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
25th rising creator in health politics on Substack, and I didn’t even have to blame Tylenol to do it! 😇
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November 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
25th rising creator in health politics on Substack, and I didn’t even have to blame Tylenol to do it! 😇
substack.com/@alyssacdavi... #rfkjr
substack.com/@alyssacdavi... #rfkjr
The starving artist metaphor never quite worked. It suggested we were just underfed, overlooked, waiting for our chance.
But we’re not starving anymore.
We’re the meal.
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But we’re not starving anymore.
We’re the meal.
open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
November 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
The starving artist metaphor never quite worked. It suggested we were just underfed, overlooked, waiting for our chance.
But we’re not starving anymore.
We’re the meal.
open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
But we’re not starving anymore.
We’re the meal.
open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
Holding grief & gratitude for Alice Wong.
for every story she amplified, every syllabus she reshaped, every young (and not-so-young) disabled person who saw themselves reflected in her work.
May we honor her by carrying forward her organizing principle: access is love.
for every story she amplified, every syllabus she reshaped, every young (and not-so-young) disabled person who saw themselves reflected in her work.
May we honor her by carrying forward her organizing principle: access is love.
November 15, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Holding grief & gratitude for Alice Wong.
for every story she amplified, every syllabus she reshaped, every young (and not-so-young) disabled person who saw themselves reflected in her work.
May we honor her by carrying forward her organizing principle: access is love.
for every story she amplified, every syllabus she reshaped, every young (and not-so-young) disabled person who saw themselves reflected in her work.
May we honor her by carrying forward her organizing principle: access is love.
What haunts isn’t random.
It’s patterned.
Ghosts appear where systems fail and wounds fester—
in histories of slavery, colonialism, gender violence, state terror.
(ghostly matters, Avery F Gordon)
It’s patterned.
Ghosts appear where systems fail and wounds fester—
in histories of slavery, colonialism, gender violence, state terror.
(ghostly matters, Avery F Gordon)
October 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
What haunts isn’t random.
It’s patterned.
Ghosts appear where systems fail and wounds fester—
in histories of slavery, colonialism, gender violence, state terror.
(ghostly matters, Avery F Gordon)
It’s patterned.
Ghosts appear where systems fail and wounds fester—
in histories of slavery, colonialism, gender violence, state terror.
(ghostly matters, Avery F Gordon)
8:03 a.m., my smart speaker chirps in a perky femme voice.
We’re so used to these machines being eager to apologize, serve & obey.
Feminist scholars call this the perpetuation of the “servile female” stereotype in the digital realm.
We’re so used to these machines being eager to apologize, serve & obey.
Feminist scholars call this the perpetuation of the “servile female” stereotype in the digital realm.
October 26, 2025 at 7:17 AM
8:03 a.m., my smart speaker chirps in a perky femme voice.
We’re so used to these machines being eager to apologize, serve & obey.
Feminist scholars call this the perpetuation of the “servile female” stereotype in the digital realm.
We’re so used to these machines being eager to apologize, serve & obey.
Feminist scholars call this the perpetuation of the “servile female” stereotype in the digital realm.
“Computer” once meant a woman with a slide rule:
Katherine Johnson. Dorothy Vaughan. Mary Jackson. (among others)
They calculated orbits & flight paths that launched missions.
Remember the Black women who computed the sky. 🚀
Katherine Johnson. Dorothy Vaughan. Mary Jackson. (among others)
They calculated orbits & flight paths that launched missions.
Remember the Black women who computed the sky. 🚀
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
“Computer” once meant a woman with a slide rule:
Katherine Johnson. Dorothy Vaughan. Mary Jackson. (among others)
They calculated orbits & flight paths that launched missions.
Remember the Black women who computed the sky. 🚀
Katherine Johnson. Dorothy Vaughan. Mary Jackson. (among others)
They calculated orbits & flight paths that launched missions.
Remember the Black women who computed the sky. 🚀
Some potentials are worth preserving. Some can rot. I will mulch their remains into rich soil for feral joy.
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
October 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Some potentials are worth preserving. Some can rot. I will mulch their remains into rich soil for feral joy.
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
Read more: open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
I want to be happy when I read comments saying “I lived this too, and I never had the words for it”.
But the tears that prick my eyes are tainted with rage. Because none of us should ever have had to fucking live through that.
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But the tears that prick my eyes are tainted with rage. Because none of us should ever have had to fucking live through that.
open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
October 19, 2025 at 1:35 AM
I want to be happy when I read comments saying “I lived this too, and I never had the words for it”.
But the tears that prick my eyes are tainted with rage. Because none of us should ever have had to fucking live through that.
open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
But the tears that prick my eyes are tainted with rage. Because none of us should ever have had to fucking live through that.
open.substack.com/pub/alyssacd...
I am so super pumped about this! I’m presenting at CLAGS in NYC in the spring. 😇
October 6, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I am so super pumped about this! I’m presenting at CLAGS in NYC in the spring. 😇
(bonus thought!)
September 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
(bonus thought!)
These little pieces have been sitting with me… soft prayers, quiet mantras, truths about healing baked into the world around us.
September 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
These little pieces have been sitting with me… soft prayers, quiet mantras, truths about healing baked into the world around us.
