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The Best of Janet Jay

The Best of Janet Jay’s:

–Pain: Chronic / Words: Iconic blog posts

– Published Journalism & Photography

First, the best of Janet Jay .com! Scroll down to see the most read pieces on this here site, and hopefully uncover some gems you missed!

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cartoon of two phones, one with a man and one a woman, the man has a speech balloon with a heart and the woman has one with two dots, surrounded by hearts. Text: Dating with chronic pain & invisible disabilities, janetjay.com
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6 crucial questions people with disabilities should ponder before getting a dog, janetjay.com
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The Best of Janet Jay’s Journalism

Well, it’s a mix of “The Best of Janet Jay” with “my personally most beloved.” Some of these are very old, fair warning, and some exist only in screenshots (RIP, most of the sites I wrote for in my 20s.)

If you don’t get the U.S. Pain Foundation’s INvisible Project Magazine, you should! I have written for them for 8 years and am now an editor. A couple of my favorites from over the years include:

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Best of (Older) Janet Jay Journalism

an MRI of a spine with spinal stimulator wires visible

“I became a cyborg to manage my chronic pain: Implanting a new generation of spinal stimulators“

Popular Science, 2018

Steve Bannon—The Man, the Myth, the Asshole: Donald Trump’s top advisor is a loathsome human being

Defiant Media, 2017

How to Make Breakfast With Your Vagina
But just because you can, doesn’t mean you should.

VICE Motherboard, 2015

woman in lap coat pours liquid from beaker to beaker, surrounded by symbols representing types of science. Image via storyset.

Metro Pulse, 2008: (This was my first published feature, and the alt-weekly it was published in is now gone. Click through to read it and see my first published photography, too!)

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