maeve 🦇🏳️🌈
@maevejk.bsky.social
disabled activist, survivor, and graduate student.
living with a haunted nervous system and for the hope of it all.
views are my own!
living with a haunted nervous system and for the hope of it all.
views are my own!
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maeve 🦇🏳️🌈
@maevejk.bsky.social
· Jan 19
hi y’all! i’m maeve, and i am a graduate student studying social sciences and nonprofit innovation! my primary interests are:
⭐️ disabled led community organizing in an ableist society
⭐️ intersections of feminist, crip, and queer theory
⭐️ online mutual aid amid late stage capitalism
#AcademiaSky
⭐️ disabled led community organizing in an ableist society
⭐️ intersections of feminist, crip, and queer theory
⭐️ online mutual aid amid late stage capitalism
#AcademiaSky
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Millions of Americans have had their SNAP cut off. What is the Predident doing?
Trying to claim Seth Meyers show is “illegal” because it’s anti Trump
Illegal is the murders occurring in international waters
Illegal is cutting off food assistance
Illegal is refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva
Trying to claim Seth Meyers show is “illegal” because it’s anti Trump
Illegal is the murders occurring in international waters
Illegal is cutting off food assistance
Illegal is refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva
November 1, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Millions of Americans have had their SNAP cut off. What is the Predident doing?
Trying to claim Seth Meyers show is “illegal” because it’s anti Trump
Illegal is the murders occurring in international waters
Illegal is cutting off food assistance
Illegal is refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva
Trying to claim Seth Meyers show is “illegal” because it’s anti Trump
Illegal is the murders occurring in international waters
Illegal is cutting off food assistance
Illegal is refusing to swear in Adelita Grijalva
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Might as well make this clear now for people who haven't known me on social media for around a decade:
I do not center non-Autistic people when talking about Autisticness. I do not particularly care what non-Autistic people think about Autisticness, except insofar as it harms Autistic people.
I do not center non-Autistic people when talking about Autisticness. I do not particularly care what non-Autistic people think about Autisticness, except insofar as it harms Autistic people.
September 23, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Might as well make this clear now for people who haven't known me on social media for around a decade:
I do not center non-Autistic people when talking about Autisticness. I do not particularly care what non-Autistic people think about Autisticness, except insofar as it harms Autistic people.
I do not center non-Autistic people when talking about Autisticness. I do not particularly care what non-Autistic people think about Autisticness, except insofar as it harms Autistic people.
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Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.
September 23, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Whether they're blaming vaccines and Tylenol, or selling dubious "remedies," what they're really doing is promoting the perception that families (and especially mothers) can prevent and treat Autism. And thus also the perception that people with Autism and their families don't need social support.
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Medically complex and disable children shouldn’t be bargaining chips, period.
This outrageous act by #immigration officials is inexcusable and ultimately led to the separation of this 5-year-old autistic girl from Massachusetts 😡
This outrageous act by #immigration officials is inexcusable and ultimately led to the separation of this 5-year-old autistic girl from Massachusetts 😡
ICE held 5-year-old autistic girl in Massachusetts to pressure father to surrender, family says
The girl's father, Edward Hip, has lived in the United States for the last 22 years, according to his wife.
www.nbcnews.com
September 23, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Medically complex and disable children shouldn’t be bargaining chips, period.
This outrageous act by #immigration officials is inexcusable and ultimately led to the separation of this 5-year-old autistic girl from Massachusetts 😡
This outrageous act by #immigration officials is inexcusable and ultimately led to the separation of this 5-year-old autistic girl from Massachusetts 😡
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📣 Call for the DisCo: we're making a Bluesky starter pack of disability justice orgs to follow! Have some recommendations? Tag their accounts in the comments and send this post to your friends! #disability #accessibility
September 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
📣 Call for the DisCo: we're making a Bluesky starter pack of disability justice orgs to follow! Have some recommendations? Tag their accounts in the comments and send this post to your friends! #disability #accessibility
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The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
September 14, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The Dept. of Education has pulled funding for programs in 8 states that support students with both hearing and vision loss.
