Samantha Puc 🍉
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· Sep 6
How to Speak Up Against Anti-Fatness: Tips for Navigating Conversations That Dehumanize Fat Folks [2024 Edition] - Samantha Puc's Ko-fi Shop
How to Speak Up Against Anti-Fatness is a pay-what-you-can digital resource zine that includes tips for navigating social media and talking to your me...
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In 2020, Jey Barnes and I released a digital zine with tips for navigating anti-fat comments on social media and with medical providers and loved ones. Today, we're releasing an updated edition!
This resource zine is PWYW ($0+). Shares welcome!
This resource zine is PWYW ($0+). Shares welcome!
Hi friends 🩷 thank y’all so much for your help making up half of our unexpected vet bill. Things are especially tight this week and I’m trying not to panic about making rent, the phone bill, and more.
I have zines for sale or you can leave a tip. Anything helps. Thank you. 🩷
I have zines for sale or you can leave a tip. Anything helps. Thank you. 🩷
Buy Samantha Puc a Coffee
Buy Samantha Puc a coffee!
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November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Hi friends 🩷 thank y’all so much for your help making up half of our unexpected vet bill. Things are especially tight this week and I’m trying not to panic about making rent, the phone bill, and more.
I have zines for sale or you can leave a tip. Anything helps. Thank you. 🩷
I have zines for sale or you can leave a tip. Anything helps. Thank you. 🩷
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I was pretty damn healthy, and COVID nearly killed me. Also left me with the brain fog that knocked me out of Law School for the foreseeable.
If I hadn't been vaccinated, I'd be significantly less vocal on here. (I'll leave that to each of you if that's a good thing or not).
If I hadn't been vaccinated, I'd be significantly less vocal on here. (I'll leave that to each of you if that's a good thing or not).
If you don't care about disabled and chronically ill people, you're an asshole.
And furthermore, no one is immune from becoming disabled or chronically ill, especially if they catch COVID. That includes you.
WEAR A MASK & GET YOUR VAX.
And furthermore, no one is immune from becoming disabled or chronically ill, especially if they catch COVID. That includes you.
WEAR A MASK & GET YOUR VAX.
November 20, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I was pretty damn healthy, and COVID nearly killed me. Also left me with the brain fog that knocked me out of Law School for the foreseeable.
If I hadn't been vaccinated, I'd be significantly less vocal on here. (I'll leave that to each of you if that's a good thing or not).
If I hadn't been vaccinated, I'd be significantly less vocal on here. (I'll leave that to each of you if that's a good thing or not).
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If you don't care about disabled and chronically ill people, you're an asshole.
And furthermore, no one is immune from becoming disabled or chronically ill, especially if they catch COVID. That includes you.
WEAR A MASK & GET YOUR VAX.
And furthermore, no one is immune from becoming disabled or chronically ill, especially if they catch COVID. That includes you.
WEAR A MASK & GET YOUR VAX.
October 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you don't care about disabled and chronically ill people, you're an asshole.
And furthermore, no one is immune from becoming disabled or chronically ill, especially if they catch COVID. That includes you.
WEAR A MASK & GET YOUR VAX.
And furthermore, no one is immune from becoming disabled or chronically ill, especially if they catch COVID. That includes you.
WEAR A MASK & GET YOUR VAX.
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Masking in public, especially when you're indoors or around a lot of people outdoors (such as at a concert/protest or other crowded event), is a really easy way to 1) show solidarity with disabled and chronically ill people and 2) not get anyone sick.
COVID is still here and still dangerous.
COVID is still here and still dangerous.
October 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Masking in public, especially when you're indoors or around a lot of people outdoors (such as at a concert/protest or other crowded event), is a really easy way to 1) show solidarity with disabled and chronically ill people and 2) not get anyone sick.
COVID is still here and still dangerous.
COVID is still here and still dangerous.
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In my latest for @publisherswkly.bsky.social, I spoke to workers and owners at six mission-driven bookstores about how they’re supporting community needs and handling unique challenges.