I can't keep calm because it's my birthday! 🥂✨🧁
September 24, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I can't keep calm because it's my birthday! 🥂✨🧁
What if education aimed for a "pedagogy of wholeness"?
Rochelle Brock argues for teaching that fosters not just critical thought but also "knowledge of self, self-love, and wholeness of spirit".
Rochelle Brock argues for teaching that fosters not just critical thought but also "knowledge of self, self-love, and wholeness of spirit".
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
What if education aimed for a "pedagogy of wholeness"?
Rochelle Brock argues for teaching that fosters not just critical thought but also "knowledge of self, self-love, and wholeness of spirit".
Rochelle Brock argues for teaching that fosters not just critical thought but also "knowledge of self, self-love, and wholeness of spirit".
Attitude louder than my outfit. 📢
September 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Attitude louder than my outfit. 📢
Riddle me this…
September 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Riddle me this…
hello queer academics in my phone. you are all looking distinguished & unfathomable today 📝💫
#gradschoollife #humanities #mastersstudent
#gradschoollife #humanities #mastersstudent
August 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
hello queer academics in my phone. you are all looking distinguished & unfathomable today 📝💫
#gradschoollife #humanities #mastersstudent
#gradschoollife #humanities #mastersstudent
Disability pride isn’t an inspiration porn photoshoot on the cover of Times magazine.
It’s emailing your insurance provider for the 47th time.
It’s pacing your energy like it’s currency.
It’s loving yourself even when your culture calls it laziness 💖
It’s emailing your insurance provider for the 47th time.
It’s pacing your energy like it’s currency.
It’s loving yourself even when your culture calls it laziness 💖
August 3, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Disability pride isn’t an inspiration porn photoshoot on the cover of Times magazine.
It’s emailing your insurance provider for the 47th time.
It’s pacing your energy like it’s currency.
It’s loving yourself even when your culture calls it laziness 💖
It’s emailing your insurance provider for the 47th time.
It’s pacing your energy like it’s currency.
It’s loving yourself even when your culture calls it laziness 💖
Disability justice is queer liberation. We don’t all march the same way… some of us REST in protest. 🌈
Let’s make Pride accessible!
Let’s make Pride accessible!
June 3, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Disability justice is queer liberation. We don’t all march the same way… some of us REST in protest. 🌈
Let’s make Pride accessible!
Let’s make Pride accessible!
5 years and 1 day since
George Floyd was murdered.
Investigations were promised. CEOs wrote checks. Media buzzed with lawsuits and pledges of action.
It’s 2025. How much has actually changed?👇🏻🧵
George Floyd was murdered.
Investigations were promised. CEOs wrote checks. Media buzzed with lawsuits and pledges of action.
It’s 2025. How much has actually changed?👇🏻🧵
May 26, 2025 at 2:50 PM
5 years and 1 day since
George Floyd was murdered.
Investigations were promised. CEOs wrote checks. Media buzzed with lawsuits and pledges of action.
It’s 2025. How much has actually changed?👇🏻🧵
George Floyd was murdered.
Investigations were promised. CEOs wrote checks. Media buzzed with lawsuits and pledges of action.
It’s 2025. How much has actually changed?👇🏻🧵
I’m crocheting a crop top!
It’s more of a belt currently tho 😅
It’s more of a belt currently tho 😅
May 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I’m crocheting a crop top!
It’s more of a belt currently tho 😅
It’s more of a belt currently tho 😅
she’s beauty, she’s grace, she’s critiquing Foucault’s biopower from a feminist gaze.
May 24, 2025 at 2:38 PM
she’s beauty, she’s grace, she’s critiquing Foucault’s biopower from a feminist gaze.
Trump’s official store is selling “Trump 2028” hats.
Yes, 2028…
…despite the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment barring a third term.
This isn’t just merch. It’s a message. 🧵👇🏻
Yes, 2028…
…despite the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment barring a third term.
This isn’t just merch. It’s a message. 🧵👇🏻
April 26, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Trump’s official store is selling “Trump 2028” hats.
Yes, 2028…
…despite the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment barring a third term.
This isn’t just merch. It’s a message. 🧵👇🏻
Yes, 2028…
…despite the Constitution’s 22nd Amendment barring a third term.
This isn’t just merch. It’s a message. 🧵👇🏻
It’s not just the chronic illness.
It’s the chronic misunderstanding.
It’s the chronic misunderstanding.
April 25, 2025 at 1:30 AM
It’s not just the chronic illness.
It’s the chronic misunderstanding.
It’s the chronic misunderstanding.
Did you know that studies show women’s pain is often dismissed as psychological or “exaggerated” rather than treated seriously?
Research in U.S. emergency departments found that women are significantly less likely than men to receive pain medication… even when they report the same pain levels. 🥴
Research in U.S. emergency departments found that women are significantly less likely than men to receive pain medication… even when they report the same pain levels. 🥴
March 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Did you know that studies show women’s pain is often dismissed as psychological or “exaggerated” rather than treated seriously?
Research in U.S. emergency departments found that women are significantly less likely than men to receive pain medication… even when they report the same pain levels. 🥴
Research in U.S. emergency departments found that women are significantly less likely than men to receive pain medication… even when they report the same pain levels. 🥴