Intersectional Identities: Trans & Hard of Hearing
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patrickbrycewright
Mar 12 min read
The Sensitivity Reader for Conjure Hill
Since Conjure Hill is being released this month, I want to go on record and be clear: I am my own sensitivity reader. I wrote a novel...
patrickbrycewright
Jan 153 min read
My Firsts in Transitioning
My former therapist figured out I was trans before I did, I think. She asked me pointblank back in 2014 if I would cut off my breasts if...
patrickbrycewright
Dec 27, 20233 min read
The Right to Cry
We’re entitled to basic human coping mechanisms. TW: discussion of child abuse (physical abuse) Yesterday, I had to take my elderly cat...
patrickbrycewright
Dec 8, 20234 min read
An #Ownvoices DID Gay Romance
On writing Facing the Curse In writing my novel Facing the Curse, I had three basic goals in mind: one, portraying Dissociative Identity...
patrickbrycewright
Dec 1, 20232 min read
I am my own sensitivity reader.
Since Facing the Curse is being released tomorrow, on Dec. 2, I want to go on record and be clear: I am my own sensitivity reader. I...
patrickbrycewright
Nov 18, 20233 min read
About Me
I’m third gender, bi/pansexual, and neuro-divergent. I have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and am hard of hearing, and my goal as a...
patrickbrycewright
Nov 11, 20231 min read
You are not a failure.
Abuse survivors, and most people in general, need to hear this:
patrickbrycewright
Nov 3, 20232 min read
Writing Heals Trauma
Using writing to process trauma Over the course of just two weeks, I had four different people ask me if I think writing can either help...
patrickbrycewright
Oct 18, 20231 min read
Survivors Are Badass
I am ridiculously strong. All the traumas I experienced never made me weak. I have said elsewhere that I am a survivor of extreme...
patrickbrycewright
Sep 9, 20231 min read
OOC Characters
I think one of the interesting things about being in a fandom is watching people argue about what is in-character or out-of-character for...
patrickbrycewright
Aug 4, 20233 min read
Gender Identity and My Characters
I have spent the entire last seven years on a journey to discover both my gender identity and my sexual orientation. And, man, has that...
patrickbrycewright
Jul 16, 20231 min read
Writing about abuse.
There is really old writing advice that says, "Write what you know." I had always tried to follow it, although solid research can help...
patrickbrycewright
Jun 12, 20231 min read
Characters with "disabilities"--or, rather, different experiences
As someone who would normally be called "hearing impaired"--or, rather, who has deaf gain--I often think about what will happen if I...
patrickbrycewright
Mar 17, 20231 min read
When religions control how you think
As someone who was raised in a fundamentalist Christian denomination, I find this post really hits me hard. When I was a child, everyone...
patrickbrycewright
Feb 13, 20231 min read
Top doctor skill requested: Listen to the patient
My S.O. feels this post sums up their life history effectively. Just develop a medical condition that is less common, and apparently this...
patrickbrycewright
Jan 13, 20231 min read
Your trauma is not your fault.
The most important thing I learned during my recovery was not to blame myself. I think this post captures that well:
patrickbrycewright
Dec 14, 20221 min read
John Steinbeck had a sense of humor.
I know I really shouldn't be surprised he had a sense of humor, but his writing was just so bleak...
patrickbrycewright
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Why writing skills matter...
I'm both a writer and an English professor. Often the internet reminds me why I need to teach writing skills...
patrickbrycewright
Mar 13, 20223 min read
"Hearing Loss" or "Hearing Impaired" vs. "Deaf Gain"
Okay, so now that I’m educating myself about the Deaf community and learning ASL, I’m having to face the facts about discrimination...
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