Corvin “V” Greene, PhD
@jewishpoet.substack.com
Jewish poet; literature professor; crafter; fiber artist; editor. Queer, trans, disabled Iowan. You probably know me by another name. hmu for freelance editing, mss critique, sensitivity reader gigs.
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I'm still trying to pay off nearly $3000 in medical bills from cancer treatment, and I'm facing the likelihood of losing insurance when the ACA is dismantled. Anything you can donate helps, and sharing also helps a ton.
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June 7, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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This year's chemo is so much rougher (and hopefully more efficacious) than last year's. Daily pills and every three weeks, and infusion. Just when I start to feel a bit better, it's time for the next round. #FuckCancer
May 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
This year's chemo is so much rougher (and hopefully more efficacious) than last year's. Daily pills and every three weeks, and infusion. Just when I start to feel a bit better, it's time for the next round. #FuckCancer
My cats knocked a huge tumbler of iced coffee onto my laptop a few weeks ago, and the keyboard stopped working. I've been using an external keyboard but mostly just using my phone as much as possible to let the computer fully dry out and now--the keyboard works again! Hooray! Cannot afford a new one
May 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
My cats knocked a huge tumbler of iced coffee onto my laptop a few weeks ago, and the keyboard stopped working. I've been using an external keyboard but mostly just using my phone as much as possible to let the computer fully dry out and now--the keyboard works again! Hooray! Cannot afford a new one
Also, I feel like shit, and I live alone so I still have to drive myself to treatment and feed myself and take out the garbage. I barely have the energy to get through the day, let alone offer cogent thoughts on geopolitical events. Sorry/not sorry. I just can't handle the news right now.
May 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Also, I feel like shit, and I live alone so I still have to drive myself to treatment and feed myself and take out the garbage. I barely have the energy to get through the day, let alone offer cogent thoughts on geopolitical events. Sorry/not sorry. I just can't handle the news right now.
I didn't expect the anger that comes with cancer, either. So much anger about so many things. Anger that, on top of chronic illnesses I got cancer. Anger that I'm going through this alone, and ppl are too freaked out abt cancer to talk about it with me, and all I want to do is talk and not be alone.
May 24, 2025 at 5:00 PM
I didn't expect the anger that comes with cancer, either. So much anger about so many things. Anger that, on top of chronic illnesses I got cancer. Anger that I'm going through this alone, and ppl are too freaked out abt cancer to talk about it with me, and all I want to do is talk and not be alone.
Cancer is so lonely. I have trouble sleeping, so I just lie awake and wonder what I did wrong to end up alone through all of this. I am divorced, and I don't miss that abusive relationship, but I never anticipated I would be so alone at middle age.
May 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Cancer is so lonely. I have trouble sleeping, so I just lie awake and wonder what I did wrong to end up alone through all of this. I am divorced, and I don't miss that abusive relationship, but I never anticipated I would be so alone at middle age.
My friend Karrie needs help raising money for meds and to save up to be able to leave Iowa, which is not safe for trans folks anymore.
I had to take down my #MutualAid last night on FB because of vicious harassment for being n on b * n ary. Raised $60 I think yesterday! $300 to go for EEG $200 for HRT! $200 for "med food" rx for bones! thx!
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venmo: KARRIE-HIGGINS-2
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venmo: KARRIE-HIGGINS-2
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A little about Karrie: At age fourteen, Karrie became a healthcare activist, volunteering as a peer educator for a local reproductive health clinic. She organized against wars and for disability right...
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May 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
My friend Karrie needs help raising money for meds and to save up to be able to leave Iowa, which is not safe for trans folks anymore.
Falling in my garage was really not on my agenda this week, and it has messed me up. So much pain on top of chronic pain, hence why I started the comfort show rewatch. It is, actually, comforting.
May 15, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Falling in my garage was really not on my agenda this week, and it has messed me up. So much pain on top of chronic pain, hence why I started the comfort show rewatch. It is, actually, comforting.
I have to do something while I’m so sick I can barely leave the house. 🙃
May 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I have to do something while I’m so sick I can barely leave the house. 🙃
I’ve been rewatching Grey’s Anatomy, a show I have been watching since the beginning and it holds so many memories for me.
May 15, 2025 at 6:53 PM
I’ve been rewatching Grey’s Anatomy, a show I have been watching since the beginning and it holds so many memories for me.
Excellent news yesterday, though: I was offered courses to teach for every term next year at my local uni! So relieved bc not having that income this semester has been devastating for my finances.
May 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Excellent news yesterday, though: I was offered courses to teach for every term next year at my local uni! So relieved bc not having that income this semester has been devastating for my finances.
