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colocharachel.bsky.social
Rachel Bean, still sick
@colocharachel.bsky.social
living on SSDI since February 2024

I SAID I LOVED YOU AND I WANTED
GENOCIDE TO STOP
-June Jordan

“I’m just an asshole who tries hard” -Kelly Hayes

Ojibwe land; Pine County, Minnesota

she/her
Pinned
"To the extent that it is possible," Ola had said… after a morning of weeding his vegetable garden, "you must live in the world today as you wish everyone to live in the world to come. That can be your contribution. Otherwise, the world you want will never be formed.” -Alice Walker
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How is it already time for next month's power bill? I just paid the last one. It was about $90. I'm not overdrafted! Just starting at the bottom of the hill again. The rock always seems bigger
Hi, I have spent literally the very last of my money on rent. If you can help me survive to the end of the month with a share or donation, I would be very grateful. Thank you so much.

paypal.me/kivabay
cashapp $kivabay
ko-fi.com/kivabay
November 20, 2025 at 12:18 AM
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"As disabled oracles, we continue to build and create on the knowledge and dreams of our ancestors. They left their mark on the planet as will we. After we’re long gone, we will show up in other ways. Someone will see and discover us and we’ll be speaking with them from the past."

Rest well Alice 💛
November 15, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Alice Wong LIVED.
November 15, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Please stop using language that suggests that people with criminal records are appropriate targets for this administration's violence. One in three adults has a criminal record. Stop playing sacrifice games with fascists. Stop surrendering entire categories of people in your own mind.
November 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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Alice's work at Teen Vogue:
www.teenvogue.com/contributor/...

(I saw a post going around—that I can't reply to—saying her column has been deleted, but I found her words via this page.)
Her last post was about being laid off from Teen Vogue. Terrible.
Heartbroken to hear of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social ‘s transition to be a crip anscestor AND feeling so honored to have been alive in the time as this brilliant human, and gotten to learn from her.

May her memory continue to always be a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 6:40 AM
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Alice Wong was one of the most effective people challenging the Whiteness of disability communities and its many flaws, but who believed fiercely in us as a community, in disabled people as oracles.

Alice brought so much to so many of us, it’s hard to measure the kind of gratitude I have for that.
November 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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not Wh*te people and random trolls proving the necessity of reading Alice Wong's work on race and disability in response to a memoriam post on her work on race and disability.
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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oh Alice Wong. thank you.
November 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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We should make the world Alice Wong wanted. We have to.
November 15, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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The world is a little darker today. Rest in Power Alice Wong, you changed the world for the better and helped so many disabled people find their voice while challenging the ableism we all grew up with.

Read her books if you haven't: disabilityvisibilityproject.com/book/
Books
Click on each title to learn more   Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire   Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life   Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories …
disabilityvisibilityproject.com
November 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1
November 15, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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I’m broken hearted over the passing of Alice Wong. What a human.

In her memory, I will be donating to the project she co-founded, Crips for eSims, which has raised over 3 million dollars so that Palestinians in Gaza can stay in contact with the world & one another. chuffed.org/project/crip...
November 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
oh Alice Wong. thank you.
November 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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"I'm honored to be your ancestor" - Alice Wong

Thank you, Alice.
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Jesus christ Alice Wong dying is so fucking horrific

Moreover, ICE must be destroyed
November 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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What a privilege it is to be a younger disabled person in a community shaped by Alice Wong. Rest in peace, Alice.
November 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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Insomnia strikes again! If you, too, are awake at this ungodly hour, or maybe it's a perfectly reasonable time to be awake where you are, and you happen to see this, will you please share it?

We're $1493 short for November bills that are already overdue and anything helps 💜💜
I was just laid off for the second time this year. It's going to be a hard fall and winter. My safety net, as is the case for too many of us especially these days, is the kindness and generosity of friends and strangers. Anything helps.

Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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We're almost two weeks into November rent/utilities overdue, if I got a job today I still wouldn't be paid for awhile then we're looking at Dec bills looming up on us. You know the cycle.

I'm so grateful for all your help. We just have to keep trying. Even a quick share can make a real difference 💜
I was just laid off for the second time this year. It's going to be a hard fall and winter. My safety net, as is the case for too many of us especially these days, is the kindness and generosity of friends and strangers. Anything helps.

Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
November 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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$758 needed now to secure November! Thank you all so much for helping! Just a little further and we'll be there 💜

Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
If you see this, will you please share it? I was recently laid off for the second time this year and I need y'alls help to raise the $1473 left to cover November bills. I know we're all feeling the pinch but even a quick share can help!

Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Paypal: showupforthis
November 14, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Happy Friday! Thanks to y'alls help, we're just $758 shy of covering November bills. It would be such relief to be secure for this month before the next one is on us. Please keep sharing, it's a big help! Thank you so much!!

Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/Venmo: showupforthis
I was just laid off for the second time this year. It's going to be a hard fall and winter. My safety net, as is the case for too many of us especially these days, is the kindness and generosity of friends and strangers. Anything helps.

Paypal: affirmationgin at gmail
Cashapp/venmo: showupforthis
November 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Rainbow from my destroyed city
#Gaza
November 14, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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hand by hand we can rebuild our family life after we suddenly lost everything our house and city and everything destroyed, small and small support will makes big support and big diffrence, let us all make it maybe your repost reach to anyone can help, love u all
chuffed.org/project/1389...
Help Jamal’s family leave the war zone and rebuild their life!
Hi my loves! My name is Caroline, and I created this fundraiser to help Jamal support his family as they fight to survive the genocide in Gaza, evacuate to safety, and eventually rebuild their lives f...
chuffed.org
November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM