Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝
@regwaltney.bsky.social
Everything writing. Tarot witch. Disabled and powerful.
Pronounced 'Ray'.
Pronounced 'Ray'.
Pinned
Let me help you make your work the best it can be! I'll help teach you skills to improve your writing and to bring marginalized stories to life in an authentic way!
www.regwaltney.com/contact For detailed information!
#amediting #services #writingcommunity
www.regwaltney.com/contact For detailed information!
#amediting #services #writingcommunity
NC peeps, there's a swanky new tool for keeping our communities safe. Here's the rundown.
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OJO Obrero (ojonc.org) is now available. This website features information about confirmed ICE operations in our state t...
La herramienta Ojo Obrero está diseñada para ayudar a los trabajadores y estudiantes a navegar por el estado de North Carolina de manera segura, proporcionando información sobre operaciones confirmada...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
NC peeps, there's a swanky new tool for keeping our communities safe. Here's the rundown.
www.instagram.com/reel/DRA64OZ...
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Too often, conversations about #disability inclusion in faith communities focus only on access: ramps, captions, or sign language interpreters. While these are essential, they are only the first step. True inclusion means more than presence; it means belonging. Learn more at the link below!
Moving Beyond Inclusion and into Belonging - Disability Belongs™
Moving beyond inclusion requires shifting from an accessibility checklist to a culture of shared responsibility, learning, and respect.
www.disabilitybelongs.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Too often, conversations about #disability inclusion in faith communities focus only on access: ramps, captions, or sign language interpreters. While these are essential, they are only the first step. True inclusion means more than presence; it means belonging. Learn more at the link below!
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disability gatekeepers are bizarre like if my friends/family members/even strangers online are talking about possible symptoms that i Also have & are associated with my ~formal~ diagnoses then i mention it Just So They Can Look Into It bc i don’t want anyone to suffer for years the way that i have
November 18, 2025 at 8:03 PM
disability gatekeepers are bizarre like if my friends/family members/even strangers online are talking about possible symptoms that i Also have & are associated with my ~formal~ diagnoses then i mention it Just So They Can Look Into It bc i don’t want anyone to suffer for years the way that i have
Sometimes I wish I could make parents understand the sort of pain a child has to be in to go no contact. It's incredibly hard to fight that instinct to seek a parents love. You have to break your own heart.
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Sometimes I wish I could make parents understand the sort of pain a child has to be in to go no contact. It's incredibly hard to fight that instinct to seek a parents love. You have to break your own heart.
Every year, in like clockwork, when the world gets colder my brain gets slower. So far I'm getting words down via freewrites, frequent walks, and talking to myself.
Ah, to long for the spring bloom, when my body thaws and fibro calms tf down.
Ah, to long for the spring bloom, when my body thaws and fibro calms tf down.
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Every year, in like clockwork, when the world gets colder my brain gets slower. So far I'm getting words down via freewrites, frequent walks, and talking to myself.
Ah, to long for the spring bloom, when my body thaws and fibro calms tf down.
Ah, to long for the spring bloom, when my body thaws and fibro calms tf down.
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Disability advocacy has lost a great leader. Rest in power Alice Wong 🙏🏻💙
#RestinPower Alice Wong The Disability Community is forever stronger because of your words, your strength, and your leadership! I am better because of your friendship which I can't begin describe how much I will miss. I will always be be grateful for that friendship.
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Disability advocacy has lost a great leader. Rest in power Alice Wong 🙏🏻💙
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Too often mutual aid requests stall while a person is alive, and then when they pass the goal is met quickly.
It’s hard to ask for help and as a community we need to commit to helping in life & in death.
We need to fund treatments, housing, food & caregivers… not just funerals.
It’s hard to ask for help and as a community we need to commit to helping in life & in death.
We need to fund treatments, housing, food & caregivers… not just funerals.
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Too often mutual aid requests stall while a person is alive, and then when they pass the goal is met quickly.
It’s hard to ask for help and as a community we need to commit to helping in life & in death.
We need to fund treatments, housing, food & caregivers… not just funerals.
It’s hard to ask for help and as a community we need to commit to helping in life & in death.
We need to fund treatments, housing, food & caregivers… not just funerals.
