Autism is wildly underdiagnosed in people of color and queer folks. The life of Wentworth Miller is a great illustration of why.
This week, actor Wentworth Miller (best known for his roles as Michael Scofield in Prison Break and Captain Cold on The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow) came out publicly as Autistic. The 49-year-old performer, who has been a vocal LGBTQ activist and mental health advocate for years, revealed in an…
I don’t want to make political work my identity — I just want to live a life I can stand.
In the author bio for my first book, it says that I am an activist. That bio has found its way onto countless bookseller pages, and appears in all manner of publications and podcast interview descriptions. When I lead workshops or give talks, people introduce me using that bio. …
How cops and the news media convince us to fear the vulnerable and underestimate our own power.
As someone who believes in abolishing both prisons and the gender binary, one of the biggest misconceptions I encounter is the belief that certain groups are fundamentally “less safe" than others to be around. A lot of people mistakenly believe that the world is filled with dangerous predatory types, whom…
“You’re not trans, are you?” he said. “You have to tell me. Tell me. Tell me.”
Trigger warning: This piece describes sex, gender dysphoria, and sexual assault.
When I met him, I was telling people I was asexual. …
Drinking wine doesn’t extend your lifespan either.
Two days ago, I opened up Twitter to find out that this shoddy piece of science reporting from Inside Edition was trending:
As soon as I read this headline, the persuasion researcher and science writer in me went completely apoplectic. Inside Edition is not exactly famous for their high quality…
The site’s failed attempt at censorship has much deeper, more nefarious origins than you might think.
This comedic news essay was originally read live at The Paper Machete, Chicago’s live magazine.
On August 19th, sexual content distribution app OnlyFans announced it would be instituting a ban on sexual content beginning in October. The announcement was vague, just as the sexual content bans announced by Tumblr and…
But you probably won’t hear business leaders talking about it.
Productivity will go down this year, as more workers get forced back into the office and back into commutes that suck up a significant portion of their day’s attentional capacity and time. It will go down because it will have to, as workers begin having to worry about childcare and…
Autistic alienation in a reopening world.
I’m sitting on a crate in a big warehouse filled with bodies, and I can’t seem to process anyone’s face.
My mask is pulled up high on my nose, with my glasses perched over the seam of the fabric, blocking the cloud of my breath. It’s the middle of the…
Survivor’s guilt gets complicated when your abuser dies.
Trigger warning: This piece mentions emotional abuse, reproductive coercion, suicide, and sexual assault.
A year before he died, my rapist emailed me saying he was suicidal. A girl had just dumped him and he was spiraling. He’d relapsed on heroin. …
Focus on the medical, legal, and economic disparities trans people face — not the pronouns in your bio.
Recently, I was dismayed to read this article in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, examining how companies benefit when their employees list pronoun in their bios. …
Devon Price
They/Them. Social Psychologist. My book is out now: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Laziness-Does-Not-Exist/Devon-Price/9781982140106