Bookstores on a Mission
Nationwide, issues-oriented booksellers rise to the challenge of community organizing.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In my latest for @publisherswkly.bsky.social, I spoke to workers and owners at six mission-driven bookstores about how they’re supporting community needs and handling unique challenges.
Rebecca Heineman was cool AF and it sucks that the last weeks of her life were so awful. If you don’t know her/her work, check out the docuseries High Score, read her webcomic, or play some of her many games. She was an icon.
America’s first video game champion Rebecca Ann Heineman has died
Interplay co-founder and America's first official video game champion, Rebecca Ann Heineman, has died following a short battle with cancer.
Interplay co-founder and America's first official video game champion, Rebecca Ann Heineman, has died following a short battle with cancer.
America’s first video game champion Rebecca Ann Heineman has died
Interplay co-founder and America's first official video game champion, Rebecca Ann Heineman, has died following a short battle with cancer.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Rebecca Heineman was cool AF and it sucks that the last weeks of her life were so awful. If you don’t know her/her work, check out the docuseries High Score, read her webcomic, or play some of her many games. She was an icon.
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America’s first video game champion Rebecca Ann Heineman has died
Interplay co-founder and America's first official video game champion, Rebecca Ann Heineman, has died following a short battle with cancer.
Interplay co-founder and America's first official video game champion, Rebecca Ann Heineman, has died following a short battle with cancer.
America’s first video game champion Rebecca Ann Heineman has died
Interplay co-founder and America's first official video game champion, Rebecca Ann Heineman, has died following a short battle with cancer.
www.comicsbeat.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
America’s first video game champion Rebecca Ann Heineman has died
Interplay co-founder and America's first official video game champion, Rebecca Ann Heineman, has died following a short battle with cancer.
Interplay co-founder and America's first official video game champion, Rebecca Ann Heineman, has died following a short battle with cancer.
In my latest for @publisherswkly.bsky.social, I spoke to workers and owners at six mission-driven bookstores about how they’re supporting community needs and handling unique challenges.
Bookstores on a Mission
Nationwide, issues-oriented booksellers rise to the challenge of community organizing.
www.publishersweekly.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:06 PM
In my latest for @publisherswkly.bsky.social, I spoke to workers and owners at six mission-driven bookstores about how they’re supporting community needs and handling unique challenges.
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Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Today, Paste Magazine shuttered all its non-music verticals, a choice I am both professionally and personally heartbroken about. Sadly, I am once again looking for a place that wants to let me write about Books and TV on the regular, so hit me up if that’s you or anyone you know.
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In 2022, I commissioned @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to make a portrait of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, as part of a series for the release of The Viral Underclass. Molly signed if for her. Alice was so excited to have a Molly Crabapple of herself!
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
In 2022, I commissioned @mollycrabapple.bsky.social to make a portrait of @sfdirewolf.bsky.social, as part of a series for the release of The Viral Underclass. Molly signed if for her. Alice was so excited to have a Molly Crabapple of herself!
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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
What a privilege it is to be a younger disabled person in a community shaped by Alice Wong. Rest in peace, Alice.
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I’ll have more to say when the sun’s up -
Death & grief are intimate companions you have as a disabled person.
The older I get, the truer that is.
My emotions went from celebrating a wonderful night out at the concert to learning of Alice’s transition & being winded.
Death & grief are intimate companions you have as a disabled person.
The older I get, the truer that is.
My emotions went from celebrating a wonderful night out at the concert to learning of Alice’s transition & being winded.
November 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I’ll have more to say when the sun’s up -
Death & grief are intimate companions you have as a disabled person.
The older I get, the truer that is.
My emotions went from celebrating a wonderful night out at the concert to learning of Alice’s transition & being winded.
Death & grief are intimate companions you have as a disabled person.
The older I get, the truer that is.
My emotions went from celebrating a wonderful night out at the concert to learning of Alice’s transition & being winded.
The world is worse without Alice is Wong. It’s worse without Patty Berne. It’s worse without Tinu. The last year has been so full of mourning for the disabled ancestors who paved the way for us to exist with some semblance of access, with some semblance of respect.