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Alice was a fierce advocate for people who need and use AAC, and presented and wrote with passion on the impact of ableism on basic human rights. She will be deeply missed..
doi.org/10.1080/0743...
rerc-aac.psu.edu/2025/08/07/h...
Image of Alice Wong & journal abstract
#AliceWong #AAC #disability
doi.org/10.1080/0743...
rerc-aac.psu.edu/2025/08/07/h...
Image of Alice Wong & journal abstract
#AliceWong #AAC #disability
How ableism impacts people who need and use AAC (Wong, 2025)
Wong (2025) is now freely available at
rerc-aac.psu.edu
November 16, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Alice was a fierce advocate for people who need and use AAC, and presented and wrote with passion on the impact of ableism on basic human rights. She will be deeply missed..
doi.org/10.1080/0743...
rerc-aac.psu.edu/2025/08/07/h...
Image of Alice Wong & journal abstract
#AliceWong #AAC #disability
doi.org/10.1080/0743...
rerc-aac.psu.edu/2025/08/07/h...
Image of Alice Wong & journal abstract
#AliceWong #AAC #disability
Rest in peace Alice Wong, a hero of the disability community, a gorgeous writer, whose work was the first taste I had of dignity of disability in art. Of community and justice for disabled people. I never met her, but Alice Wong changed my life.
May her spirit find peace without pain.
May her spirit find peace without pain.
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Rest in peace Alice Wong, a hero of the disability community, a gorgeous writer, whose work was the first taste I had of dignity of disability in art. Of community and justice for disabled people. I never met her, but Alice Wong changed my life.
May her spirit find peace without pain.
May her spirit find peace without pain.
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White women need to learn to fight for each other collectively, and we need to learn it now. We are not safe, we are an intended demographic of victims.
For ourselves, for each other, for every other person who suffers under fascism.
White women need to learn to fight for each other collectively, and we need to learn it now. We are not safe, we are an intended demographic of victims.
For ourselves, for each other, for every other person who suffers under fascism.
Every Woman in America Needs to Watch This and Understand
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
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November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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White women need to learn to fight for each other collectively, and we need to learn it now. We are not safe, we are an intended demographic of victims.
For ourselves, for each other, for every other person who suffers under fascism.
White women need to learn to fight for each other collectively, and we need to learn it now. We are not safe, we are an intended demographic of victims.
For ourselves, for each other, for every other person who suffers under fascism.
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Y'all. Hire Vivian and earn an irrevocable* Abra Seal of Approval.
*Can and will be revoked if you start treating Vivian poorly.
*Can and will be revoked if you start treating Vivian poorly.
Queerly beloved, I have a decade+ of experience in network systems administration and cybersecurity and will move anywhere it's safe for a trans woman to live. If you know of any openings, please pass 'em on
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Y'all. Hire Vivian and earn an irrevocable* Abra Seal of Approval.
*Can and will be revoked if you start treating Vivian poorly.
*Can and will be revoked if you start treating Vivian poorly.
To my USian friends, don't forget that there are a lot of small elections across the country in the coming few weeks. Turnout determines them--so turn out.
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
To my USian friends, don't forget that there are a lot of small elections across the country in the coming few weeks. Turnout determines them--so turn out.
October 25, 2025 Trump admin is refusing to fund SNAP and using the Department of Agriculture's website to illegally post partisan messages blaming Democrats. Dems are trying to protect our healthcare, to be clear.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 25, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
October 25, 2025 Trump admin is refusing to fund SNAP and using the Department of Agriculture's website to illegally post partisan messages blaming Democrats. Dems are trying to protect our healthcare, to be clear.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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i believe that we will win
September 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i believe that we will win
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I'm not loving how every failed presidential candidate gets paid the entire budget of the publishing industry that year to write a book called I Learned Nothing
Jesus christ. It angers me deeply how not a single damn person in power who wants to at least pretend like they give a shit shout trans people will read even one damn book about the history of sex segregation in sports, cause you’d see how it’s all just sexist bs. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Kamala Harris cites concerns about trans athletes in her book
The Trump campaign attacked Harris over her positions on transgender rights. She says they were misconstrued.
