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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 3 Analysis: Power [SPOILER]

Pointing out some issues and spoilery speculation regarding Falcon and the Winter Soldier episode 3.

Disability Life

Social Security Disability Application Part 2: The Doctor Evaluation

What it's like to be evaluated by a doctor for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

Pop Culture

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 2 Analysis: The Star Spangled [SPOILER]

Breaking down the racial dynamics around Sam, Bucky, and John. Plus talking about costumes again.

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 1 Analysis: New World [SPOILER]

Falcon and the Winter Soldier Episode 1, general impressions, and how Louisiana history helps shape Sam and Sarah's backstories.

Disability Life

Social Security Disability Application Part 1 Update: Your Questions Answered!

Answering your questions about how to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

Pop Culture

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier Series Totally Realistic Predictions

My totally realistic expectations of what I hope to see

Disability Life

Social Security Disability Application Part 1: Filling Out the Forms

How and why I applied for Social Security Disability benefits and how hard it is even with help.

Pop Culture

WandaVision Episode 9 Analysis: The Five Stages of [SPOILERS]

WandaVision Episode 9, Mental Illness, and Personal Responsibility

Disability Life

Privilege Isn't Protection Against the Cost of Disability

How you can start out with a lot and still end up with very little once your health takes a hit.

Pop Culture

WandaVision Episode 8 Analysis: The [SPOILER] Years

WandaVision Episode 8 and the Implications For the Future Stories of the MCU

Disability Life

How to Cook While Struggling With Chronic Illness and Disability

How I feed myself in spite of my limitations. (Includes an easy slowcooker frittata recipe)

Pop Culture

WandaVision Episode 7 Analysis: Modern [SPOILER]

Wandavision Episode 7 and why the costume and set designers need a raise

Disability Life

Agoraphobia Made My Time in COVID Quarantine Easier But Not Better

Depression, panic attacks, and anxiety meant I was uniquely prepared for what COVID quarantine required, but that didn't make it any fun.

Pop Culture

WandaVision Episode 6 Analysis: [SPOILER] In the Middle

Analysis of WandaVision episode 6

Pop Culture

WandaVision Episodes 1-5 Analysis: Cool Motive, Still [SPOILER]

Have the episodes so far excused what we know of Wanda's behavior? (Hint: no.)

Pop Culture

A Fan's Perspective on #IStandWithCharisma

What fans knew was going on behind the scenes during the time Angel the Series was on air.

History

New Orleans History: the One of a Kind Bellwether Baroness

The woman responsible for why New Orleans looks the way it does today.

Disability Life

Why Do I Qualify for Social Security Disability

Why the government gave me that capital-D Disability designation.

History

COVID19 and the Great Plague of London

The many ways the response to COVID19 resembles the response to the Great Plague of London in 1665.

History

A Quick 1776 Commission Response

Why it's BS to claim that people who kept slaves didn't know any better.

History

George Washington and Slavery

Why George Washington deserves no credit for how he treated the enslaved people he was responsible for.

Current Events

How Companies Exploit Minimum Wage Workers

One of the many calculated ways companies demand more work from minimum wage employees while paying them less to do it.

Current Events

What It's Actually Like to Use Food Stamps

Busting the myth that people on food stamps buy nothing but luxury items.

Disability Life

Caught Between Welfare and Disability

The lack of financial help which exists when you are too sick to work but haven't yet gotten the official US government designation of being disabled.