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@BreRVA Oh good! 🧶

@BeingCharisBlog I sent it to my Aunt and she’s going to crochet me one. I’m very excited about it. Thanks again. Sending you lots of love.

@BreRVA It's blown up in the knitting, and now the crocheting, community. Perhaps a local yarn shop. Surprisingly many indie owned ones are posting about it

@BeingCharisBlog Love this. Thanks for sharing the pattern. I’m going to see if I can get someone to make it for me since my hands won’t work to do this.

@zatara2010 This is misinformation.

@BeingCharisBlog Respectfully, it's odd that you're focusing on this rather than the fact that Alice died from an infection she got from an unmasked medical practitioner in the hospital.

I woke up to a comment on a 2019 photo of me with my dead friend Blaming me for her death Because I wasn't wearing a mask Don't. Do. This.

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

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

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. 💔🥺✌️

Not so fun fact, just months ago, the woman known for her work on the principles of disability justice (Patry Berne) also died. We've lost so many disabled people this year. Last year. Every year. And way too many of them are racialized/BIPOC/POC.

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.

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

i’m seeing people who don’t adhere to COVID mitigation efforts at all anymore erase what Alice has been about in the last few years. i’m also seeing people make the worst assumptions about her friends. losing Alice is hard but please respect the circles of grief around her.

@pipagaopoetry I keep trying to channel her energy and the best I can do is remember she wouldn't want me to keep quiet about BS

I’m sad that Alice isn’t here to respond, lmao. >_> :(

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.

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.

@BeingCharisBlog 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

@efreitabeth I'm so sorry your family did that but I don't know what that has to do with my tweet

@BeingCharisBlog My entire family went out their way to maximize exposure during a covid wave and then refused to mask around our frail mother and gave her covid for her last birthday, so I'd say they had something to do with it.

@Annatated Dissecting one of the most prominent voices since day one against covid minimizing & eugenics is so fucking counterproductive. Thanks for trying.

@BeingCharisBlog I'm so sorry you are dealing with this on top of mourning Alice. Anyone who is active on the online cc community should know you take precautions seriously and are a great advocate like c'mon. Gently tried to redirect some but ppl on the Internet know more than her IRL friends 🤦🏻‍♀️

We have to make sure to keep Alice’s vision ongoing. To uplift crip writing and art. For disability visibility.

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.