I AM MADELINE
A performer (actress, singer), leader, mentor, & community volunteer with her hands on a number of projects, Madeline(now fully public as Marcia)is a joy to know. She loves gardening & The Sound of Music. Her friends describe her as "effervescent."
She's one of more than 600,000 Canadians living with family of diseases twice as common as Multiple Sclerosis, little doctor education, strong correlation to viral infections, esp COVID-19. She & others face painful deadly deterioration without more government supports.
Petition
https://bit.ly/Marcia_petition
GoFundMe https://gofund.me/6d981312
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 111
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Disability Hate(And how I'm trying to keep afloat)
the link to the Atlantic article in the previous episode expired so here's a new link that lets you read the article https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/09/canada-euthanasia-demand-maid…
disability prejudice vomited on me by a neighbour, AGAIN
Not sure why I'm surprised, but same neighbour tried to do it to me again today as I was exiting my apt. I was so tired, my body was in such pain. What the heck. When are we going to start accessibil…
BANJO!
Where I talk about the fact I have a total thing about banjos, the recent folk festival that I went to and that I've been volunteering for for about 30 years. Also the difficulties and trying to find…
HEAT
where I talk about upcoming heat of 30° c and I still do not have a response from the crisis division of this ministry of social development of poverty reduction about a new air conditioner. And one …
Volunteering
purpose in this case volunteering helps me navigate difficulty eg things I've been talking about in the last few episodes
Trauma Response
interesting aha moment i had around my body's reaction to being under such difficulty for so long.
Under pressure
You know in that Star wars movie where they all end up in that trash compactor getting compressed? welcome to my evening
Heat/Air/PESE Update
some of the links I talk about today
Canary UK follow-up article June 2025
https://www.thecanary.co/long-read/2025/06/17/assisted-dying-chronic-fatigue/
Transcript of my bullet points for the BC budget…
Everyone Breaks Under Torture Eventually
I think that sums it up. everyone breaks under torture eventually. these are the two articles I mentione in the podcast
Maid chemical sensitivities application
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-woman…
My recording of my BC budget presentation
So this is my phone recording my end of the BC budget presentation. here's the link where I hope eventually we can find the transcription. Don't notice that I pick up ahead of steam part way through.…
BC budget a presentation 1:50 pm June 17th
they're supposed to be a transcription and a way to listen to it later. I don't really know what's the what with all that yet. I'm going to try to record my section so I can at least post it up here.…
BC Millions Missing protest May 10th 2025
BLOSSOM HUNT to cheer me (and hopefully you) after residential tenancy board hearing
Cherry Blossoms Vs Torture Feels
Double Rainbow
Air Quality Saga worsens (directly relates to previous episode)
Paradox
Over 1,000 Signatures On Petition!