www.politico.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm not loving how every failed presidential candidate gets paid the entire budget of the publishing industry that year to write a book called I Learned Nothing
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Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
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Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities.
www.accessible-social.com
www.accessible-social.com
Accessible Social
Accessible Social is a free resource and education hub that helps marketers and content creators learn about accessibility and how it relates to social media.
www.accessible-social.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities.
www.accessible-social.com
www.accessible-social.com
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i opened the wistful doorway
to my heart
& found your poem
frayed
hidden away
holding your words of love
& sunset sonnets
from long ago
fading
lost in time
& i remembered with a smile
when i was your muse
you were my poetry
then i tucked your poem away
saved
for another rainy day
#vss365 #doorway
to my heart
& found your poem
frayed
hidden away
holding your words of love
& sunset sonnets
from long ago
fading
lost in time
& i remembered with a smile
when i was your muse
you were my poetry
then i tucked your poem away
saved
for another rainy day
#vss365 #doorway
September 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In a world where the stupidest words are half blurred and censored in random articles, please do not add disabled to the list.
It's not a dirty word. It's not upsetting. It's not inappropriate, adult, or bad. Stop erasing every sign of us and branding us like we're shameful.
It's not a dirty word. It's not upsetting. It's not inappropriate, adult, or bad. Stop erasing every sign of us and branding us like we're shameful.
September 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In a world where the stupidest words are half blurred and censored in random articles, please do not add disabled to the list.
It's not a dirty word. It's not upsetting. It's not inappropriate, adult, or bad. Stop erasing every sign of us and branding us like we're shameful.
It's not a dirty word. It's not upsetting. It's not inappropriate, adult, or bad. Stop erasing every sign of us and branding us like we're shameful.
I am not giving Youtube my photo ID.
Do not give youtube your photo ID.
This is the perfect way to set yourself up to be doxxed. Don't believe for a MOMENT they'll be adequately protecting your sensitive info; there's no incentive or law requiring it.
Do not give youtube your photo ID.
This is the perfect way to set yourself up to be doxxed. Don't believe for a MOMENT they'll be adequately protecting your sensitive info; there's no incentive or law requiring it.
August 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I am not giving Youtube my photo ID.
Do not give youtube your photo ID.
This is the perfect way to set yourself up to be doxxed. Don't believe for a MOMENT they'll be adequately protecting your sensitive info; there's no incentive or law requiring it.
Do not give youtube your photo ID.
This is the perfect way to set yourself up to be doxxed. Don't believe for a MOMENT they'll be adequately protecting your sensitive info; there's no incentive or law requiring it.
Thanks to my amazing beta readers, my book's central relationship has evolved and deepened in ways I couldn't have imagined! I have a scene to expand into its one chapter, then an epilogue to rewrite, and then I'm going to be focusing more and more time on finer details and query prep.
#writesky
#writesky
August 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thanks to my amazing beta readers, my book's central relationship has evolved and deepened in ways I couldn't have imagined! I have a scene to expand into its one chapter, then an epilogue to rewrite, and then I'm going to be focusing more and more time on finer details and query prep.
#writesky
#writesky
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Some good news!
A growing number of states are passing laws that require companies to sell wheelchair parts to wheelchair users so they can fix it themselves or bring it to a mechanic to fix it for them.
My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Wheelchair users are finally winning the right to repair
State laws are forcing private equity–backed firms—which can make buyers wait months—to allow DIY fixes.
www.motherjones.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Some good news!
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More books with women leads that aren't romance when?
August 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
More books with women leads that aren't romance when?
I have an awesome short story that I think will resonate with a lot of us writers right now coming out in @folkloricmag.bsky.social 's first issue!
Their release date and launch party are on the 22nd of August. I can't do a reading there, but I am so excited for this batch of Lore to exist!
Their release date and launch party are on the 22nd of August. I can't do a reading there, but I am so excited for this batch of Lore to exist!
August 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I have an awesome short story that I think will resonate with a lot of us writers right now coming out in @folkloricmag.bsky.social 's first issue!
Their release date and launch party are on the 22nd of August. I can't do a reading there, but I am so excited for this batch of Lore to exist!
Their release date and launch party are on the 22nd of August. I can't do a reading there, but I am so excited for this batch of Lore to exist!