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Snack Drawer Anarchy

Snack Drawer Anarchy is about the small things we do to get by in systems that quietly wear us down.

The hidden snack drawer.
The extra emotional labour.
The invisible planning.
The tiny accommodations made to keep the peace.

“Snack drawer feminism” started as a joke — women talking about hiding food so they could actually eat it. But the joke named something real: how often the cost of convenience, harmony, or fairness is quietly absorbed by the same people, over and over again.

This blog takes those moments seriously.

Here, snacks are metaphors.
Little things aren’t small — they’re where systems show themselves most clearly.

Snack Drawer Anarchy is about humour, frustration, and insight. It’s about the tiny rebellions that don’t get credit, the labour that disappears, and the everyday decisions that reveal how power actually works.

The Author

Snack Drawer Anarchy is run by Abby, a neurodivergent (Autistic with ADHD, or AuDHD), bisexual, cis woman with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (or ME, a complex, chronic illness).

When not procrastinating (ADHD), overthinking (Autism), or napping (ME), she is playing with Lego (Autism), daydreaming (ADHD) or loosing time with her latest hyper fixation (AuDHD).

Her personality is basically a disorder.

Special talents include overcommitting, writing in the third person, and laughing at her own jokes.

Abby lives in Vancouver, Canada with her son and two cats.

Disclaimers

Abby is not an expert in Autism, ADHD, ME/CFS or any other physical or mental health issue she may discuss on this website. She is simply sharing her personal, lived experience. Please do not start diagnosing yourself or friends and family after reading these essays; use Google like everyone else.

Names and identifying details have been changed throughout to respect people’s privacy whether they deserve it or not.