Yolande House
@healthruwriting.bsky.social
memoir writer, grant consultant, survivor (she/her), MA
Words: The Rumpus, Grain, Joyland, The Fiddlehead, PRISM, Hippocampus
Threads/IG: healthruwriting
Twitter: herstorian
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Words: The Rumpus, Grain, Joyland, The Fiddlehead, PRISM, Hippocampus
Threads/IG: healthruwriting
Twitter: herstorian
HoH 🏳️🌈 #binders
linktr.ee/yolandehouse
yolandehouse.com/services/grants
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The Anxious GERD Diet – Plenitude Magazine
plenitudemagazine.ca
My latest essay, from Plenitude Magazine, adopts the form of a diet guide to talk about food restrictions and chronic illness. If you have GERD or IBS, you may find some tips that help you!
"The Anxious GERD Diet"
plenitudemagazine.ca/the-anxious-...
"The Anxious GERD Diet"
plenitudemagazine.ca/the-anxious-...
NaNoWriMo has been reborn with the involvement of the original founder, Chris Baty! As a long-time former NaNo ML, I am thrilled to hear it. It will now be a static site with resources for you to lead your own private 30-day artistic or writing challenge! nano2.org
NaNo 2.0
nano2.org
October 11, 2025 at 12:26 AM
NaNoWriMo has been reborn with the involvement of the original founder, Chris Baty! As a long-time former NaNo ML, I am thrilled to hear it. It will now be a static site with resources for you to lead your own private 30-day artistic or writing challenge! nano2.org
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If we had responded to Covid by normalizing masking, providing respirators in healthcare & adopting clean air standards…we could have beaten the virus.
We would also be seeing less measles, colds & flu.
We would all be healthier.
I believe history will see it as one of our greatest failures.
We would also be seeing less measles, colds & flu.
We would all be healthier.
I believe history will see it as one of our greatest failures.
October 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
If we had responded to Covid by normalizing masking, providing respirators in healthcare & adopting clean air standards…we could have beaten the virus.
We would also be seeing less measles, colds & flu.
We would all be healthier.
I believe history will see it as one of our greatest failures.
We would also be seeing less measles, colds & flu.
We would all be healthier.
I believe history will see it as one of our greatest failures.
Applying for a Canada Council for the Arts literary grant?
The old ones have been retired and new ones have launched in their place. Artistic Creation is the new $25k grant (max is now $75k) and Micro-Grants is the new PD grant (still $10k but we can send 3 applications per year!). #CanadaCouncil
The old ones have been retired and new ones have launched in their place. Artistic Creation is the new $25k grant (max is now $75k) and Micro-Grants is the new PD grant (still $10k but we can send 3 applications per year!). #CanadaCouncil
October 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Applying for a Canada Council for the Arts literary grant?
The old ones have been retired and new ones have launched in their place. Artistic Creation is the new $25k grant (max is now $75k) and Micro-Grants is the new PD grant (still $10k but we can send 3 applications per year!). #CanadaCouncil
The old ones have been retired and new ones have launched in their place. Artistic Creation is the new $25k grant (max is now $75k) and Micro-Grants is the new PD grant (still $10k but we can send 3 applications per year!). #CanadaCouncil
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You heard them! Get on those applications, stat!
If you need help applying, @healthruwriting.bsky.social provides fantastic services to help with drafting and revising your grant writing!
If you need help applying, @healthruwriting.bsky.social provides fantastic services to help with drafting and revising your grant writing!
Public service announcement:
ONTARIO SFF WRITERS PLEASE REMEMBER TO APPLY FOR THE OAC RECOMMENDER GRANT
AUGUR IS A RECOMMENDER
WE WANT TO RECOMMEND SFF WRITERS GET GRANTS
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ONTARIO SFF WRITERS PLEASE REMEMBER TO APPLY FOR THE OAC RECOMMENDER GRANT
AUGUR IS A RECOMMENDER
WE WANT TO RECOMMEND SFF WRITERS GET GRANTS
/end
September 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
You heard them! Get on those applications, stat!
If you need help applying, @healthruwriting.bsky.social provides fantastic services to help with drafting and revising your grant writing!
If you need help applying, @healthruwriting.bsky.social provides fantastic services to help with drafting and revising your grant writing!
This is what it's like living with a hearing sensitivity. I especially hate when I crank up a movie to hear and then my ears get painfully blasted!
August 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
This is what it's like living with a hearing sensitivity. I especially hate when I crank up a movie to hear and then my ears get painfully blasted!
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They need to watch the videos by former trad wives who are living out of their cars, taking minimum wage jobs, etc. bc those husbands decided to trade in their wives for younger models, AFTER the trad wives did everything at home so he could be successful in the workplace.
