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Kelley Clink
@kelleyclink.bsky.social
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they/she art, writing, chronic illness/disability. not necessarily in that order. www.kelleyclink.com www.extrasoftanimal.com https://www.patreon.com/cw/ExtraSoftAnimal
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · 3d
I made a spooky #zine about my chronically ill body! Thanks to @crucialcomix.bsky.social and the chronic illness comics club. Open to trades!
#hallozine #chronicillness #disability #ehlersdanlos #heds

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A stack of zines fanned out. The cover reads “Fearfully Made: a chillingly incomplete tour of my chronically ill body, by Kelley Clink.” There are silhouette drawings of bats and rats.
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · 18d
I did a thing I was proud of, so I made a little #comic to celebrate. Then I wrote a whole essay about celebration. TLDR: if you don’t do it, the fascists win.

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A line drawing of a small frog saying “Hey.” Same small frog, now joined by slightly larger frog, saying “You did it.” A giant toad has been drawn behind the two small frogs, and they’re saying “Congrats.”
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · 21d
It’s Fitbit—I have a charge 5 that tracks a bunch of data. It’s very helpful for pacing. (When I listen to it 😂😭)
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 22d
Whistling when ICE is about to kidnap someone for no reason is incredibly effective. They know what they are doing is wrong and will scatter in the wind when too many witnesses gather.
FORM A CROWD STAY LOUD PROTECT EACH OTHER CODE I: ICE NEARBY BLOW QUICKLY IN A BROKEN RHYTHM: PRE-PRE-PRE! → ALERTS THE COMMUNITY THAT ICE AGENTS ARE IN THE AREA. ROGERS PARK WHISTLE PROTOCOLS WHY A WHISTLE? ON THE STREETS • A SIMPLE TOOL FOR FAST ALERTS. • LOUD. RECOGNIZABLE. IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE. • OUR VOICES ARE STRONGER TOGETHER. WHISTLES GUIDE PEOPLE TO: • FOLLOW ICE CARAVANS • CATCH UP WITH THE CROWD • ALERT NEIGHBORS TO JOIN IN NOISE = VISIBILITY. CODE 2: CODE RED BLOW THREE LONG BLASTS: PREEEE-PREEEE-PREEEE! → ICE IS DETAINING SOMEONE. FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD. DON'T STAY SILENT. STAY NONVIOLENT. WHY IT WORKS • INSTANT ALERT SYSTEM • FASTER THAN SOCIAL MEDIA • TURNS SILENCE INTO COMMUNITY ACTION ORIGINAL FLYER CREATED BY: WHAT YOU CAN DO • WEAR YOUR WHISTLE AROUND YOUR NECK TEACH FAMILY EIGHBORS TH CODES • USE IT WHEN ICE IS SPOTTED • PROTECT EACH OTHER, ALWAYS TOGETHER, WE KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. FORM A CROWD, STAY LOUD. THIS FLYER DISTRIBUTED BY: PROTECT RP • @PROTECTRP_
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · 22d
Me, in early October: “Huh, I’m actually feeling pretty good this year!”

#OctoberSlide: ”Hold my beer…”

#chronicillness #chronicfatigue #chronicpain #disability #heds #eds #ehlersdanlos #neis #neisvoid
A screen shot of my daily readiness numbers falling from 100 to sixteen in a matter of 4 days.
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · 25d
😂 it is a great song tho!
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · 25d
I turned my latest blog post into a newsletter #zine! #snailmail #writing #disability #chronicillness

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A photograph of a gray manual typewriter with a pink sheet of paper on which I’ve typed an essay and done some illustrations.
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · 27d
For those who don't do Substack, I am slowly dipping a toe into #Patreon. Please follow! Writing about #art #disability #chronicillness and everything in between. Posts are free. #eds #ehlersdanlos #chronicpain #cci #heds #neisvoid www.patreon.com/cw/ExtraSoft...
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Life with Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Oct 3
September’s “Something Good” is all about #community.

#resistance #art #writing #joy #chronicillness #disability #eds #ehlersdanlos #neis #neisvoid
#chicago

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An illustration with the outline of the city of Chicago, the south and west sides covered in native wildflowers, and the words Re-Fund the Community
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Sep 24
New essay about #chronicillness and #suicidality for #suicidepreventionmonth. There are #possums involved.

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#suicideprevention #suicidesurvivor #disability #mentalhealth #disabledartist #chronicillnesscomics
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Sep 5
Looking at you @govpritzker.illinois.gov
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Sep 5
Hello #brainfog my old friend...

#spoonie #chronicillness #neis #neisvoid #heds #eds #ehlersdanlos #pots
A piece of paper that has been typed on with a typewriter. There are several attempts to type the phrase “it has been hard to think lately,” and each attempt is full of mistakes. Two attempts have been abandoned.
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Sep 3
Thanks for the rec! I’ve been meaning to do it forever and keep forgetting 😭 #brainfog
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Sep 1
I would like to take a shower, but I don’t think I actually can.

