Alyssa C Davis
@alyssacdavis.bsky.social
Feminist, queer, disability scholar-creator with theatre-kid flare.
📝 Chronic illness, cults & capitalism = my anti-hero origin story.
I write for complicated humans navigating care & power 🌱 Loudly alive in the gray areas
📝 Chronic illness, cults & capitalism = my anti-hero origin story.
I write for complicated humans navigating care & power 🌱 Loudly alive in the gray areas
Accessibility in academia is wild because professors will say “this text is foundational” and then upload it as a blurry photocopy scan that even god couldn’t OCR.
February 11, 2026 at 8:48 AM
Accessibility in academia is wild because professors will say “this text is foundational” and then upload it as a blurry photocopy scan that even god couldn’t OCR.
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US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 8:58 PM
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
The most radical thing a teacher ever did for me was treat my “why?” as sacred instead of smart-alecky.
February 11, 2026 at 1:08 AM
The most radical thing a teacher ever did for me was treat my “why?” as sacred instead of smart-alecky.
“Accommodations” that require you to disclose, document, beg, be legible & believed are not liberatory.
February 11, 2026 at 1:06 AM
“Accommodations” that require you to disclose, document, beg, be legible & believed are not liberatory.
The artist in me wants mess, ache, metaphor.
The academic wants precision, proof, sources.
The chronically ill part of me just wants to curl up under a blanket.
I don’t pick a side. I write from the tug-of-war.
The academic wants precision, proof, sources.
The chronically ill part of me just wants to curl up under a blanket.
I don’t pick a side. I write from the tug-of-war.
February 6, 2026 at 9:58 AM
The artist in me wants mess, ache, metaphor.
The academic wants precision, proof, sources.
The chronically ill part of me just wants to curl up under a blanket.
I don’t pick a side. I write from the tug-of-war.
The academic wants precision, proof, sources.
The chronically ill part of me just wants to curl up under a blanket.
I don’t pick a side. I write from the tug-of-war.
The irony of learning about marginalization…
while being punished for not buying the $150 “updated” textbook. 🥴
while being punished for not buying the $150 “updated” textbook. 🥴
February 6, 2026 at 9:32 AM
The irony of learning about marginalization…
while being punished for not buying the $150 “updated” textbook. 🥴
while being punished for not buying the $150 “updated” textbook. 🥴
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sometimes i think about that thing a disco elysium dev said in response to someone asking why choosing fascist options lowers your morale. that being a fascist is miserable, since it requires you to believe that you are being dominated by the weak and unworthy in everything you do.
February 3, 2026 at 6:41 PM
sometimes i think about that thing a disco elysium dev said in response to someone asking why choosing fascist options lowers your morale. that being a fascist is miserable, since it requires you to believe that you are being dominated by the weak and unworthy in everything you do.
The leaked/internal guidance saying ICE can enter homes with just administrative warrants is a massive Fourth Amendment alarm bell. 🚩🚩🚩
February 3, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The leaked/internal guidance saying ICE can enter homes with just administrative warrants is a massive Fourth Amendment alarm bell. 🚩🚩🚩
Stop asking marginalized people to "resilience" their way through systemic failure.
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
Stop asking marginalized people to "resilience" their way through systemic failure.
It’s always “you’d be prettier without the nose ring,” never “why do I feel entitled to redesign strangers like a Sims character I didn’t create.”
February 3, 2026 at 6:59 PM
It’s always “you’d be prettier without the nose ring,” never “why do I feel entitled to redesign strangers like a Sims character I didn’t create.”
Me: I’m not doing great.
the DSM-5: Can you describe it in a way that’s convenient for billing?
the DSM-5: Can you describe it in a way that’s convenient for billing?
February 3, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Me: I’m not doing great.
the DSM-5: Can you describe it in a way that’s convenient for billing?
the DSM-5: Can you describe it in a way that’s convenient for billing?
I’m suspicious of spaces that require me to be finished.
(Healed. Correct. Fully articulated.)
My experiences have taught me that truth can be iterative,
and wisdom often arrives with revisions.
(Healed. Correct. Fully articulated.)
My experiences have taught me that truth can be iterative,
and wisdom often arrives with revisions.
February 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
I’m suspicious of spaces that require me to be finished.
(Healed. Correct. Fully articulated.)
My experiences have taught me that truth can be iterative,
and wisdom often arrives with revisions.
(Healed. Correct. Fully articulated.)
My experiences have taught me that truth can be iterative,
and wisdom often arrives with revisions.
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King knew our liberation here at home is connected to the liberation of people abroad from US empire. That's actually honoring him to get that connection.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
King knew our liberation here at home is connected to the liberation of people abroad from US empire. That's actually honoring him to get that connection.
If your body is surveilled, policed, denied care, or rendered disposable, that is not an individual self-esteem issue.
January 18, 2026 at 5:06 PM
If your body is surveilled, policed, denied care, or rendered disposable, that is not an individual self-esteem issue.
A lot of “wellness culture” asks marginalized people to self-regulate out of harm instead of asking systems to stop causing it.
January 18, 2026 at 9:57 AM
A lot of “wellness culture” asks marginalized people to self-regulate out of harm instead of asking systems to stop causing it.
