Rebecca Weger

Reading List: A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum
Wow. I just finished this novel, and it was intense. It hurts to read. It hurts to imagine. And it hurts in moments where it is relatable, despite my culture and privilege differences from the characters. Etaf tells a story of women’s obligation and pain through the lens of culture, specifically a Palestinian lens. A […]
Signal Boost: On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post
The Trump administration wants to use Facebook and other social media to help identify people who are receiving Social Security disability benefits without being truly disabled. Source: On Disability and on Facebook? Uncle Sam Wants to Watch What You Post I understand the desire to reduce fraud, but… My social media feed […]
Signal Boost: No. 1 Pacing Tip: How to Unlearn the “Completion Compulsion”
Pushing ourselves to complete a task is the most common pacing mistake most of us make. “The next step is choosing a different action. Sometimes even with awareness, we can think, “I know I’m running out of energy, but I really want to get this done.” When this happens, it’s because our old programming is tempting us with […]
Reading List: Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Yaa Gyasi‘s novel “Homegoing” is a masterfully written historical novel. It begins in Ghana, and tells the story of the progression of two lines of a family tree over eight generations. One branch stays substantially in Ghana with a complex relationship with power and complicity with the slave trade. The other […]
Signal Boost: What to Say If Your Friend Isn’t Going to ‘Get Well Soon’
Not everyone with a chronic or lifelong illness is going to ‘get well soon.’ One woman explains what to say and how to be there for someone living with a chronic illness that might not get better. Source: What to Say If Your Friend Isn’t Going to ‘Get Well Soon Thanks to a friend for sharing this essay by Alaina […]
Reading List: Me and White Supremacy Workbook by Layla Saad
I just finished my first pass with Layla Saad’s “Me and White Supremacy Workbook.” I say first pass, because this book needs to be worked more than once. At its core, the workbook consists of 28 sets of writing prompts developed to explore 28 aspects of ways that white presenting folks can be complicit in […]
Reading List: The Library Book by Susan Orlean
My first book of the year: The Library Book by Susan Orlean. This book tells the story of the Los Angeles Central Library, with a special focus on the fire that closed it for six years (and a bizarre investigation). Interspersed, are lots of sometimes quirky and sometimes useful facts about libraries past, present and […]