@coryellen
Postdoc, L&D/abortion & Public Health RN. #HistNursing, #HistMed, #STS. PhD, MFA. Caregiver. Queer, Jewish; she/her. Too curious for my own good. Funding abortion and supporting doulas. Opinions: many, my own. http://coryellen.com
Nurse practitioners are a lifeline for millions who live in healthcare deserts. A new proposed federal rule would strip NPs of access to education funds, putting the workforce at risk.
@coryellen.bsky.social writes about the dangers of this rule in @nursingclio.bsky.social
Last day for public comment!
Update: it is very hard to focus on ANYTHING with fascism growling so loudly
Worksheet titled: "Evolving from Eel-less Language" and it includes a column titled "Instead of" with a red X, and a column titled "Say this" with a green checkmark. The "Instead of" column includes sayings like "You're doing it wrong" and "Look at those used condoms in the water!" The "Say this" column includes sayings like, "You're grabbing an eel by the tail" and "Hey! Manhattan eels!" I don't have the space here to list all of them. But each expression in the "Say this" column is a bonafide (read that in a Wharvey Gal's accent) historical eel metaphor. We'd all be better off if we talked more about eels.
We're all trying to be careful with our language, so as not to offend, or not to lose federal funding for talking about paragraph transitions.
To help you out, here's a worksheet to guide you in swapping out troublesome phrases for real, historical eel expressions.
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Doulas and acompaňantes: non-clinical abortion support after Dobbs
Thrilled to share this work, and beyond grateful to the folks who co-authored, collaborated, and contributed. So excited to amplify community expertise.
I took a mixed levels modern dance class taught by my bff tonight. Failed to remember choreography, pulled several glutes, and had to take a break when I got dizzy. 10/10 would recommend.
But have you met Rome, sir
Every time I look at Kushner’s stupid face I hear my Bubbe muttering Shanda fur di goyim
Voting is a privilege, huh? Not a right? We’re just saying that out loud now?
The SOTU is an abomination but listening to my 91 year old mom curse at the TV is giving me some small pleasure
87% of NPs are primary health care providers. “Yet an obscure committee now promises to strip them of access to educational funds, putting the healthcare system, the nursing workforce, and patients at risk,” writes Cory Ellen Gatrall in this week’s ER essay. nursingclio.org/2026/02/23/p...
Got two articles through the proofing process this weekend, my book is officially under review, and I submitted an NIH grant proposal. Two speaking engagements this week, more coming up soon. Now all I need is a job for next year!
New piece just dropped! Public comment on this proposed change is open through March 2nd.
Ok, I kicked it back, now feeling better.
Some days start out feeling good and then abruptly gut-kick you with no warning. Lord.
"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work." Gustave Flaubert
poets: …hear me out, though
Trying to remember that I’m frustrated because I’m ambitious. I could settle for less, or take on easier challenges. But I don’t. And that’s the person I want to be.
My kitchen tonight is like the Island of Misfit Bakes
When you pointed out that it looked like a duck, they called you hysterical.
When you pointed out that it also swam like a duck, they said sheesh Bluesky is such an echo chamber.
When you said and now it's really quacking a lot like a duck, they accused you of relativizing earlier ducks.
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Evidently it is time for my semiannual social media comments fight.
It’s about goddamn time
Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA
Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now
a nurse who worked for the VA
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Alex Pretti was a nurse and an an alum of UMN.
It is very hard to focus on this NIH Biosketch with fascism growling so loudly
General guide on how to help from outside Minnesota: naomikritzer.com/2026/01/21/h...
Places to donate: www.standwithminnesota.com
Andrea Pitzer, the scholar who wrote an entire history of concentration camps, has been very very clear about how in her literally expert opinion that term is entirely appropriate here
