Can We Do Our Small Bit To Help A Fellow Writer Fight Something Really Big?
Use your privilege to earn some good karma
Medium Fam,
If you have been on Medium for a few months or more you’d know I am talking about Shannon Ashley — she is an inspirational writer whose authenticity, honesty, and vulnerability has made Medium the platform that it is today.
She is in pain. And she needs our help. She is suffering from Lipedema — a disease of inflamed fat cells that affects primarily women. She has written extensively about it in the last few weeks.
While battling Lipedema, she has to confront a lot of fatphobia and fat-shaming. She has openly written that she is depressed and has suicidal thoughts — it makes my heart cry to know she is battling through the worst possible time of her life.
We need to help. We have all read a million stories on mental health and probably some of us have even written about it. Perhaps extensively. It’s time we act on our own advice. Let’s collectively help a fellow writer win…