Systems don’t just tell us which bodies are “bad.”
They teach us which pain gets to be believable, which needs get called excessive, and which limits are labeled moral failures.
That’s why body liberation is collective work.
They teach us which pain gets to be believable, which needs get called excessive, and which limits are labeled moral failures.
That’s why body liberation is collective work.
January 13, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Systems don’t just tell us which bodies are “bad.”
They teach us which pain gets to be believable, which needs get called excessive, and which limits are labeled moral failures.
That’s why body liberation is collective work.
They teach us which pain gets to be believable, which needs get called excessive, and which limits are labeled moral failures.
That’s why body liberation is collective work.
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semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
January 12, 2026 at 8:04 PM
semi-regular reminder that ICE was only created in 2003
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
when you are asked to imagine a world without ICE, you're basically being asked to remember where you were when Lilo & Stitch came out
A lot of “self-discovery” discourse assumes everyone starts from a neutral baseline.
Some of us start from harm, misdiagnosis, or erasure & have to excavate ourselves out.
Some of us start from harm, misdiagnosis, or erasure & have to excavate ourselves out.
January 12, 2026 at 11:03 PM
A lot of “self-discovery” discourse assumes everyone starts from a neutral baseline.
Some of us start from harm, misdiagnosis, or erasure & have to excavate ourselves out.
Some of us start from harm, misdiagnosis, or erasure & have to excavate ourselves out.
“Affordable housing” is a joke if you’re disabled.
Nobody on SSI can afford the market rate anywhere in this country. We are being legislated into poverty & homelessness.
When SSI stays low and rents climb, the outcome is predictable: displacement, shelters, couch-surfing, institutions.
Nobody on SSI can afford the market rate anywhere in this country. We are being legislated into poverty & homelessness.
When SSI stays low and rents climb, the outcome is predictable: displacement, shelters, couch-surfing, institutions.
January 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
“Affordable housing” is a joke if you’re disabled.
Nobody on SSI can afford the market rate anywhere in this country. We are being legislated into poverty & homelessness.
When SSI stays low and rents climb, the outcome is predictable: displacement, shelters, couch-surfing, institutions.
Nobody on SSI can afford the market rate anywhere in this country. We are being legislated into poverty & homelessness.
When SSI stays low and rents climb, the outcome is predictable: displacement, shelters, couch-surfing, institutions.
🌱 Grassroots: Real people spontaneously organizing for a cause they care about.
🤖 Astroturfing: Corporations or big money pretending to be a grassroots movement to manipulate public opinion.
🤖 Astroturfing: Corporations or big money pretending to be a grassroots movement to manipulate public opinion.
January 12, 2026 at 11:00 PM
🌱 Grassroots: Real people spontaneously organizing for a cause they care about.
🤖 Astroturfing: Corporations or big money pretending to be a grassroots movement to manipulate public opinion.
🤖 Astroturfing: Corporations or big money pretending to be a grassroots movement to manipulate public opinion.
I’ve been in EMDR therapy a year and a half now.
I keep wanting a final boss memory.
Something I can process and be done.
Instead it’s side quests.
So many side quests.
I keep wanting a final boss memory.
Something I can process and be done.
Instead it’s side quests.
So many side quests.
January 11, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I’ve been in EMDR therapy a year and a half now.
I keep wanting a final boss memory.
Something I can process and be done.
Instead it’s side quests.
So many side quests.
I keep wanting a final boss memory.
Something I can process and be done.
Instead it’s side quests.
So many side quests.
JD Vance justified the killing of Renee Good by calling her "brainwashed" and labeling the left a "lunatic fringe."
This pathologizes dissent. It argues that resisting the state isn’t a political stance, but a mental defect that can be used to justify elimination.
This pathologizes dissent. It argues that resisting the state isn’t a political stance, but a mental defect that can be used to justify elimination.
January 11, 2026 at 10:38 PM
JD Vance justified the killing of Renee Good by calling her "brainwashed" and labeling the left a "lunatic fringe."
This pathologizes dissent. It argues that resisting the state isn’t a political stance, but a mental defect that can be used to justify elimination.
This pathologizes dissent. It argues that resisting the state isn’t a political stance, but a mental defect that can be used to justify elimination.
Disability-competent therapy recognizes that distress is a proportionate response to:
~ableism
~medical neglect
~inaccessible workplaces
~chronic symptoms
~ableism
~medical neglect
~inaccessible workplaces
~chronic symptoms
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Disability-competent therapy recognizes that distress is a proportionate response to:
~ableism
~medical neglect
~inaccessible workplaces
~chronic symptoms
~ableism
~medical neglect
~inaccessible workplaces
~chronic symptoms
ok I finally customized my Substack homepage and it feels like I moved the furniture around and lit a candle. 🕯️✨
January 11, 2026 at 10:34 PM
ok I finally customized my Substack homepage and it feels like I moved the furniture around and lit a candle. 🕯️✨
Religious trauma taught me to chase “right answers” like oxygen.
Now I crave the slow trust of living in the questions.
Now I crave the slow trust of living in the questions.
January 8, 2026 at 6:20 PM
Religious trauma taught me to chase “right answers” like oxygen.
Now I crave the slow trust of living in the questions.
Now I crave the slow trust of living in the questions.