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writer, facilitator, bluetooth-powered hot girl | 📍 DC
@rosesthingies @ourbodyjusticeproject
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Our children are preparing for school and a life-changing shift; they are striving to find happiness rather than living exposed to the sun in makeshift shelters. Therefore, I appeal to everyone to help the young girl, Aya, so she can continue her education and keep attending school.
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⛏️ “My love for coal mining songs is dissonant, like how I’m a vegetarian IRL, but in Minecraft, I will gladly slay chickens and cows and pigs to roast and eat them, keeping slabs of virtual meat in my inventory.”

Read “Dispatch from Project Detether” at https://www.memezinelit.com/summer-2026/k-rose-dallimore 🦴

ABOUT ▀▄▀▄▀▄ K̳.̳ ̳R̳o̳s̳e̳ ̳D̳a̳l̳l̳i̳m̳o̳r̳e̳//—-
@dose.rallimore (she/her) is a poet, playwright, restorative practitioner, and disability activist based in Washington, DC. Intake, her debut chapbook, was published by Bottlecap Press (2024). Her writing has appeared in Rough Cut Press, Ouch! Collective, The Wild Umbrella, Josephine Quarterly, Cripple Media, Genrepunk, and Lenticular, among others.

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Season 6, Episode 4: In Conversation with Rose Dallimore

I am honored to welcome Rose Dallimore, a restorative practitioner, writer, artist, and activist living with complex chronic illnesses, including rare spinal conditions and hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.

In this episode, Rose shares her journey through chronic pain, complex diagnoses, and two major spinal surgeries that changed her mobility and quality of life. We talk about navigating healthcare as a woman, the ways chronic pain is often dismissed, and what it means to advocate for yourself when the answers aren't always clear.

Rose also opens up about her work in advocacy, art, and mutual aid, including the Our Body Justice Project, and why sharing our stories can become a powerful form of survival, connection, and change.

Rose's story is a powerful reminder that we don't have to suffer alone, and that finding your voice can create space for others to be heard.

Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

#1of20Podcast #RareDiseaseAwareness #RareDisease #RareDiseaseAdvocacy #WomensHealth #ChronicIllness #EhlersDanlosSyndrome #DisabilityAdvocacy

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The 3rd Annual Micro Art Auction is nearly upon us! Join us at my home in Adams Morgan for some silent auction fun for an amazing cause. This year, 100% of art wall proceeds will be donated to the DC Peace Team @dcpeaceteam . See the partiful (link in bio!) for more information about how the auction will work and why I’m fundraising for DCPT! Come hang out starting at 5:30PM but the auction will begin promptly at 6. Let’s enjoy some tiny artworks and support an amazing community organization. Please RSVP via the partiful link. Can’t wait!!

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summer-solstice-primary-election-pride-birthday week 🌟

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🙏🏼 It’s been hard, it’s been scary, it continues to be a hell of a journey, and although Rose’s latest surgery was challenging, it was successful! 💪🏼We’re all breathing a little more deeply today. I can’t begin to tell you all how grateful we are for the incredible medical team who performed the surgery, and especially for your love and support. 🙏🏼 Happy Easter everyone. ☮️ ❤️

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#READ the new issue of WWPH WRITES now live!!
Plus, mark your calendars - we open for manuscript submissions on April 1.

Read WWPH WRITES now at https://washingtonwriters.org/wwph-writes/

Subscribe and submit too!

#amquerying #amwriting #DMVwriters #poets #essay #heavymetal #heavymetalmusic #metalhead

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"Hi, my name is Rose Dalimore @dose.rallimore, and my health story was shared on here with the Society earlier this year (the link is in their bio). I also wanted to share a bit about how disability, chronic pain, and gender and health justice are critical foci of my creative work. I am a poet, playwright, artist, and activist living with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Tethered Cord Syndrome, Atlanto-Axial Instability, as well as endometriosis and damaged nerves in my pelvis. I use my artistic and professional opportunities to build solidarity and spread awareness for healthcare inequity, particularly as it applies to gender.⁠
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Later that year, Intake, my debut poetry chapbook, was published by Bottlecap Press, an independent publisher. The collection outlines my experience with chronic illness, exploring the ways in which pain and disability intersect with love, agency, and ancestry. Over the past few years, I have also had poetry and essays about my experience with chronic illness published in Cripple Media, Josephine Quarterly, Patients Rising Stories, Rough Cut Press, Anodyne Magazine, and Genrepunk, among others.⁠
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Since being diagnosed with hEDS and comorbidities and experiencing a major decline in my mobility, energy, and capacity, I have had the opportunity to engage in an extremely accessible and supportive Early Career Playwriting Fellowship with New Relic Theater and produced my first full-length professional theater piece, The Goo, which had a successful 10-show run in New York City. I continue to use writing as a means of diving deep into my feelings and experiences, rather than running away from them. I also been working on a new manuscript which elaborates upon the themes in Intake.⁠
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For this weeks Fashion Friday we have this months Chronic Illness & Disabled Fashion Icons and they’ve come servingggg 😌💗✨💃🏼🕺

Show them some love!!