I hope they all rest easy. ❤️
I hope they all rest easy. ❤️
November 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The world is worse without Alice is Wong. It’s worse without Patty Berne. It’s worse without Tinu. The last year has been so full of mourning for the disabled ancestors who paved the way for us to exist with some semblance of access, with some semblance of respect.
I hope they all rest easy. ❤️
I hope they all rest easy. ❤️
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I am heartbroken to lose yet another person that helped me be the person I am today.
When I was struggling immensely about 4 years ago, Alice Wong commissioned me to make a "Suck It Ableism" pin. I'll never forget her kindness and understanding. And the opportunity to work with her.
When I was struggling immensely about 4 years ago, Alice Wong commissioned me to make a "Suck It Ableism" pin. I'll never forget her kindness and understanding. And the opportunity to work with her.
November 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
I am heartbroken to lose yet another person that helped me be the person I am today.
When I was struggling immensely about 4 years ago, Alice Wong commissioned me to make a "Suck It Ableism" pin. I'll never forget her kindness and understanding. And the opportunity to work with her.
When I was struggling immensely about 4 years ago, Alice Wong commissioned me to make a "Suck It Ableism" pin. I'll never forget her kindness and understanding. And the opportunity to work with her.
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You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
November 15, 2025 at 7:34 AM
You were incredible, Alice Wong, and it was a blessing to have collaborated with you on projects, to have read your words and to have heard your voice, as full of life and passion and joy and rage as it was.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
You made a difference—so much of a difference.
Rest always in peace, and always in power.
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Laughing rereading Alice threatening to come back as “a petty ghost to haunt all [her] nemeses and mess up their shit.”
When she set her mind to something, ESPECIALLY if it would be hilarious, Alice could accomplish anything. Her petty paranormal perturbations would be EPIC.
When she set her mind to something, ESPECIALLY if it would be hilarious, Alice could accomplish anything. Her petty paranormal perturbations would be EPIC.
November 15, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Laughing rereading Alice threatening to come back as “a petty ghost to haunt all [her] nemeses and mess up their shit.”
When she set her mind to something, ESPECIALLY if it would be hilarious, Alice could accomplish anything. Her petty paranormal perturbations would be EPIC.
When she set her mind to something, ESPECIALLY if it would be hilarious, Alice could accomplish anything. Her petty paranormal perturbations would be EPIC.
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i can’t believe @sfdirewolf.bsky.social is gone. she was a force of nature. she lived twice as much as the next person, as proven by the fact that every other person i follow, across wildly different industries, knew her, and is posting about her tonight. what a loss. i don’t know what else to say.
November 15, 2025 at 8:07 AM
i can’t believe @sfdirewolf.bsky.social is gone. she was a force of nature. she lived twice as much as the next person, as proven by the fact that every other person i follow, across wildly different industries, knew her, and is posting about her tonight. what a loss. i don’t know what else to say.
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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...
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...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
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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
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘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
—Alice Wong
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In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 AM
In the last chapter of Alice’s memoir, “Year of the Tiger,” she wrote her own future obituary.
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
The wonderful “oracle, storyteller, cyborg, trouble-maker, activist, night owl” we loved so much closed it with:
“Enjoy all of Alice’s good shit, and may you create some good shit as well.”
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Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Glad I got to become disabled in a world that already had Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social in it. I learned so much from her incredible writing & activism. May her memory be a blessing, & may we all continue her work.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
Easiest way to do it? WEAR A MASK. Protect yourself & the vulnerable around you.
God. I just saw the news about Alice Wong. What an absolutely immense loss.
November 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
God. I just saw the news about Alice Wong. What an absolutely immense loss.
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And I have a flat tire. Please, if anyone needs art done for them, consider hiring me.
Hey, I'm going to be honest, I've had some rotten luck these last couple months. About three different projects got cancelled, so, if you need covers, pages, posters, album art, and you like my style, please consider hiring me.
Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com/cover-work
Portfolio: lanelloyd.crevado.com/cover-work
COVER WORK - Lane Lloyd
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November 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
And I have a flat tire. Please, if anyone needs art done for them, consider hiring me.