Essays

Crap, I Missed the Honey Bucket Selfie Challenge

And a summer summary photo montage

Oct 25 • Natalie Mead

Remission Impossible

In which I do all my own stunts.

Sep 27 • Natalie Mead

Moderately Important Health Update

I started Oops, My Brain in 2023 as an act of acceptance. You won't believe what happened next!

Aug 16 • Natalie Mead

Fortune Favors the Bold, Unless if You Have Chronic Illness, Then It All Sort of Cancels Out

Confessions from my past life in Big Tech

Jul 12 • Natalie Mead

AND a giveaway!

Jun 7 • Natalie Mead and Ian Goldstein

A Dog Unlike Us

Including photos of my ADORABLE PUPPY

Apr 5 • Natalie Mead

There's No Light Like No Light

I've clicked my heels three times, so why is the sun still shining?

Feb 15 • Natalie Mead

An alternative medicine adventure

Jan 11 • Natalie Mead

I Flew 2,500 Miles for a Second Opinion and All I Lost was My Hope in Humanity

And lots of money. And a few oat cakes.

Dec 14, 2024 • Natalie Mead

I'm Not Disabled, I'm Just Too Sick to Do Anything

How being litigious helped me believe in my own disability

Oct 19, 2024 • Natalie Mead

You Can't Spell Memorable Tropical Vacation Without (Astronaut) Ice Cream!

“Hawai’i is the only state in the US that doesn’t have hummingbirds,” said a man selling stained glass hummingbirds at a market in Hawai’i.

Sep 14, 2024 • Natalie Mead

Big Brother's Shallot Secret

How one teenager triggered some serious food stress-itivity

Jul 13, 2024 • Natalie Mead

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