#fashionfriday #disabledfashion #inclusionfashion #chronicillnessawareness #disabledandcute

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CLC MEMBER FEATURE: Hi! My name is Rose. I am a writer, facilitator, and advocate living in Washington, D.C. I am 25, have two adorable cats, and spend most of my free time drawing and making playlists.

I live with endometriosis/adenomyosis (diagnosed at 15) and nerve damage in my pelvis (diagnosed at 23) after excision surgery. Earlier this year, I was diagnosed with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, which has resulted in disc herniations, degenerative scoliosis, arthritis, and atlantoaxial instability. I was also just diagnosed with Tethered Cord Syndrome, for which I will get surgery in less than a month. I developed an atonic neurogenic bladder and depend on intermittent catheterization. I used to use a cane, but I currently use a wheelchair full-time. I have had some success in managing my disability through physical therapy, medication, and self-care. I had a spinal cord stimulator placed as well, which has helped significantly with my chronic pelvic pain.

Being a young person with a disability can be isolating, but I have also found such love in it all. I work as a restorative facilitator to help people process what’s going on in their lives and communities and to transform interpersonal conflict. I have written a poetry chapbook and a play that reflect on my physical experiences, and I hope to make a positive impact by sharing my story. I also joined forces with some other friends with endometriosis and related conditions to form @ourbodyjusticeproject, a mutual aid project for women and AFAB people with chronic pain and disabilities, particularly those that impact the pelvis & reproductive system.

I have had the blessing of my friends and family coming together to support me through recoveries, flare-ups, and the daily administrative chaos of depending on the medical system. I am so grateful for my support system and the care network I have developed.

One of the amazing things about living alongside a disability is the way it forces you to prioritize care, making the most of each day, and letting go of what you can’t control. If you want to connect, feel free to reach out @dose.rallimore. Much love!

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🙏🏼 Humbled. ❤️ Blown away. ❤️ Thank you. 🙏🏼

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@dose.rallimore "At 23, I began to experience debilitating pelvic pain following a burst ovarian cyst. I had already been diagnosed with endometriosis and adenomyosis, but this was a significant escalation of my symptoms, leaving me barely able to get out of bed. I had just graduated from college and started my first full-time job as a teacher, an occupation which quickly became impossible for me as my health declined. ⁠
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Chronic fatigue accompanied pain, and as I went to see more and more doctors, it was determined that I have nerve damage in my pelvis on top of the endometriosis. Imaging showed wear and deterioration to my low spine, hips, and pelvis atypical of my age. I began using a cane to walk. Doctors suspected something else was fueling the development of my nerve condition, the accumulation of scar tissue in my abdomen, and my deteriorating joints. ⁠
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At the beginning of 2025, I was referred to a specialist in connective tissue disorders. After reviewing my symptoms, images, and health history, the specialist was shocked no one had seen it sooner. Looking back at a childhood of dozens of joint dislocations and significant issues with proprioception and energy, I assumed I was just a clumsy kid slowly growing into my body. It turns out, I was born with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS). ⁠
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Learning this information allowed me to start seeking specialized PT and Pelvic Floor care, and I began to improve. I also had a neurostimulator placed for the nerve condition in my pelvis, which has significantly helped my chronic pain. ⁠
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Unfortunately, in July, I lost the ability to stand and walk, accompanied by severe pain in my legs, pelvis, and lower back. I also developed an atonic neurogenic bladder and now have to self-catheterize. After weeks in the hospital, months of PT/OT and specialist evaluation and testing, doctors cracked the case. I have just recently been diagnosed with Tethered Cord Syndrome (TCS) and symptomatic Atlanto-Axial Instability (AAI), both of which will require spinal surgery. I am awaiting a detethering and laminectomy next month and a cervical spinal fusion at C1-2 the following month.⁠
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