July 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
They need to watch the videos by former trad wives who are living out of their cars, taking minimum wage jobs, etc. bc those husbands decided to trade in their wives for younger models, AFTER the trad wives did everything at home so he could be successful in the workplace.
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It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”
July 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”
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‘Morning…Mourning 🌺💔💙🇺🇸🇺🇸💔
July 4, 2025 at 2:28 PM
‘Morning…Mourning 🌺💔💙🇺🇸🇺🇸💔
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A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
July 4, 2025 at 10:28 PM
A lot of this country’s problems boil down to straight white men who see themselves as some sort of default “normal” but any variation on that as “an identity” that is “political”
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I would love if OW/ODSP actually told their clients about programs available for them instead of me finding out through things like this!!
GET A FREE AC OR PORTABLE FAN if you are on OW/ODSP this summer if you need it ! See how in the image below
GET A FREE AC OR PORTABLE FAN if you are on OW/ODSP this summer if you need it ! See how in the image below
June 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I would love if OW/ODSP actually told their clients about programs available for them instead of me finding out through things like this!!
GET A FREE AC OR PORTABLE FAN if you are on OW/ODSP this summer if you need it ! See how in the image below
GET A FREE AC OR PORTABLE FAN if you are on OW/ODSP this summer if you need it ! See how in the image below
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Greg could go anywhen, but he only ever visited 1989. His time travel agent had teased him. "Choosing #nostalgia over dinosaurs and castles again, huh? You must really like hair bands!"
It was an expensive vacation, but it was worth it. He smiled as the front door opened. "Hi, Mom."
#vss365
It was an expensive vacation, but it was worth it. He smiled as the front door opened. "Hi, Mom."
#vss365
June 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Greg could go anywhen, but he only ever visited 1989. His time travel agent had teased him. "Choosing #nostalgia over dinosaurs and castles again, huh? You must really like hair bands!"
It was an expensive vacation, but it was worth it. He smiled as the front door opened. "Hi, Mom."
#vss365
It was an expensive vacation, but it was worth it. He smiled as the front door opened. "Hi, Mom."
#vss365
This whole thread. 👍
So.
I am deeply disappointed in this pro-AI take from a writing instructor who I've respected for years. 🧵
First, I could talk about how the technology behind AI/LLMs is based on the direct theft of writers. [1][2]
[1] www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
[2] www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
I am deeply disappointed in this pro-AI take from a writing instructor who I've respected for years. 🧵
First, I could talk about how the technology behind AI/LLMs is based on the direct theft of writers. [1][2]
[1] www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
[2] www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
June 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM
This whole thread. 👍
THIS omg THIS!
Why else is it, that the people who are almost always championing AI in art and writing, are people who are privileged and established in their field? They're almost always older, white, and in positions of both professional and economic comfort.
June 22, 2025 at 2:47 AM
THIS omg THIS!
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So we've reached the "arresting Jewish electeds who oppose sending people to gulags" part of fighting antisemitism, I see
June 17, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So we've reached the "arresting Jewish electeds who oppose sending people to gulags" part of fighting antisemitism, I see
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AI is part of the fascist project to make us all stupider and more impoverished and dependent on the tech overlords, pass it on
The major AI industry leaders stood next to Donald Trump at his inauguration. They talk about replacing artists and writers and creatives as a feature, not a bug. AI is deeply conservative and it astonishes me that people who are opposed to the conservative project would rely on it so carelessly
June 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
AI is part of the fascist project to make us all stupider and more impoverished and dependent on the tech overlords, pass it on
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The whole AI conversation is actually a great way to separate people who write from people who “create content”
June 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The whole AI conversation is actually a great way to separate people who write from people who “create content”
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idk man, I actually enjoy writing. It makes me feel alive and engaged and I feel lucky that I get to spend so much time doing it. Having written is great, but brainstorming and researching and thinking through things is the real point. You couldn't pay me any amount to give that up to a machine.
June 21, 2025 at 7:43 PM
idk man, I actually enjoy writing. It makes me feel alive and engaged and I feel lucky that I get to spend so much time doing it. Having written is great, but brainstorming and researching and thinking through things is the real point. You couldn't pay me any amount to give that up to a machine.
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I've long regarded Brevity as one of the highest-tier online lit mags out there, especially for flash memoir/CNF. It's a journal I've always aspired to be published in. I'm glad Bossiere said this, though I wonder now about how Brevity will be percieved after the Brevity Blog pro-AI post.
The Brevity Blog is a separate editorial team & pub than the literary magazine. As the Brevity lit mag's managing editor, I can say we do not & will never consider essays written—even partially—by LLMs. Ethics aside, we consider AI anathema to what makes art worth making & stories worth telling
June 22, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I've long regarded Brevity as one of the highest-tier online lit mags out there, especially for flash memoir/CNF. It's a journal I've always aspired to be published in. I'm glad Bossiere said this, though I wonder now about how Brevity will be percieved after the Brevity Blog pro-AI post.
