naked and stunned at the end of the world
by This is Rachelin 🎭️ Culture
naked and stunned at the end of the world
About the Substack
Exploring embodiment and identity, storytelling and art, agency and resistance, and the disruptive potential of chronic illness. Looking for meaning against a backdrop of Instagram incoherency. Wrangling experiences that resist articulation.
About This is Rachel
Fabulist, writer, unruly queer. Chronic illness alchemist, bedbound and killing it. Fed right the fuck up with empire. I’m in my chrysalis era.
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