Chimere L. Sweeney

Same.

Still feel this way.

The Washington Post wants to slim down on local DC news. That is like eating ice cream with no flavor. DC has always given that paper flair. Wow. Travesty.

I want you to live forever, Big Rob. Truly.

Sanitary products*

How do we get women products for their sanitary needs? Birth control pills? Chronic illness meds? Does ICE assure that these women are protected this way, too?

I wish I could donate what I have but where would I send it?

Colleagues of ICU nurse Alex Pretti held a moment of silence on Monday, after he was fatally shot by an ICE officer over the weekend.
The photo shows workers of the Minneapolis VA Medical Center in the halls of the care unit, coming together in a heartbreaking tribute to the 37-year-old nurse.

Andy Cohen is a joke. I don’t take him seriously at all.

@peoplemag.bsky.social so you’re saying Oprah only propelled two Black peoples’ careers?

Stop lying: what about Iyanla Vanzant and Dr. Robin Smith? Were they not worthy enough to make your list? You all whitewash everything now. You’re not even real news anymore.

Long Covid.
Black History Month.
The Mount Black-MORE of Long Covid.

Coming soon!

My #Substack is lit and back up.

Theblackestsidelc.substack.com

Hey! I’m so sorry that I’m extremely late in responding. Please forgive me. I had a 4-month health challenge that paused my work.

Please email me at info@blacklongcovidexperience.com

Thank you. ♥️

I am a history maker. I appreciate others who make true history with me.

Thank you, Dr. Emily Mendenhall for featuring me in your newly-released Invisible Illness book.
#longcovid #disability

Yay! Thank you, @yalejackson.bsky.social,
for featuring me as a Global Health Expert! It means so much to have your support dur this important conversation. Shout out to student, Merit Oyenkwere, for a lovely interview. Go on + soar, Girllll! Proud of you.

vimeo.com/showcase/118...

Episode 11: Racial Diversity Needs No Meetings I recently declined a meeting with Patient-Led Research Collaborative (PLRC) to discuss my "concerns" on racial diversity in Long Covid and MECFS organizations. Here's why.

"Heads nod, throats clear, + giant pauses signal how uncomfortable everyone is with truth baring down on them.

[They]...end meetings trying to assuage me away from the original point." #longcovid #disability

theblackestsidelc.substack.com/p/episode-11...

Episode 11: Racial Diversity Needs No Meetings I recently declined a meeting with Patient-Led Research Collaborative (PLRC) to discuss my "concerns" on racial diversity in Long Covid and MECFS organizations. Here's why.

"Meetings like these usually aren’t effective. They include mostly white people in power who wish to meet with Black people who have complained about their observations or experiences with racism by calling them out (and in)."

theblackestsidelc.substack.com/p/episode-11...

People have some nerve trying to send messages to me about concerns I make clear every single day. Also, racial diversity never requires a meeting. You either want racial diversity in #LongCovid advocacy and research or you don't.

Episode 11: Racial Diversity Needs No Meetings I recently declined a meeting with Patient-Led Research Collaborative (PLRC) to discuss my "concerns" on racial diversity in Long Covid and MECFS organizations. Here's why.

IACCI sent #LongCovid based Patient-Led Research Collaborative to request a meeting with me to discuss racial equity and my "concerns" about their organizations.

Watch my podcast and/or read its written companion now:
open.substack.com/pub/theblack...

Cosplay on Some #Coldplay

As a disabled woman, sometimes I have to pull my strength from places that are foreign (or fake) like in music.

In our community, we hate each other for sharing these moments of joy.

I want more than despair. Hate me if you must. #disability #LongCovid #mecfs #substack

Cosplay on Some Coldplay I scour through hardship to find radical moments of meaning and joy. On Sunday, Chris Martin and Coldplay was the treasure I found.

"...#ChrisMartin’s voice played in my head....His voice is raw with flavors I could never name. I just know it when I hear or feel it. It soothes, shakes, + surrenders. Chris’ voice has literally baptized me in the middle of vacuuming or cleaning."

theblackestsidelc.substack.com/p/cosplay-on...

Also, will Social Security still be responsible for declaring FL students as "severely disabled?" Or did #Florida schools take that over, too?

www.cfpublic.org/education/20...

Folks who think the #disabled don't pay taxes or want to work: what better way to keep disabled ppl from advancing in education and/or the workforce than by limiting their ability to receive a certificate from high school?

Next up: we will need a HS diploma to vote. #disability🤐

Banning books. Schools determining which students are severely disabled so they can determine who can get certificate of completions from high school.

Florida just keeps getting better with them, eh?

If ppl don't think that #Florida won't one day ban #disabled people from voting in the state, they are delusional. Classism + caste systems take roundabout ways to attack marginalized people every day.

Banning certificates of completion in high school for severely disabled folks is a start.

That's excellent. That's one of the best things I can say about having Long Covid. Everyone plays a game of telephone with my records. Now, let's make sure they write what your actual experience is or we gonna have to fight! Lol.

So lately, I've been praying that @rbreich.bsky.social lives forever. This man is so sensible, brilliant, and on time. Who needs church when Reich is preaching every single day? Sheesh.

Be sure to catch my upcoming post: The #LongCovid Movement: Trendy and Trumpy on #Substack.

The Blackest Side of Long Covid
theblackestsidelc.substack.com

This is why racial diversity and equality always matters. This is what Black people have always endured. This is why @keystonesymposia.bsky.social and the #LongCovid Movement's meeting was flawed, though well-intentioned.

“Science, however — including bad science — was a category of intellectual production that remained largely closed to African Americans throughout the nineteenth century.”

Dr. Gretchen Long, Doctoring Freedom: The Politics of African American Medical Care in Slavery and Emancipation

The #LongCovid Movement cannot continue unless we consistently incorporate Black patients, experts, physicians, and organizers.

Why does racial equality matter in public health + academia?
When has it not mattered?