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in short, ai steals, doesn't fact check, and the environmental impact is terrible.
a recently released study says it's making us stupider.
as a tool it can be useful but the cons are so alarming it should be highly rationed.
and if you don't want to write, don't.
brief enough for brevity?
a recently released study says it's making us stupider.
as a tool it can be useful but the cons are so alarming it should be highly rationed.
and if you don't want to write, don't.
brief enough for brevity?
June 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
in short, ai steals, doesn't fact check, and the environmental impact is terrible.
a recently released study says it's making us stupider.
as a tool it can be useful but the cons are so alarming it should be highly rationed.
and if you don't want to write, don't.
brief enough for brevity?
a recently released study says it's making us stupider.
as a tool it can be useful but the cons are so alarming it should be highly rationed.
and if you don't want to write, don't.
brief enough for brevity?
For any disabled artists interested in applying to grants, I'm presenting a very introductory workshop for the New Brunswick Disability Arts Collective next Wednesday at 7pm AT/6pm ET. There will be a recording on YouTube afterward if you can't make it live. FREE!
www.facebook.com/events/61575...
www.facebook.com/events/61575...
Getting Started with Disability Arts Grants
Networking event by Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund on Wednesday, June 4 2025
www.facebook.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
For any disabled artists interested in applying to grants, I'm presenting a very introductory workshop for the New Brunswick Disability Arts Collective next Wednesday at 7pm AT/6pm ET. There will be a recording on YouTube afterward if you can't make it live. FREE!
www.facebook.com/events/61575...
www.facebook.com/events/61575...
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People are being fired for wearing a mask to work. This is horrible and against public health. We need to pass laws that explicitly protect the right to mask.
May 13, 2025 at 11:57 PM
People are being fired for wearing a mask to work. This is horrible and against public health. We need to pass laws that explicitly protect the right to mask.
Check out my book review of EVERY CRIPPLE A SUPERHERO on @fiddlehd.bsky.social's blog! This accompanies my essay, "Disability Tax," published in their fall issue. Has anyone else read this fantastic memoir?
This week, Yolande House @healthruwriting.bsky.social urges you to Stop! Look! Listen! to Every Cripple a Superhero by Christoph Keller
“I was riveted by Keller’s voice and dispassionate and sardonic descriptions of casual and not-so-casual ableism...”
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
“I was riveted by Keller’s voice and dispassionate and sardonic descriptions of casual and not-so-casual ableism...”
thefiddlehead.ca/content/stop...
April 5, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Check out my book review of EVERY CRIPPLE A SUPERHERO on @fiddlehd.bsky.social's blog! This accompanies my essay, "Disability Tax," published in their fall issue. Has anyone else read this fantastic memoir?
😅
January 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
😅
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I'm also super proud of @healthruwriting.bsky.social who's been writing some amazing creative non-fiction essays about disability, queerness, healing and trauma, and is working on an amazing memoir-in-essays about disability. Can't wait to see an agent or press get her signed!
Pre- #YouDeservepIt Empowerment Event #2! 🙌 Repost 🔁 with your response to the prompt below!:
🌟One of the most encouraging parts of the writing journey is finding #writingcommunity who support us. Name/tag 2 writing friends who you’re proud of (& tell them why!). 🌟
🌟One of the most encouraging parts of the writing journey is finding #writingcommunity who support us. Name/tag 2 writing friends who you’re proud of (& tell them why!). 🌟
a man covering his face with his hand and the words i 'm just so proud above him
Alt: a man covering his face with his hand and the words i 'm just so proud above him
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January 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
I'm also super proud of @healthruwriting.bsky.social who's been writing some amazing creative non-fiction essays about disability, queerness, healing and trauma, and is working on an amazing memoir-in-essays about disability. Can't wait to see an agent or press get her signed!
My latest essay, from Plenitude Magazine, adopts the form of a diet guide to talk about food restrictions and chronic illness. If you have GERD or IBS, you may find some tips that help you!
"The Anxious GERD Diet"
plenitudemagazine.ca/the-anxious-...
"The Anxious GERD Diet"
plenitudemagazine.ca/the-anxious-...
The Anxious GERD Diet – Plenitude Magazine
plenitudemagazine.ca
November 28, 2024 at 11:11 PM
My latest essay, from Plenitude Magazine, adopts the form of a diet guide to talk about food restrictions and chronic illness. If you have GERD or IBS, you may find some tips that help you!
"The Anxious GERD Diet"
plenitudemagazine.ca/the-anxious-...
"The Anxious GERD Diet"
plenitudemagazine.ca/the-anxious-...