#WorkingWhileSick

Ellis C.A. Arcwolf (Author)EllisArcwolf@eldritch.cafe
2026-02-04

It's a fun game of pretend. I have a COVID, I'm disabled, I have asthma, I am homeless.

But I get to keep applying for jobs while I pretend I'm perfectly OK. And the second work starts, I'll be working full-time with COVID, as if I'm perfectly OK.

If I want to survive, the only way to do so is to act like I'm perfectly OK.

I deserve an Oscar.

#COVID19 #COVID #Disability #Disabled #Homelessness #Unsheltered #JobSearch #Hiring #Pittsburgh #LateStageCapitalism #Masking #Neurodivergent #MutualAid #SurvivalMode #TheGreatPretend #WorkingWhileSick #InvisibleSufferer #Spoonie

P.S. Pittsburgh sucks. I wish I'd never come here. I wish I'd never believed in myself.

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