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
A staffer at one program says he was told the Trump admin. took issue with 2 words on the grant application: “transition" and “privilege": www.propublica.org/article/trum...
the houselessness i experienced this summer has made me realize how much both (un)affordable housing and growing up in an unsafe home has touched me throughout my life. now living in a safe space with my partner and cat, i’m so grateful to have somewhere my own to rest my weary head.
September 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
the houselessness i experienced this summer has made me realize how much both (un)affordable housing and growing up in an unsafe home has touched me throughout my life. now living in a safe space with my partner and cat, i’m so grateful to have somewhere my own to rest my weary head.
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The @wsj.com has not done nearly enough to repair the harm.
Email them and demand better: HRC.im/wsj
Email them and demand better: HRC.im/wsj
September 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The @wsj.com has not done nearly enough to repair the harm.
Email them and demand better: HRC.im/wsj
Email them and demand better: HRC.im/wsj
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What's important to know about #LongCOVID:
Risk of LongCOVID increases with each reinfection
Symptoms can appear weeks or months after infection
LongCOVID is associated w/ conditions such as ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS
COVID infection(s) can exacerbate any pre-existing condition, or cause a new condition
Risk of LongCOVID increases with each reinfection
Symptoms can appear weeks or months after infection
LongCOVID is associated w/ conditions such as ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS
COVID infection(s) can exacerbate any pre-existing condition, or cause a new condition
September 13, 2025 at 1:03 AM
What's important to know about #LongCOVID:
Risk of LongCOVID increases with each reinfection
Symptoms can appear weeks or months after infection
LongCOVID is associated w/ conditions such as ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS
COVID infection(s) can exacerbate any pre-existing condition, or cause a new condition
Risk of LongCOVID increases with each reinfection
Symptoms can appear weeks or months after infection
LongCOVID is associated w/ conditions such as ME/CFS, POTS, MCAS
COVID infection(s) can exacerbate any pre-existing condition, or cause a new condition
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Many people would agree that people can behave racist unknowingly or inadvertently
Behaving ableist & eugenicist is no different
This is not wrong or controversial at all
Behaving ableist & eugenicist is no different
This is not wrong or controversial at all
If people behave racist, I can use that label to describe them
If people behave homophobic or transphobic,I can use that label to describe them
If people behave misogynistic,I can use that label to describe them
Nothing controversial ab using ableist & eugenicist to describe ppl behaving that way
If people behave homophobic or transphobic,I can use that label to describe them
If people behave misogynistic,I can use that label to describe them
Nothing controversial ab using ableist & eugenicist to describe ppl behaving that way
I do feel that calling people who don’t want to wear a mask in public eugenicists is a step too far. I get you want to be controversial to spread your message but, man, that’s just silly.
September 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Many people would agree that people can behave racist unknowingly or inadvertently
Behaving ableist & eugenicist is no different
This is not wrong or controversial at all
Behaving ableist & eugenicist is no different
This is not wrong or controversial at all
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It’s not a double standard this *is* their standard.
Speech for them not for us.
Violence for us not for them.
The sooner we understand this the better.
Speech for them not for us.
Violence for us not for them.
The sooner we understand this the better.
September 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
It’s not a double standard this *is* their standard.
Speech for them not for us.
Violence for us not for them.
The sooner we understand this the better.
Speech for them not for us.
Violence for us not for them.
The sooner we understand this the better.
Living in Hope and Spite
some reflections from the beginning of this month
open.substack.com
September 13, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”
July 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
It’s always “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, drop out of the public sphere and become a tradwife” and never “Ladies, if you are alienated by overwork, form a union.”
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Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
Pregnancy is a minefield when you're disabled
Few OB-GYNs get disability training—and their disabled patients are far likelier to die.
www.motherjones.com
July 10, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Disabled people are 11 times more likely to die during labor/in the postpartum period than non-disabled people. Better education and smashing ableism is how we get out of this horrible stat.
