This week I'm joined by my dear friend, Ashna Ali. Ashna is the author of the poetry collection <a href= "https://www.theoperatingsystem.org/product/the-relativity-of-living-well/"> The Relativity of Living Well,</a> and they're joining me to talk about the effects of invisible illnesses on their life. After having long COVID, they now live with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.  We talked about mitigating risk, the politics of masking, as well as how to be better towards people who have invisible illnesses. Ashna is a queer, agender, Bangladeshi diasporic poet raised in Italy and based in Brooklyn. You can find them online at <a href="http://www.ashnaali.com">www.ashnaali.com</a> and on Instagram @doctordushtu.

This week I'm joined by my dear friend, Ashna Ali. Ashna is the author of the poetry collection The Relativity of Living Well, and they're joining me to talk about the effects of invisible illnesses on their life. After having long COVID, they now live with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome. We talked about mitigating risk, the politics of masking, as well as how to be better towards people who have invisible illnesses. Ashna is a queer, agender, Bangladeshi diasporic poet raised in Italy and based in Brooklyn. You can find them online at www.ashnaali.com and on Instagram @doctordushtu.

This week I'm joined by my dear friend, Ashna Ali. Ashna is the author of the poetry collection <a href="https://www.theoperatingsystem.org/product/the-relativity-of-living-well/" rel="noopener noreferrer"> The Relativity of Living Well,</a> and they're joining me to talk about the effects of invisible illnesses on their life. After having long COVID, they now live with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome.&nbsp; We talked about mitigating risk, the politics of masking, as well as how to be better towards people who have invisible illnesses. Ashna is a queer, agender, Bangladeshi diasporic poet raised in Italy and based in Brooklyn. You can find them online at <a href="http://www.ashnaali.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.ashnaali.com</a> and on Instagram @doctordushtu.&nbsp; &nbsp;

Help Seeing Invisible Illness—Poet & Activist Ashna Ali

The world is a lot — and we all need help figuring out how to navigate it. Each week, award-winning journalist and author of OPEN Rachel Krantz will speak with a different guest to get practical help on a specific aspect of...well, existing. Help Existing. 

This is a show where highbrow and lowbrow topics happily coexist, or really, where don't even believe in the concept of highbrow and lowbrow. You could have one week talking about how to confront your fear of death, or your existential despair over current events — and the next week might be about how to have your first conversation with a partner about kink, non-monogamy, or whether to have kids. 

No topic is too taboo or sticky, but all episodes aim to be practically and emotionally helpful for listeners in the fields of mindfulness, relationships, sex, anti-racism, philosophy, technology, creativity, and so much more.

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The world is a lot — and we all need help figuring out how to navigate it. Each week, award-winning journalist and author of OPEN Rachel Krantz will speak with a different guest to get practical help on a specific aspect of...well, existing. Help Existing. This is a show where highbrow and lowbrow topics happily coexist, or really, where don't even believe in the concept of highbrow and lowbrow. You could have one week talking about how to confront your fear of death, or your existential despair over current events — and the next week might be about how to have your first conversation with a partner about kink, non-monogamy, or whether to have kids. No topic is too taboo or sticky, but all episodes aim to be practically and emotionally helpful for listeners in the fields of mindfulness, relationships, sex, anti-racism, philosophy, technology, creativity, and so much more.

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