Forgot my headphones at the dentist. Sensory hell with a TV, radio, and the dental machines.
May 15, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Forgot my headphones at the dentist. Sensory hell with a TV, radio, and the dental machines.
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And I'm still trying to fill the gap between savings and cost on a used but reliable and very needed wheelchair van. ($3222/$8500)
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May 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
And I'm still trying to fill the gap between savings and cost on a used but reliable and very needed wheelchair van. ($3222/$8500)
www.gofundme.com/f/mobility-f...
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today I'm surviving out of spite.
May 10, 2025 at 3:39 PM
today I'm surviving out of spite.
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millennials realizing they're 38 years old
March 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
millennials realizing they're 38 years old
I'm mad about posting here, but I'm heading back into treatment for my endometrial cancer, so I am once again asking for your support. gofund.me/95dfa98d
Donate to Help Corvin Pay for Cancer Treatment, organized by Corvin Greene
I'm Corvin, and I'm raising money to pay for my cancer treatment.
In November o… Corvin Greene needs your support for Help Corvin Pay for Cancer Treatment
gofund.me
May 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I'm mad about posting here, but I'm heading back into treatment for my endometrial cancer, so I am once again asking for your support. gofund.me/95dfa98d
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tariffs imposing a white supremacist hegemony nobody fucking wants, even on your fucking taste buds, brought to you by the guy who puts ketchup on his well-done steaks
really feel like writing something on how steep tariffs may destroy restaurants that depend on imported ingredients to replicate non-American flavors—and thus spark a movement toward more conservative, blander food scenes throughout the US
April 9, 2025 at 12:09 PM
tariffs imposing a white supremacist hegemony nobody fucking wants, even on your fucking taste buds, brought to you by the guy who puts ketchup on his well-done steaks
Even though I’m Jewish now, I still really love Easter candy. Something about the ratio of chocolate to filling (eg peanut butter) makes it so good.
April 7, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Even though I’m Jewish now, I still really love Easter candy. Something about the ratio of chocolate to filling (eg peanut butter) makes it so good.
Finally got my taxes done. Every year it is my dyscalculia autistic adhd nightmare but I did it!
April 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Finally got my taxes done. Every year it is my dyscalculia autistic adhd nightmare but I did it!
Some days I wake up so cloudy-headed it feels hard to muddle through the basics of life. Other days I wake up normal and it’s so wonderful. Today is a cloudy day.
April 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Some days I wake up so cloudy-headed it feels hard to muddle through the basics of life. Other days I wake up normal and it’s so wonderful. Today is a cloudy day.
Waking up in so much pain day after day is so exhausting.
April 6, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Waking up in so much pain day after day is so exhausting.
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This Is the top story on @motherjones.com, as it should be on every news site. Millions of people turned out to oppose Tump/Musk/facism yesterday. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
You can stop asking where the mass opposition is. It's everywhere.
People poured out to protest not only what Trump has done—but what they fear he will do next.
www.motherjones.com
April 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This Is the top story on @motherjones.com, as it should be on every news site. Millions of people turned out to oppose Tump/Musk/facism yesterday. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Trump's antisemitism agenda isn't about the Jews. I wrote about how the president and his allies are using the pretext of protecting Jews to protect their policies from criticism, while advancing an agenda that most American Jews oppose. Gift link:
Trump’s Jewish Cover Story
The administration claims to be protecting Jews while advancing an agenda that most Jews oppose.
www.theatlantic.com
April 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Trump's antisemitism agenda isn't about the Jews. I wrote about how the president and his allies are using the pretext of protecting Jews to protect their policies from criticism, while advancing an agenda that most American Jews oppose. Gift link:
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lol love this 👨🍳💋🤌
The US tariffs were designed by dipshit sex pest failsons asking chatgpt to regurgitate a trade policy for them, it's literally a chatgpt tax on Americans.
Calling it the chatgpt tax on American consumers kills two fucked up birds with one stone
Calling it the chatgpt tax on American consumers kills two fucked up birds with one stone
April 4, 2025 at 1:47 PM
lol love this 👨🍳💋🤌
As an adjunct prof, I do think there is an antisemitism problem on campus, but it’s not abt ceasefire protests. Not exactly. Should probably write abt this sometime in a longer form than a skeet.
the NYT vertical for Palestine protest crackdowns was called “antisemitism on campus” for quite a while last year. I also heard it was the name of their internal Slack channel.
April 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM
As an adjunct prof, I do think there is an antisemitism problem on campus, but it’s not abt ceasefire protests. Not exactly. Should probably write abt this sometime in a longer form than a skeet.