?

Spoiler alert: I don’t like most people. Most people suck.
Is it rude for me to ask if these people are all white and/or straight women?
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Sami Schalk
@DrSamiSchalk
Ok, tweeting from urgent care. Arrived at 11:02am. They told me it’s an hour wait. I see five people ahead of me in the waiting room. Let’s see how long this takes. And how it goes once I see a doctor.
20 min in. I didn’t bring a book, which is my bad. But I probably wouldn’t be able to concentrate with Who Wants to Be A Millionaire blaring on the TV above my head. I honestly didn’t know this show was still on the air.
45 min into my hour long estimated wait. I think I’m next. 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾
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