bad french is

  • an artist, writer, mother, metadata librarian, white woman, and neuroqueer autistic PDAer. she is exceptionally creative, musically inclined, quite noisy, LOVES word play, and experiences high levels of sensory euphoria. her well-being is grounded in autonomy, trust, growing self-awareness, and mutual, unconditional love. also, lots and lots of time with plants.

  • an online publication dedicated to sloughing off the rules of neuro-conforming society.

fvck shoulds.

no goals.

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bad french takes pictures of herself and sketches others as a way to

  • practice sustainable lived art

  • learn herself and others well

  • love herself and others well

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an online publication dedicated to sloughing off the rules of neuro-conforming society. essays and poetry, all written by a PDA Autistic woman, and often about life as a PDAer.

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bad french is a poet, mother, metadata librarian, white woman, and neuroqueer autistic PDAer and recovering neuro-conformer. her well-being is grounded in autonomy, trust, growing self-awareness, and mutual, unconditional, love.