Lucy Webster
@lucywebster.bsky.social
Disability advocate | Journalist | Author | Public speaker | Community organiser | Rep'd by Curtis Brown | My first book, THE VIEW FROM DOWN HERE, a very personal memoir of ableism and sexism, is out now π©βπ¦Όπ³οΈβπ
Anyway I wrote a book about this and many other things so maybe cheer me up by reading it?
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February 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Anyway I wrote a book about this and many other things so maybe cheer me up by reading it?
geni.us/TheViewFromD...
geni.us/TheViewFromD...
Five years ago a dating agency told me people didn't want to date wheelchair users
I tweeted the email, it went viral, I quit my job, wrote a book, found community, came out and fell back in love with life. I am grateful for that
And - I am also still heartbroken
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I tweeted the email, it went viral, I quit my job, wrote a book, found community, came out and fell back in love with life. I am grateful for that
And - I am also still heartbroken
x.com/Lucy_Webster...
February 10, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Five years ago a dating agency told me people didn't want to date wheelchair users
I tweeted the email, it went viral, I quit my job, wrote a book, found community, came out and fell back in love with life. I am grateful for that
And - I am also still heartbroken
x.com/Lucy_Webster...
I tweeted the email, it went viral, I quit my job, wrote a book, found community, came out and fell back in love with life. I am grateful for that
And - I am also still heartbroken
x.com/Lucy_Webster...
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The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:31 AM
The law on universities and free speech prevents speakers from being *disinvited after they have been invited*. It does not require universities to provide a platform to whoever demands one.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Let's not mince words: the threat to cut funding to every university who disagrees with them is fascist.
Why are the stories on Duolingo so weird
February 10, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Why are the stories on Duolingo so weird
The Bacon Sandwich Incident feels like something from a parallel universe doesn't it?
February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM
The Bacon Sandwich Incident feels like something from a parallel universe doesn't it?
I sort of want it to be Ed but I'm not sure my brain could cope with such irrefutable proof that the last decade could have been avoided
February 9, 2026 at 2:40 PM
I sort of want it to be Ed but I'm not sure my brain could cope with such irrefutable proof that the last decade could have been avoided
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I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
February 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
I see we're back to "Johnson resigned because of a party" and not because he employed a known sex pest, lied about what he knew, and more than half his cabinet resigned as a result.
Tbh the Pip fiasco should have been the end of McSweeney and it's incredible that it wasn't
February 8, 2026 at 3:44 PM
Tbh the Pip fiasco should have been the end of McSweeney and it's incredible that it wasn't
Good that McSweeney has gone but the PM still looks weak for waiting for him to resign
February 8, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Good that McSweeney has gone but the PM still looks weak for waiting for him to resign
Can we finally stop labelling random men/political advisers 'geniuses' for winning elections they couldn't possibly lose
February 8, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Can we finally stop labelling random men/political advisers 'geniuses' for winning elections they couldn't possibly lose
Starmer et al haven't learned the key lesson from Johnson have they? The curse of Too Little Too Late
February 8, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Starmer et al haven't learned the key lesson from Johnson have they? The curse of Too Little Too Late
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Have Keir Starmerβs allies consideredβ¦just getting better at their jobs?
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge? www.independent.co.uk/voices/keir-...
Will Keir Starmer use his nuclear option to try to head off a leadership challenge?
The prime ministerβs allies have hinted that he will call a general election, says John Rentoul
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Have Keir Starmerβs allies consideredβ¦just getting better at their jobs?
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So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my π baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony.
This policy isnβt just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - itβs a deliberate step towards it
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This policy isnβt just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - itβs a deliberate step towards it
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Reform by-election candidate suggested people who donβt have kids should pay more tax
Exclusive: The Reform politicianβs suggestion would βpunish millions of women and strip them of their basic dignity to chooseβ, Labourβs deputy leader has warned
www.independent.co.uk
February 7, 2026 at 7:58 AM
So as I struggled with miscarriage after miscarriage before having my π baby, Reform would seriously think I should pay more tax during that agony.
This policy isnβt just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - itβs a deliberate step towards it
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
This policy isnβt just a slippery slope to a handmaids tale dystopian future - itβs a deliberate step towards it
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Appointed by Starmer is bad enough but do you really think someone appointed by Farage wouldn't turn a blind eye to cases where maybe that pesky disabled person didn't really want to die?
February 6, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Appointed by Starmer is bad enough but do you really think someone appointed by Farage wouldn't turn a blind eye to cases where maybe that pesky disabled person didn't really want to die?
While the Mandelson affair calls attention to the absolute failure of official vetting for personal appointments by the PM, a reminder that the only country-wide oversight for assisted dying will come from a commissioner... appointed by the PM
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
February 6, 2026 at 12:08 PM
While the Mandelson affair calls attention to the absolute failure of official vetting for personal appointments by the PM, a reminder that the only country-wide oversight for assisted dying will come from a commissioner... appointed by the PM
What could possibly go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong?
