Sarah Kurchak
@fodderfigure.bsky.social
Author of I Overcame My Autism And All I Got Was This Lousy Anxiety Disorder and Work It Out: A Mood-Boosting Exercise Guide For People Who Just Want To Lie Down. Wrestling and film nerd. Lapsed music fan finding her way back.
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I appear to have gained a few hundred followers as a result of being part of an autism starter pack, so maybe now is a good time to do some kind of introduction to my life and work in that realm.
Hi! I'm an autistic writer who covers autism, pop culture and the middle of that Venn diagram.
Hi! I'm an autistic writer who covers autism, pop culture and the middle of that Venn diagram.
The cool aunt and the problem child teamed up.
January 18, 2026 at 2:05 PM
The cool aunt and the problem child teamed up.
Uta Takami and Mizuki are perfect together.
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Uta Takami and Mizuki are perfect together.
Imagine trying to explain to someone who started watching TJPW yesterday that Kamiyu used to come out to Old MacDonald Had A Farm while wearing Daisy Dukes.
January 18, 2026 at 1:21 AM
Imagine trying to explain to someone who started watching TJPW yesterday that Kamiyu used to come out to Old MacDonald Had A Farm while wearing Daisy Dukes.
Daisies by Věra Chytilová
January 18, 2026 at 12:24 AM
Daisies by Věra Chytilová
Christopher, it's your own damned fault for wearing a mall rat's best necklace from 1996 in the middle of a hand to hand combat situation.
January 17, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Christopher, it's your own damned fault for wearing a mall rat's best necklace from 1996 in the middle of a hand to hand combat situation.
Hey, want to see terrible quality footage of me on Celebrity Fit Club?
January 17, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Hey, want to see terrible quality footage of me on Celebrity Fit Club?
I was just talking to my friend about my theory that a certain kind of woman loves Charisma because he does a lot of things we remember from our time as insecure teenage girls.
And now we have this perfect example of hiding behind the hair curtain.
And now we have this perfect example of hiding behind the hair curtain.
January 17, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I was just talking to my friend about my theory that a certain kind of woman loves Charisma because he does a lot of things we remember from our time as insecure teenage girls.
And now we have this perfect example of hiding behind the hair curtain.
And now we have this perfect example of hiding behind the hair curtain.
I had a feeling this would happen after he retired and I hate being right.
January 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I had a feeling this would happen after he retired and I hate being right.
My mom's hockey account on Instagram is getting a bump in attention again and it continues to astound me, a scarred writer from the trenches of 2000-present day online outlets, that people can be this kind to someone on the internet.
January 17, 2026 at 2:56 PM
My mom's hockey account on Instagram is getting a bump in attention again and it continues to astound me, a scarred writer from the trenches of 2000-present day online outlets, that people can be this kind to someone on the internet.
Reposted by Sarah Kurchak
Here's my CBC radio Day 6 interview about autistic Barbie.
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
January 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Here's my CBC radio Day 6 interview about autistic Barbie.
Reposted by Sarah Kurchak
Not the bashful little Homecoming Smile I'm so weak 😭💕
January 17, 2026 at 12:11 AM
Not the bashful little Homecoming Smile I'm so weak 😭💕
This one's particularly good.
January 17, 2026 at 12:38 AM
This one's particularly good.
Ozawa's in air jail now.
January 17, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Ozawa's in air jail now.
Here's my CBC radio Day 6 interview about autistic Barbie.
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
January 17, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Here's my CBC radio Day 6 interview about autistic Barbie.
I'm oddly tickled that Charisma will be wrestling in Sarah Bellum's old territory. (Photo from the Detroit News.)
January 16, 2026 at 5:30 PM
I'm oddly tickled that Charisma will be wrestling in Sarah Bellum's old territory. (Photo from the Detroit News.)
Additional talent includes DAISUKE SASAKI??
BREAKING NEWS: Ring of Honor and MAPLE LEAF PRO unite for a two-night event in Windsor, Ontario at St. Clair College, featuring ROH x MLP GLOBAL WARS CANADA and MLP UPRISING on March 27 & 28, 2026!
For more details:
mlpwrestling.com/ring-of-hono...
For more details:
mlpwrestling.com/ring-of-hono...
January 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Additional talent includes DAISUKE SASAKI??
I forgot the funniest part of all: Ueno saw right through it and got increasingly bitchy about it as the match went on. And in the backstage interview after.
January 16, 2026 at 1:33 PM
I forgot the funniest part of all: Ueno saw right through it and got increasingly bitchy about it as the match went on. And in the backstage interview after.
I wrote about the new autistic Barbie and looking for more than a mirror in popular culture.
Autistic Barbie Doesn’t Represent Me. She Shouldn’t Have to
There was some backlash to Mattel's newly introduced autistic Barbie. But one doll could never represent an entire community.
time.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:42 PM
I wrote about the new autistic Barbie and looking for more than a mirror in popular culture.
Remember that beer garden show when Endo brought those trunks back and tricked Take into reuniting with him just so he could turn on him again? Good times.
January 16, 2026 at 3:12 AM
Remember that beer garden show when Endo brought those trunks back and tricked Take into reuniting with him just so he could turn on him again? Good times.
As a freelance writer in 2026, I'm grateful to have any work, let alone two gigs about topics related to autism that I really care about in as many weeks. But now I am very much looking forward to writing about almost anything else. Or napping.
January 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
As a freelance writer in 2026, I'm grateful to have any work, let alone two gigs about topics related to autism that I really care about in as many weeks. But now I am very much looking forward to writing about almost anything else. Or napping.
Reposted by Sarah Kurchak
The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor.
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor.
There are few things I value more in life than a good editor who gets me.
January 15, 2026 at 7:10 PM
There are few things I value more in life than a good editor who gets me.
A great read about a great show.
(And superficially, Tamsin Greig just keeps getting hotter.)
(And superficially, Tamsin Greig just keeps getting hotter.)
So far I have seen only one (1) new 2026 show that I really love, and it is Riot Women
'Riot Women' Is the First Must-See Show of 2026
Raucus, insightful, and darkly witty, the British series is a portrait of belated liberation
time.com
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
A great read about a great show.
(And superficially, Tamsin Greig just keeps getting hotter.)
(And superficially, Tamsin Greig just keeps getting hotter.)
"Fan version" Autistic Barbie is just Hiromu Takahashi.
January 14, 2026 at 4:38 PM
"Fan version" Autistic Barbie is just Hiromu Takahashi.