Krystal Kavita Jagoo, MSW @ Intersectional Equity Insights

A Brown Disabled Academic-Industrial Complex Victim Unpacks Jason Arday’s Tragic Death

Artmaking as Evidence: An Interview with ‘Multimorbid’ Author Rebecca Wood for Poet’s Day

Having connected with Rebecca Wood years ago, I was excited to read her debut book, Multimorbid, which was published on May 28, 2026. I am thrilled to introduce readers to her brilliance for Poet's Day, as celebrated on August 21, 2026, as I encourage folx to reflect on this Chapter 5 quote from Crip Kinship: The Disability Justice and Art Activism of Sins Invalid by Shayda Kafai :

How My Disability Justice Practice Had to Align with Fat Liberation for Representation

In that role, I often had Black, Indigenous, and racialized students doubt if they were eligible for registration with Accessibility Services, despite regularly seeing medical professionals for health issues that clearly limited their ability to pursue their learning. Over time, with each discussion with these students whose skin tones resembled mine, I came to realize that they too had implicitly…

What a Disability Justice Practitioner Learned about Organizing from an Orphan Black Rewatch

If you have not yet watched Orphan Black, you may benefit from reading this post after doing so, but if you are okay with spoilers, like my scaredy cat ass, you are welcome to read my insights before feasting on this epic series!🫂

15 Years Ago, You Betrayed Me, & If I Could Afford to Exist, I Would Not Be Trying Again

If your highlighted words ever meant anything, now would be a good fucking time to help the sister you abandoned when Vishnu broke his promise to all about not confronting you regarding your suicidality, self-harm, etc. in 2011! 👀

How Alice Wong Informs My Journey to Becoming an Eagerly Claimed Disabled Ancestor

A small but mighty group attended, and we waxed poetic about Alice Wong's legacy, as planned. I shared how my only direct communication with Alice was an attempt to secure an interview with her for a project, which she politely declined. Another workshop attendee shared this gem of a story in the chat, which made me cackle as I read it to myself during the quiet writing time:

Leroy Moore Reminded Me of My Epic Gratitude for Black Disabled Women’s Warnings

In March 2024, I facilitated a virtual workshop on Movement Grief, as part of my Navigating Grief in BIPOC Solidarity series. Had it not been for a discussion prompted by a Black disabled femme participant sharing warnings from Dr. Sami Schalk and Vilissa Thompson about Leroy Moore's toxicity towards Black disabled women, I may never have known of his problematic pattern:

Celebrating How Brad Lomax and the Black Panther Party Paved the Way for Disability Justice

Until watching Crip Camp, I had never heard of Brad Lomax, so I wanted to devote a newsletter post in this month of Disability Pride to celebrate the work of this beloved disabled Black Panther who was a Disability Justice trailblazer.

If I Wrote My Eulogy, It Might Look Something Like This

For the 1st 30 years of my life, the closest I ever got to suicidal thinking was joking about how I was much more likely to be homicidal than suicidal. That changed after white supremacist workplace harassment hijacked my social work career in 2016, when served with a disciplinary letter that said I was "hired to practice social work, not social justice," as if they could ever be separated.

7 Ways This Disability Justice Practitioner Can Support Your Work with Virtual Equity Services

July is Disability Pride Month, so I wanted to focus this newsletter post on how my Disability Justice lens informs all of my work, in case tangible examples could help others to think more critically about how oppression limits access. For as long as I worked as a Mental Health Therapist, I was encouraged to go into private practice as an opportunity to earn more, but I never did, as I hated…