Writing

Dr. Pearlstein is the author of Hard Joy, a Substack newsletter where she explores the raw, complex intersections of grief, disability, love, and parenting. Through personal essays and cultural critique, she writes with honesty, nuance, and care about the emotional paradoxes that shape disabled life and caregiving.

 

She previously maintained a blog called Voicing Vulnerability chronicling her experiences navigating academia as a disabled woman, addressing topics like ableism in higher education, public misconceptions about blindness, and the journey toward disability pride and identity.

 

You can subscribe to Hard Joy or read a sample below. Additional writing in other outlets can be found at Other Media.