Corey Jones Blog

I’m going to talk about recovery in a broader way right now. All women’s recovery! We, women, cannot ever hope to gain equality if we keep tearing each other down. I think, sometimes, that we are our own worst enemy in keeping alive the harmful patriarchy. I feel the need to write this after following […]

I am currently living with my parents and we decided early on that my mom would do the laundry, I would cook dinner-when home, of course-and my dad would do the dishes. Score! I hate cleaning-I like organizing, but definitely not cleaning! I do the grocery shopping too, which I love, because to me, grocery […]

Eating Disorders Awareness Week Feb. 22-29 February 22 – 29 is Eating Disorders Awareness Week. I wish there were more events to raise awareness and frankly, that more people cared. What can we do? We can talk about eating disorders without making fun of people, because they are “too” skinny or fat. We can teach […]

I just looked at my latest post and I take the title back! I have no apologies, because last year was completely shitty. How in the world was I supposed to not get discouraged when I was battling an illness with almost no support?! But it is time now to look to the future and […]

It has been over a year since my I started this blog and this is only my second post. I am very sorry! I know that it was because I got discouraged from no one responding, but I should have written more-I should have tried harder. In my defense, last year was an absolutely awful […]

In my first blog I used many labels to describe myself ("schizoaffective disorder," "feminist," "lesbian," etc.), but I think it is important for us all to remember that people are complex beings who in reality are always more than a mere label. Unfortunately, words are all we have to describe ourselves and while they can […]