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Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
Every mainstream newspiece about Alice will talk about everything.
Everything except for her work to challenge/decenter whiteness in disability activism & her advocacy/fundraising for Palestine.
Don't hide what she fought for. Elevate BIPOC/racialized disabled folks & Palestine
Whenever you see a media outlet calling Alice a disability rights activist, please know that the wording suggests she advocated within the law.
No.
She fought for full equity and a full changing of society to one that does not legislate poverty, disability, death, access, etc
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
Them “I’m sick of subsidizing their groceries when mine cost so much”
SNAP does not drive up grocery prices
It’s inflation, tariffs & corporate greed
For every $1 spent on SNAP there’s a $1.50 going back into the economy
While you’re blaming the poor, the rich are robbing you
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
I hate to say this, but there's been another loss in the community. I'm sitting on it while we draft the messaging with family. But yes. A third major disability and EDS advocate. Ugh. Stay tuned. 💔🥺✌️
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
As a long-time admirer of Alice Wong,
I’m heartbroken and a bit shaken by her passing. 😢💔
You never think your heroes are going to die, and she was truly a Wonder Woman here on Earth. Alice, you will forever be missed and loved by me and countless others.
Rest in peace!
ALT A photo of Alice Wong. She is an Asian woman seated in a motorized wheelchair, wearing red lipstick, black puffer pants, and a black-and-cream colored floral blouse. She is shown with a trach and respirator. PHOTO BY EDDIE HERNANDEZ/ART BY MICHAEL LUONG
There is a difference between disability rights (rights for disabled folks under the law) & disability justice (nuanced, intersectional, sociopolitical culturally-led access, equity, community care & celebration that disrupts & reframes).
The two should not be conflated.
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
i took my profile picture off Linkedin (my real name causes people to assume that i'm white)
and i've gotten 300% more interactions in a week, than i have in months. my analytics crazy
all because people now DONT know that im Black when they visit my page
this shit is sick
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
honor Leslie and Alice's lifework and memory by wearing a goddamn mask. if you have easy access to respirators, it's the least you can do.
if you don't, PLEASE check maskbloc.org to see if there are any mask blocs in your area. mask blocs provide masks, other PPE, tests etc to their communities for free. if you scroll down my beacon link in bio thru the bottom half of my covid resources, there are several types & brands of masks at different price points.
if you're able to give some of your masks away, please do. hand them out in public. give them to your family, friends, coworkers, loved ones. fucking do something.
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
My feed is filled with beautiful stories of Alice and Leslie and the legacy that is their advocacy.
Both fought tirelessly for the vulnerable.
They fought for tbe disabled.
They fought for covid mitigations.
We need more people like them, and we must keep up the fight.
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
I’m sorry that happened to you Charis while ur trying to grieve the loss of such a vital disability advocate.
if only those ppl would actually blame the actual careless healthcare system that threw Alice and other immune compromised folks like me under the bus for convenience
ALT National Institutes of Health (.gov) https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Local, state and federal face mask mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic - PMC by JA Guzman-Cottrill · 2021 · Cited by 15 — As of November 28, 2020, the US governors of 35 states have issued emergency orders for statewide mandatory mask requirements
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
We have to make sure to keep Alice’s vision ongoing. To uplift crip writing and art. For disability visibility.
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
So someone went after my friend Charis, who has CLEARLY advocated for better (co-founded of the #HighRiskCovid19 hashtag) and who is currently grieving their actual friend.
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
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.
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
Why does the media have non-disabled people write the obituaries of disabled historical figures? For the love of God, pass the pen to subject matter experts.
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
I feel like this isn’t the first time the whole “blaming for the death” thing has happened and it’s a community feature that needs to be turned off bc it’s ugly and evil.
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
“In disability years, at the age of 37, I’m somewhat of an elder since disabled people tend not to live long lives. And, in disability world, more than a decade of activism is worth a lifetime.”
- @BeingCharisBlog
‘Beyond Burnout: A New Chapter in Disability Advocacy’
‘The world has become a more dangerous place because of the risk for anyone to develop long-COVID after a COVID-19 infection; but it’s especially unsafe for disabled people..’
creakyjoints.org/living-with…
Charis Hill | they/them | 🇵🇸 😷 retweeted
My latest column for @TeenVogue on how proposed mask bans are the new ugly laws and how the mask is the new unsightly marker of deviant individuals
Many thanks to @broadwaybabyto @Aoiferocksitout @BeingCharisBlog & @Eman_Rimawi for talking with me!
Mask Bans Are an Insult to Disabled People and Protesters Alike teenvogue.visitlink.me/P_bzF…