How do you determine when someone is terminal? As the bill stands someone who is starving to death due to anorexia would qualify, but they could get better. What about doctors who want to save resources changing prognoses?
The principle is good but the reality is the bill doesn't hold water
The principle is good but the reality is the bill doesn't hold water
February 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
How do you determine when someone is terminal? As the bill stands someone who is starving to death due to anorexia would qualify, but they could get better. What about doctors who want to save resources changing prognoses?
The principle is good but the reality is the bill doesn't hold water
The principle is good but the reality is the bill doesn't hold water
Just your periodic reminder that the assisted dying bill allows doctors to raise the option with anyone, including those who have not so much as hinted at wanting to die, including people with learning disabilities
Does that sound extremely safe to you?
Does that sound extremely safe to you?
February 5, 2026 at 6:00 PM
Just your periodic reminder that the assisted dying bill allows doctors to raise the option with anyone, including those who have not so much as hinted at wanting to die, including people with learning disabilities
Does that sound extremely safe to you?
Does that sound extremely safe to you?
These things don't go together really but here we are. Freelancing is crackers and only more so when you're an advocate
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
These things don't go together really but here we are. Freelancing is crackers and only more so when you're an advocate
I'm a community organiser and anti-ableism writer/campaigner but I was a political reporter which means today my brain is flitting between
- booking a venue
- creating a guide for community building
- trying to work out what happens to assisted dying if Starmer goes
- following the Mandelson scandal
- booking a venue
- creating a guide for community building
- trying to work out what happens to assisted dying if Starmer goes
- following the Mandelson scandal
February 5, 2026 at 5:40 PM
I'm a community organiser and anti-ableism writer/campaigner but I was a political reporter which means today my brain is flitting between
- booking a venue
- creating a guide for community building
- trying to work out what happens to assisted dying if Starmer goes
- following the Mandelson scandal
- booking a venue
- creating a guide for community building
- trying to work out what happens to assisted dying if Starmer goes
- following the Mandelson scandal
Possibly will never recover from my unhinged school's equally unhinged decision to teach a bunch of very depressed teenager girls the entirety of Silvia Plath's work
This is a fun game - good summary here of why while I love Much Ado About Nothing it is incredibly high up my list of 'plays that absolutely should not be taught in school'. (In English. As theatre, fine)
Trying to think what the other 'god don't try and *teach* that' classics are for me.
Trying to think what the other 'god don't try and *teach* that' classics are for me.
Less of a fan of Much Ado About Nothing because we did it at school and B&B insist upon themselves especially when you have to read their stuff a lot.
February 5, 2026 at 5:05 PM
Possibly will never recover from my unhinged school's equally unhinged decision to teach a bunch of very depressed teenager girls the entirety of Silvia Plath's work
If he really believed that Keir was what the party/country needed, wouldn't McSweeney resign?
February 5, 2026 at 2:22 PM
If he really believed that Keir was what the party/country needed, wouldn't McSweeney resign?
The bill and the accompanying impact assessment spend more time talking about ensuring disabled people have equal access to medical suicide than they do worrying about institutional or familial coercion, btw
February 5, 2026 at 12:43 PM
The bill and the accompanying impact assessment spend more time talking about ensuring disabled people have equal access to medical suicide than they do worrying about institutional or familial coercion, btw
I know I keep saying this but I am fascinated by the cognitive dissonance of people on the left who think Reform could win in 2029 and would pose a real threat to minorities (true) but are still supporting assisted dying
Is there perhaps a minority group they don't care about?
Is there perhaps a minority group they don't care about?
February 5, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I know I keep saying this but I am fascinated by the cognitive dissonance of people on the left who think Reform could win in 2029 and would pose a real threat to minorities (true) but are still supporting assisted dying
Is there perhaps a minority group they don't care about?
Is there perhaps a minority group they don't care about?
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Aliya Rahman told ICE βIβm disabledβ.
Their reply? βToo lateβ.
They smashed her window, cut her seatbelt and violently dragged her from her car.
They just beat up a deaf teen for βnot following ordersβ
They dragged a blind man across the pavement.
Fascism & eugenics go hand in hand.
Their reply? βToo lateβ.
They smashed her window, cut her seatbelt and violently dragged her from her car.
They just beat up a deaf teen for βnot following ordersβ
They dragged a blind man across the pavement.
Fascism & eugenics go hand in hand.
February 5, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Aliya Rahman told ICE βIβm disabledβ.
Their reply? βToo lateβ.
They smashed her window, cut her seatbelt and violently dragged her from her car.
They just beat up a deaf teen for βnot following ordersβ
They dragged a blind man across the pavement.
Fascism & eugenics go hand in hand.
Their reply? βToo lateβ.
They smashed her window, cut her seatbelt and violently dragged her from her car.
They just beat up a deaf teen for βnot following ordersβ
They dragged a blind man across the pavement.
Fascism & eugenics go hand in hand.
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Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests
February 4, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests