Theo Malings

She/Her | rep @emmashercliff | Queer 🏳️‍🌈 | Dyslexic | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

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THE RED TWILIGHT will be published by Faber

[Theo Malings @Arborglyph]

I'm not on Twitter, I'm at the Other Place, but here's my news:
https://t.co/cupfAZdaXg

[Theo Malings @Arborglyph]

Thrilled I didn't know in time to put it on my Writers At Work application. Maybe next year?🙃

[Theo Malings @Arborglyph]

I'm not on Twitter, I'm at the Other Place, but here's my news:
https://t.co/cupfAZdaXg

[phd thesis deadline in 82 days @uncanny_eli]

In May 2021, an anonymous letter in The Bookseller warned that transphobia was a problem in the publishing industry. 3 years later, a culture of silence and fear has prevented much further public comment.

So I wrote about it. And I named names.

https://t.co/PUsQe8PfIw

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Absolute bargain price for a joyful, cozy read. LET THEM TAKE YOUR MONEY.

[Samuel Burr @samuelburr]

Delighted to announce that my debut, The Fellowship of Puzzlemakers, is just 99p on Kindle for a limited time only. RT’s welcome! 🧩💛🧩https://t.co/r3eGpkQTpf

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@marthalobrien

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@RachelCDawson @PolariPrize @nothumanhead @johnmurrays @AbiScruby @BeckyAWalsh @imogen_morrell @Gayonwye @aniacard LOVE IT 🥳

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@nothumanhead @RachelCDawson Love this for both of you! Congrats!

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@JadeMutyora Congrats!

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@PolisLoizou @buxtonfringe @underthefringe AMAZING WORK. CONGRATULATIONS.

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My mother has to stand there, waiting to be released, from an *outdoor seating area*.

(What would happen if there was a fire? Who knows!)

Stop disabling people with inaccessible spaces. Stop removing their dignity.

/diwedd

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space.

It is worse that anybody would think a disabled person should just put up with that. Why the hell shouldn't they be able to sit outside? Why would you assume they don't want to?

It's humiliating, too.

[...]

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having to radio one of the lads to move the heavy planter (which is also falling apart), and then to have to call them back when we want to leave.

Because it is outrageous that somebody who can't manage a steep flight of steps is prevented from accessing an accessible [...]

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I suggested that people in wheelchairs might be using the cafe because outside was inaccessible to them. I suggested that if the space needed blocking to manage flow (it does get super busy at weekends - they have bleepers) a gate with a key might be better than [...]

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I asked if they realised they were making the space inaccessible for people with mobility issues.

I was told that people in wheelchairs sat in the main cafe (which is accessible). That nobody had ever said it was a problem. That it was necessary during COVID regs.

[...]

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At my local cafe/garden centre, access to the outside seating is only via some very steep stairs because they've blocked the flat access with planters.

Today is a nice day. The Mammy and I went and we got the staff to move the planters for her.

Short🧵

#DisabilityPrideMonth

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Imagine if we got together and donated 100K to a domestic violence shelter instead.

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When I was 11, there was a girl in my year who looked 16. She wasn't, she was 11, but she'd hit puberty very early. I wasn't her friend, but I know she did not have an easy time.

So, I support puberty blockers for all children who need them, for whatever reason they need them.

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PSA: Under UK employment law, a person who has worked for a company for less than 2 years can be fired for any reason.

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The wildest thing is that the author involved in today's discourse provides *plenty* of other reasons to throw your own copies of her books in the bin, such as Islamaphobia and support for Marie Le Pen.