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
For the past year, I’ve been looking into the topic of disability and pregnancy for @motherjones.com 🧵
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Update: This rule is being delayed for at least 60 more days due to all the feedback that was received. www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
The Department of Energy is trying to get rid of accessibility requirements for new construction via rulemaking. This unprecedented move, which seems to be illegal, could be the blueprint for other federal agencies to follow. New from me at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Department of Energy is quietly slashing disability rights
"If we don't put a line in the sand here, other agencies will try and do the same.”
www.motherjones.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Update: This rule is being delayed for at least 60 more days due to all the feedback that was received. www.federalregister.gov/public-inspe...
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A lot of people who keep saying “but people who are really disabled will be fine” are about to find out that “disabled” is a real schrodinger's cat type of label where you’re disabled for the purposes of elimination targeting and able-bodied for the purposes of benefits
July 4, 2025 at 12:56 AM
A lot of people who keep saying “but people who are really disabled will be fine” are about to find out that “disabled” is a real schrodinger's cat type of label where you’re disabled for the purposes of elimination targeting and able-bodied for the purposes of benefits
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We cannot settle for any policy platforms that are not Medicare for All and College for All and taxing billionaires.
July 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
We cannot settle for any policy platforms that are not Medicare for All and College for All and taxing billionaires.
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Ok enough doomscrolling. I will be okay. It will be soul crushingly difficult, but I will carry on as I have, somehow.
July 3, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Ok enough doomscrolling. I will be okay. It will be soul crushingly difficult, but I will carry on as I have, somehow.
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Make no mistake:
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
July 2, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Make no mistake:
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
Alligator Alcatraz IS a concentration camp, and they absolutely ARE planning genocide and ‘ethnic cleansing.’
As a white person, i don’t know what I can do to help, but if all I have is my voice, I will make sure it’s heard.
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There's a reason you see more about abled parents advocating on behalf of their Disabled children and it's not because Disabled adults don't exist or don't organize or don't self-advocate.
It's because abled people don't like hearing from Disabled folks ourselves.
It's because abled people don't like hearing from Disabled folks ourselves.
July 3, 2025 at 8:49 PM
There's a reason you see more about abled parents advocating on behalf of their Disabled children and it's not because Disabled adults don't exist or don't organize or don't self-advocate.
It's because abled people don't like hearing from Disabled folks ourselves.
It's because abled people don't like hearing from Disabled folks ourselves.
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Thinking about this list today and getting a headache.
Here's a list of OPTIONAL Medicaid benefits. In other words, states can freely cover less of these services if Medicaid cuts do happen.
July 3, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Thinking about this list today and getting a headache.
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Needed this reminder today.
July 3, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Needed this reminder today.
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Sometimes in life, you don't get to decide IF you're going to fight, just how. That's where we're at right now, as a society of people who mostly don't want any of this to happen.
They have brought this fight to our door, and now all we can do is knuckle up or get beat down.
They have brought this fight to our door, and now all we can do is knuckle up or get beat down.
July 3, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Sometimes in life, you don't get to decide IF you're going to fight, just how. That's where we're at right now, as a society of people who mostly don't want any of this to happen.
They have brought this fight to our door, and now all we can do is knuckle up or get beat down.
They have brought this fight to our door, and now all we can do is knuckle up or get beat down.
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Wow. The EPA has placed 144 employees on administrative leave after the workers signed a public letter criticizing EPA leadership for disregarding scientific expertise and rolling back environmental and public health protections.
July 3, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Wow. The EPA has placed 144 employees on administrative leave after the workers signed a public letter criticizing EPA leadership for disregarding scientific expertise and rolling back environmental and public health protections.
There is nothing to celebrate and I’m a fireworks hater anyway (for my fellow PTSD havers and pets all around!)
Fans of fireworks may face higher prices this Fourth of July. That's because most fireworks are made in China and importers now have to pay tariffs of at least 30%.
Less bang for your buck: Even the July 4 fireworks may be hit by tariffs this year
Fans of fireworks may face higher prices this Fourth of July. That's because most fireworks are made in China and importers now have to pay tariffs of at least 30%.
n.pr
July 4, 2025 at 12:13 AM
There is nothing to celebrate and I’m a fireworks hater anyway (for my fellow PTSD havers and pets all around!)