CRPL

CRPL

Formerly a weekly journalism project, now a daily newsletter about disability and productivity, CRPL (Creatively Responding to Problematic Labels if you're not a fan of reclaimed language) has the goal of giving disabled and non-disabled people tools to crip the world's leading productivity advice and dive into why productivity doesn't have to be a dirty word.

Money, in the form of coins and bills sit on sheets of paper. Also visible are a calculator, a spoon stuck into a potato, and coins balanced on said spoon.

Issue #24

The Myth of Passive Income

Water droplets, or at least representations of them, fall onto a surface that is unclear, the background is blurred so that you can see the outline of more spheres.

Issue #23

It’s Been A Month

A Mac computer is open on a desk that is filled with art supplies, a phone, a coffee, and various other extras. The desk is vibrant with many colours, most of them primary.

Issue #22

How to Choose A Productivity Tool

Two megaphones, one blue and one orange, are illustrated on a yellow background. There are lines indicating sound is coming from them.

Issue #21

Writing an Access Statement for Journalism

A mountain range in Wyoming is in the background, a lake is in the foreground with the reflections of the mountains crisp and clear. There are also small green hills visible. The sky is blue with wisps of white clouds.

Issue #20

You Can Be Productive in Wyoming?

Cartoon-style image of a crane/construction equipment lifting a representation of a web browser. There is a web-development related symbol on the right-hand side of the image. The equipment is orange, the browser is red and white, the background is light blue.

Issue #19

How I Created My Newest Favourite Email Template

White cartoon hands are holding a grey clock. The time is unclear. The arms in the image are wearing a suit jacket. The background is orange.

Issue #18

You Deserve to be (Selectively) Unproductive

Two people are engaged in a pinky swear. The background of the photo is a brick wall. One person’s fingernails are painted red

Issue #17

Disability and Minimalism

A drawing of a brown grain elevator, with a shed beside it. Saskatchewan Pool No. 546 Scottsburgh is written on the side. The sky is grey. The ground is beige with railway tracks.

Issue #16

Turning Your Waiting Room into a Classroom

Issue #15

How to Sign Off Productively and Compassionately

A crystal ball is rolling on a winding road toward an archway in the distance. Below is what can only be described as a representation of molten water. It feels like an ephemeral journey at dusk.

Issue# 14

Steps Five & Six of Cripping Productivity

A grayscale photo of a skull, with more bones in the background. The skull is facing upwards.

Issue #13

Steps Three & Four of Cripping Productivity

A mallard duck, with a green head and eyes, yellow bill, and grey feathers is looking at the camera. The background of the photo is blurred but it is obvious that the animal is outside.

Issue #12

Step Two of Cripping Productivity

A top-down view of a brown spiral staircase. You can see the light of the opening at the bottom.

Issue #11

Step One to Cripping Productivity Advice

Pink and grey blocks of soap are sitting on a wooden surface, some are flat, some are on their side. Inscribed in them is the phrase, “Made with Love” with a heart and a circular motif around the wording.

Issue #10

The Inherent Value of Care

A turtle, brown and white, and almost golden is swimming in the ocean. The view is from the top down and we can see the floor below him, filled with rocks and vegetation.

Issue #9

I Know You Are but What Am I?

An old and rusted out vehicle, blue where it isn’t red with rust, sits abandoned in a field. There is a cloudy sky and a set of trees far off in the background.

Issue #8

Productivity and the Junk Drawer

A top-down photo of a map, meant to be part of the world, though where is unclear. On top are books, a pencil, a few old photographs, some glasses, a camera, a few notebooks and some knick knacks.

Issue #7

A New York Mogul and His Connection to Disability Productivity

The sun, golden and majestic, is rising over the ocean. There is a small boat with someone paddling. The sky is a mix of blue, and gold, and pink, all of the colours are reflecting off of the water.

Issue #6

Cripping the Morning Routine

A gilded looking gold and blue clock face, the larger part is written in roman numerals with the date dials in standard numbers.

Issue #5

No, We Don’t All Have the Same Number of Hours

Graffiti reading “Does it ever get better or?” is in red in an otherwise black and white image of nondescript grafiti. The art is written on what appears to be a sharps disposal box.

Issue #4

You Can’t Heal Us

Image of Milky Way solar system with each of the orbits drawn out to show the vastness of the universe.

Issue #3

A System of a Down Day

A cybernetic-style brain is on a black background. The brain is partially blue as electric light powers it.

Issue #2

A Second Brain? With this Diagnosis?

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Issue #1

The Hidden Foundation of Productivity Advice