You can't resist oppression without use of your body. You can't resist oppression without use of your brain. Long covid steals both, and you are always one infection away from becoming a long hauler. If you value your freedom and ability to fight back, you have to mask up.

Still masking, still a baddie.

Many of us in the covid-conscious community are asking ourselves what—short of many more deaths—will make people mask up again. I think one piece of the puzzle is fashion. People see masks as clinical and medical, not chic. I’m not less stylish for masking. My mask is part of my style.

My latest embroidery project and its inspiration

Recent therapeutic embroidery