Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕

☕caféphile 📝impaired #poet ⛅optimistic realist🎗#disabled #spoonie, serving #coffee for the soul w/a side of #resistance.

🖋#amwriting 🌈#genderqueer she/they

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

I wish non-disabled people understood:

their #abled privilege,
not all #disability is visible,
#exercise isn’t a cure-all – nor is it necessarily possible,
& disability is not only worsened but oft caused by the systemic erasure of #differences.

#accessibility #DisabilityRights

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

“I don’t know the solution to the conflict in Israel and Palestine, but I do know the starting point: To grieve ‘their’ children as our children.

It’s the only way to break the cycle.”

— Valarie Kaur; https://t.co/jJBsoifo6m

[Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib @afalkhatib]

On the eve of the one-year mark since the October 7 massacre, I urge all who claim to care about Palestinians in Gaza and beyond to remember what this dark day represents for the Israeli and Jewish people. Please understand that 10/7 was an exceptionally painful day in which over 1,000 were criminally murdered and maimed; children, women, and bystanders were randomly killed, kidnapped, abused, and taken hostage; remember the trauma that this unjustified terror act has brought upon the Jewish people, making it the worst single-day attack since the Holocaust.

Do not celebrate Hamas, the despicable terror organization that has destroyed Gaza, held its people hostage, and delivered them on a silver platter to the most extremist government in Israel’s history. Do not taunt the Jewish people or boast about the supposed act of resistance, which October 7 was not. Do not harass people who are commemorating the tragedy and its victims. Please be mindful and respectful.

Be as outraged and horrified as you want to be about Gaza and the unbelievable death and destruction there. But give Israelis and Jews the space to remember their lost loved ones. The two traumas do not have to cancel each other out; they are, in fact, intertwined, and only this recognition can help us move forward.

Gaza is central to my being, identity, lived experience, and connection to the land. I care deeply about ending the war and being part of the Strip’s transformation. But that would never mean denying the horrors that Hamas and other terrorists committed on October 7.

Not in my name.

I stand with my Jewish brothers, sisters, and allies in remembering those who lost their lives on that fateful day, and pledged to always be a partner in pursuit of healing, reconciliation, justice, freedom, safety, security, and dignity for all.

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

@franzanth Am I too late? Being primarily house-bound, many of my friends were made here but now… 🤷🏽‍♀️🙏🏼🎗️

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

“Alter ego” made with @get_starryai 🖍🎨🔮

#AI #AIart #creativity

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

These trials have incompatible verdicts &, for #justice’s sake, should both be getting an appeal… #JusticeForJohnnyDepp

Re-open UK Appeal of #JohnnyDepp defamation case, following unanimous US Jury Verdict – Please Sign; https://t.co/aWygjBvHDt via @dshensmith

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

In conclusion, an (apparently ex-) employee of @Xfinity (or is it @comcast?) committed #fraud, selling me a new phone under false pretenses yet @XfinitySupport cannot (or is it will not? 🤔) refund $300?? I simply don't see what's okay about this, @xfinitymobile. Help. (3 of 3)

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

Dear @Xfinity,

A recent @xfinitymobile call actually defrauded me. @XfinitySupport came to the same conclusion & was in fact lovely yet couldn't correct the #fraud!? Why is it okay to conclude an #xfinity employee lied to me & sold me a phone under false pretenses… (1 of 3)

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

Why is it okay to conclude an #xfinity employee lied to me & sold me a phone under false pretenses but not credit back the charge?! I was warned to steer clear of @comcast yet @Xfinity's internet was our best option & there are benefits to having #xfinitymobile too. (2 of 3)

[steveioe @steveioe]

😌

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

“[My sister] advocates for better treatment for the #disabled & the chronically and/or invisibly ill. She’s pretty amazing, imo… writing about Chiari Malformation, with comics that are funny, to normalize talking about illness & #disability.” —@alphabete

https://t.co/oOJ58p9DB2

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

@alphabete This hella common issue, of our brains basically lying to us by downplaying our worth, is to some extent a matter of perspective.

Disappointment heightens our awareness of perceived failures & we lose track of our successes.

My Hunny, @_dwrhodes_, & I try to claim our wins. 😏

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

@alphabete @JennyFloria @Asher_Wolf @unicornthorn She’s a damn good writer, & incredibly relatable – especially for those of us with #chronicillness. Thanx for sharing her!

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

TW // body shaming, dysphoria
CW // health crises, death

This is a difficult but needful #read; the whole #thread, replies too, is important.

”Medical fatmisia kills wonderful people.
…
It should not be ruinous to stay alive.” — @gentle_beasts

[nico (perpetually lifeless) 🦥 @unicornthorn]

A video went viral earlier this year of a woman who went to a GI doctor because she was unable to eat because the pain was so bad, he said, "maybe that's not such a bad thing" & didn't do anything.

Because she was fat.

Anyway, turns out she has stage 3 colon cancer!!

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

@EDSprblms *w00t* Not only did you find a food that actually works, you’re confident in your own advocacy for your health. Those are both equally huge wins. Congrats. 🎉

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

#Poverty isn’t a crime. As someone #poor, tho’, I’m treated like a criminal.

My struggle for #healthcare & #housing reinforces the idea that I’m undeserving.

Being #disabled only makes my pursuit of #health & a #home more difficult.

#healthequity #HealthForAll #HousingForAll

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

@goingglocal @_Jrlh_ @AlexVickeryHowe YES, I so know where you’re coming from & am equally frustrated that such #rights as #healthcare & #housing are treated as #free.

The way I’m treated, however, as one who can no longer pay into it…

Sigh, #poverty is *not* a crime.

#HealthForAll #HousingForAll #MedicareForAll

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

@EDSprblms Inasmuch as I say many / most of these things, I’d swear such statements are pretty directly caused by #chronicillness?

#spoonie #brainhealth

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

@goingglocal @_Jrlh_ @AlexVickeryHowe While incredibly true & an important distinction, such #FreeStuff as #healthcare would indeed allow me the #freedom of better #health.

#HealthForAll #healthequity

[Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford]

Under His 👁

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

@Cook_________ @AlexVickeryHowe @goingglocal @OpenSCADGuns @Mizkayte @VyFore @Tactical_DadBod @RKJ65 @gruntpa Both Background Checks Acts that recently passed the House (again) would be a good start.

Tis a public consensus of *enough* that’s needed, along with discussion around what reforms would work rather than the straw man argument that those seeking reform are after people’s #guns.

[Dorian Dorey 💜 & ☕ @coffeesister]

@Cook_________ @AlexVickeryHowe @goingglocal @OpenSCADGuns @Mizkayte @VyFore @Tactical_DadBod @RKJ65 @gruntpa Arguing isn’t my motivation & I understand if you desire to be rid of me. It is simply incredibly difficult to stay silent on the topic of #guns as mass shootings become a daily event in the US.

#GunControl could undeniably mitigate those stats, & it does need to be equitable.