Dielle Lundberg

Annual Archive for 2026

I describe the purpose and intentions of my annual archive elsewhere. This annual archive for 2026 was last updated on August 18, 2026.

Introduction:

When people ask me “what have you been up to lately”, it’s hard to know what to say, because what I spend my limited spoons as a disabled and mad person doing is extremely diverse and much of it isn’t visible (unless I make an active effort to make it visible). For me, talking about what I do isn’t “bragging”; it is ultimately about definition. I am not what I do, but what I do – especially what I choose to do actively and intentionally – is a deep representation of who I am. These are some of the projects, initiatives, and ideas that were meaningful enough to me that I spent my spoons nurturing them over this last year in 2026. At times, I prioritized these efforts over other areas of my life (e.g., friends, recreation, finances, and relationships), so I want to make them visible.

Redistributing Funds Towards Social Impact Initiatives:

The Lyra McMahon Social Justice & Political Solidarity Fund, which I formalized this year, has redistributed $16,435 USD since January.

The Lundberg-McMahon Redistribution Initiative, which I launched this year, has redistributed $6,084 USD since January.

Work as a Public Health Data Analyst and Writer:

I have continued working as a research analyst at the Uncounted Lab at Boston University School of Public Health, contributing to a range of data analysis, research writing, and grant writing projects.

I have spent much of this year working on a paper measuring ableism in health care and its associations with health outcome that I’ve been working on since 2023 (currently under peer review).

I was a collaborator on a multi-year research project, published in Science Advances in March 2026 that uses machine learning to identify unrecognized COVID-19 deaths and finds patterns suggestive of structural ableism in the death investigation system.

I wrote part one of an essay series entitled “Cripping Clover: Essays on Lucid Tinn Brains, Demedicalization of Disability, and Irish-American and Celtic Heritage” about decolonizing my understanding of my ancestry, faith, mental health, and disabilities.

I completed a first version of a genealogical research and autoethnography project that I started working on in 2023 – “Scandinavian, Irish, and Minnesotan: A Critical Autoethnography of Family History, Whiteness, and Settler Colonialism”.

Creative Projects as a Multi-Media Artist and Novelist:

I finished my novel Tree Bats on a Waterslide, a project that I worked on off-and-on over 17 years, and shared it with first readers.

I created a 10-track mixtape called “who’s watching us?“

I finished my “true onion collection” of visual art and completed a smaller collection of visual art called the “not dead collection“.

Contributions to a Non-Profit Social/Creative Enterprise:

I did a large amount of behind-the-scenes to support the development of the 2024-2026 Report for MFC Tie-Dye Inc. and the 2024-2025 Report for the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation.

I worked as a board member to support the development and launch of the Make Fashion Clean Impact Fund to sustain the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation’s upcycling programs to 2032.

I worked as a project co-lead on an initiative to implement natural dyes and improved wastewater filtration at the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation, which largely achieved its goals in 3 months.

I worked as a board member to support the development and launch of fundraising for the AccessTro Transportation Program at the Matilda Flow Inclusion Foundation, a pilot project.

Leaving a Legacy as a Real Human:

Over the last year, I have focused intensely on my recovery specifically from my PTSD symptoms. While I have had many negative experiences in mental health care, twice a week Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) has brought more relief and stability to me than I thought was possible.

I launched my “Diary of How I Forgot to Hug Space” a 365-day audio series to think out loud about some of the bigger questions around who I am as a human. It is an effort to reclaim my authenticity by learning to speak freely in a public way where I don’t edit and censor myself so much to be palatable to others. It is currently on a pause, but I plan to return to it shortly.

I created four multi-media video art pieces and two photography collections for my practice as an online sex worker, which I continue as part of my ongoing healing from experiences of sexual violence. While this project is not a secret, I avoid linking to it directly to reduce unwanted contact and harassment.

I continued healing from an experience of sextortion and harassment that deeply shook my sense of safety and changed how I navigate the world – physically and digitally.

I have continued to develop and articulate my core values related to noncarceral approaches to responding to harm and how all people are deserving of opportunities for repair and transformation through essays and position statements such as: “On Noncarceral Approaches to Responding to Harm and Preventing Violence,” “Punishing and Shaming Individuals Is Ineffective for Social Change and Often Backfires,” and “Being Viewed as Good, Important, or Respectable Is Socially and Politically Constructed Bullshit.”