#spoonie #neis #neisvoid #heds #chronicillness #disability #disabled #ehlersdanlos #pots
An omron home blood pressure machine with a reading of 77/64, HR 111
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Debi Lewis @debilewis.bsky.social · Aug 4
“With more than thirty-thousand embryos of varying gestational age stored in Sanctora’s vaults across Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi, it is crucial that more parents take advantage of early-stage pricing for implantation of their DNA in Vessels.”
SANCTORA, INC. ANNOUNCES FIRST EVER CHILD BORN WITH LAB-GROWN HUMAN DNA
It could happen.
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Aug 4
Every month I write a letter to @margaretatwood.bsky.social. This month it’s about #sunflowers, existential dread, and refusing to give up.

#hope #writing #polaroid #instantfilm #instantphotography #collage

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A collage on a failed Polaroid. A large yellow sunflower takes up most of the frame. In the top left corner is the black silhouette of a sunflower, partially covering the yellow one. You can see sky and trees in the areas not covered by the flowers
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Jul 29
#chronicillnesscomic #disabilitycomic #disabilitypride #disability #chronicpain #eds #heds #ehlersdanlos #disabledartist #comic #comics #neis #neisvoid
A four panel comic that features pencil drawings of my body from different angles, and reads “reminder: your body is not a problem to be solved. It’s a home to return to, again and again.”
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Jul 29
A #chronicillness #comic for #disabilitypridemonth
A drawing of my shoulder, throat, jaw, ear and hair, with the words “reminder: your body is not a problem” A drawing of my bent legs, hips, and stomach, with my hand resting on my stomach, with the words “to be solved.” A drawing of my torso and head from behind, with the words “it’s a home to return to” A drawing of my torso and lower face from the front, my hand resting gently on my chest. The text reads: “again and again”
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Jul 26
Salonpas lidocaine cream on the occipital area helps me, as does cefaly and occipital nerve blocks. Good luck!
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Jul 22
An essay about #gardening (and #grief). Also: all these pictures of #flowers!

#nativegardening #wildflowers #suicideloss #suicidesurvivor #suicidegrief #griefrecovery

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My side garden, squeezed between a brick wall and a hedge. Very tall purple bell flowers tangled with something yellow from the rudbeckia family, not sure exactly what. A very small baby cotton tail rabbit, ears perked, next to some droopy upright prairie coneflowers (yellow) Selfie of my legs, seated in a chair next to the garden. I’m wearing black compression leg sleeves and coral crocs Photo of my garden. Purple coneflowers and lavender bergamot in foreground, more coneflowers and yellow brown eyed Susan’s in background.
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Jul 17
😂😂😂
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Jul 17
Looking for other #disabledartists and creators to follow! Drop a comment if that’s you.

#disabled #disabilitypride #disabilityawareness #disabilitypridemonth #chronicillness #chronicallyillcreators
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Jul 17
That’s so lovely! It’s such a relief when people get it
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Jul 17
Some #chronicillness #comics for #disabilitypridemonth! More at open.substack.com/pub/kelleycl...

Thanks to @crucialcomix.bsky.social and @zareenc.bsky.social !

#disability #neis #neisvoid #ehlersdanlos #eds #heds #chronicpain #humor #brainfog
A three panel vertical comic. Panel 1: Pain Banana in pink letters on an orange background. Panel 2: a drawing of an anthropomorphic banana holding a cup of coffee and a briefcase, the banana is wearing glasses and dress shoes. Text reads: one time a guided meditation app told me to picture my pain as an object. I think the point was to let it know it could take a break or something. I don’t remember exactly, it was a while ago. Anyway, I pictured a banana showing up for work. Panel 3: a drawing of a banana wearing a lei, holding a coconut drink and tote bag, and wearing sunglasses and sandals. Text: now when my pain gets really bad I picture work banana and send them on vacation, and I’m cured! Just kidding. I do think it helps, though. It’s hard to take a banana too seriously. A pencil drawing of a snail with a brain on its back instead of a shell. The brain is thinking, “wait for me!!!”
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Kelley Clink @kelleyclink.bsky.social · Jul 8
A #chronicillness #comic that applies to everyone, as #disabilityjustice so often does. #neis #neisvoid #eds #heds #disability #ehlersdanlos #comics #chronicillnesscomics @crucialcomix.bsky.social

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A pencil drawing of a rabbit sitting with their eyes closed, words above them read “it’s ok to do less” Pencil drawing of a rabbit sleeping on their side, with the words “all bodies” Pencil drawing of two sleeping rabbits cuddled together, with the words “need rest.” All three drawings put together in one panel.
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