nursingforsocialjustice

I am deep into writing my doctoral dissertation. I sit down and stare at it on my laptop screen everyday. Sometimes putting one foot in front of the other can feel as hard as climbing a mountain. Do you ever feel anxiety about finishing something because it is not clear…

I get it. When products are gendered you can sell it as a different thing. Am I getting more gender neutral or is my social media feed getting more gendered? The universal question. Peace, Michelle D. P.S. did you know that ginch and gonch are Canadian slang? And also a…

I’m sick of bullshit memes and Instagram stories filled with sage life advice that are sort of helpful but (I think) are mostly selling self-brands and clicks and likes. Is it going to far to say it’s the Amway of the 21st century? All I can see on Instagram is…

I am so sad. It’s my 13 year wedding anniversary today. I have been so sick for the past week. I miss my brother so so much today. That is all. Love, Michelle D.

I can’t be a writer if I don’t write. It’s fun writing with other people. Read and watch the latest thing that I wrote with two wonderful nurses. We want to keep a conversation going about racism in healthcare and nurses role in anti-racist action. Love, Michelle D.

In healthcare we should have moved past a place Policies and practices based on feelings and ideas not grounded in evidence. Standards like mass deportation of immigrants identified as mentally deficient, institutionalizations based on standard IQ, eugenics are all prime examples of ideas based on colonial ideas that were endorse…

We aren’t beautiful blank slates. A thousand times a day we make judgments. We assess. We discern. We react. We reflect. Life is a whirlwind. Have you watched the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off recently? I feel like I blinked and I moved from being an angsty teen to being…

It’s starting to feel too much like everything is a marketing tool. What are you sharing and what are you selling? I am critical of what organizations like this are selling. Substance addiction treatment has very much become a business. I want to know how much profit is being made.…

But maybe it’s time we evaluate why we have women only and men only competitions and the diversity of who fit into those divisions. Genetic testing to prove one was a genetic female (XX) was abolished at the 2000 Olympics. Thank you, Michelle D.

I’m getting tired of social media messaging about being the best me I can be. Do this, do that, be happy. Don’t compromise your values…but I mean, sometimes it’s okay to compromise your values, right? Find your passion. Live your best life. What does that even mean? In a subjective…