Heather Hogan

@heatherhogan.bsky.social

your friendly neighborhood soft butch // she/her // @thesicktimes.org engagement editor // http://theheatherhogan.substack.com // #LongCOVID

My neighbors had a baby and their six-year-old explained to me that the baby is “new,” that she herself is “kind of new,” that I am “almost old” and her parents are “full old.” And so. That’s the ages.

I have a favorite new show of the year and I'm here to yell about it!! #SterlingPoint is funny and emotional and dramatic and has such classic summer vibes and is deliciously gay and I *highly* recommend it. Escape to a small Canadian island with me! www.autostraddle.com/watching-ste...

Watching 'Sterling Point' Feels Like Going To a Super Gay Summer Camp

When she gets to the Canadian island she has inherited, Annie meets the local teens, who happen to be a fun and vibrant group of mostly queer people.

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Guy doing TikToks at the bagel shop was giving out stickers if you could convince him you’ve lived in NYC long enough to be a Real New Yorker. I said “When I moved here, a quarter got you nine minutes of dryer time at my laundromat, now a quarter only gets you six minutes.”

A butch lesbian in a baseball cap, KN95, and glasses shows off her new pigeon sticker

Wife: How do you even use noise-cancelling headphones? It pinches the audio! Me: I don't know what that means but I know it's better than the alternative, which is me pinching off my own little neurodivergent head due to the torment of having to process multiple conflicting background noises!

Because my best friend and my wife grew up with Buffy and experienced the show during some of their most formative youthful moments, and I only watched Buffy well into adulthood, I never have anyone to talk to about the important fact of Joyce Summers being a gosh dang smokeshow!

Man at laundromat started in on me about my mask, called me “dangerous.” Other guy flew in all “Bro, is this children’s librarian gym teacher scaring you? You afraid she’s gonna give you a pep talk about literacy? So dangerous!” Very fair read, mister. 😂😷

A white butch lesbian in a bright yellow KN95, rainbow backpack, and glasses

Wife: What’s the name of that space lady you love whose uniform is Toronto Tempo colors? Me: I don’t even know where to start getting upset about that question. Wife: I’m not wrong! Me: No, and that also is somehow upsetting!

The Toronto Tempo basketball court
Captain Janeway of Star Trek Voyager

Wife from living room: Get the fuck outta here! I don't want to talk to you! I don't want to see you! Me: *rushing downstairs ready to fight someone* Wife: God, I am so sick of AI popping up in every single program!!!! Get out of my face!

I’m in such a toxic relationship with Walgreens. When I need them to *fill* a prescription, it’s all “We’ll get to it when we can. Maybe today, maybe closer to Halloween.” But when they need me to *pick up* a prescription, it’s “Come get these pills right now or we’ll throw them in the street!”

Therapist: You truly don't care if she hates you? Me: Why would I care what someone thinks about me if I don't admire their heart? If I don't hold the life they live in high esteem? Is a rainbow worried about the mud? Therapist: Jesus. I hope I never give you a reason to leave me a bad review.

If you’ve made a man furious by telling him that no, you haven’t read The Odyssey, because you don’t read books about straight men, finish him by explaining you DO like classics about gay men, such as Lord of the Rings.

Walked into the living room where my cat was lounging in the sun by an open window. I said “You are SUCH a cutie patootie.” And from outside I heard this lady go “Well, thank you!”

Little kid excitedly asking his mom “We’re getting Yoshi? WE’RE GETTING YOSHI?” He was getting more and more frustrated when she kept telling him he didn’t need a new Yoshi, he had Yoshi at home. I was like “Sorry to interrupt, these DOT spray-paints all over the sidewalk look like Yoshi eggs.” 🥹😂

Spray painted DOT symbols that kind of look like Yoshi eggsSpray painted DOT symbols that kind of look like Yoshi eggs

Thank you to everyone who became a Sick Times Supporter during our recent summer sustainability fundraiser. Thank you for refusing to stand by as other publications and people in power put the COVID-19 pandemic and Long COVID crisis in the past tense. ❤️

1) A video game-style heart tracker on top of a farm background is almost full! The text reads, “Thank you for supporting The Sick Times.”2) Black text on a chartreuse background reads, “182 new and upgrading Supporters. Means planning months and years ahead for major Long COVID stories as we continue covering clinical trials, groundbreaking research, and how major institutions have failed on this disease. Means continued experimentation with how we share our reporting and how we work with freelance contributors, always striving toward greater accessibility. Means more collaborations with other news outlets, bringing our community-first Long COVID news to broader audiences. Means more online events like last month’s Virtual Pride, sharing information and fostering connections. Means building systems for ongoing fundraising so that we don’t need to scramble as much to keep operating at the end of each year — and can keep running as long as there is Long COVID news to share!”