Rebecca Thorne

Writer, book lover and blind woman, passionate about disability representation.

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

I found reading Please Read This Leaflet Carefully by @Karen_havelin so validating as a woman who experiences chronic pain. Here's why: https://t.co/eXSAa1GvUX #DisabledBloggers #OwnVoices #Books #ChronicPain #ChronicIllness

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

@Stricolo @InclusiveMinds @DrHannah @BlondeHistorian Yeah, it's such a fbg issue. People seem to think that it's perfectly fine to come up to us and grab hold of us or touch us. There's an expectation that we'll be grateful, not furious.

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

This sounds like such a cool book.

[Alice Wong 王美華 @SFdirewolf]

Congrats to @DayAlMohamed on her new novella, The Labyrinth's Archivist

Check it out! It's an #OwnVoices novella with a disabled protagonist of color, who also happens to have a girlfriend https://t.co/4KiGj0eEmf

#CripLit #SFF

[Day Al-Mohamed @DayAlMohamed]

Charlie's Angels and Big Fish screenwriter and novelist John August is seeking a 15 year old blind girl for his film. Please see below and share widely:

"I’ve written a new... https://t.co/45GLKscS5s

[Victoria/V.E. Schwab @veschwab]

This just in:

You can love writing and also find it hard.

[Laura Elliott @TinyWriterLaura]

people commenting saying ‘it’s an accident not discrimination’ are ridiculous

Inaccessible design is by its nature discriminatory. That public transport is often unusable for disabled people is discrimination. The guard not being there isn’t the issue the lack of equal access is

[Elsa Sjunneson, an Actual Bat @snarkbat]

Not just neurodiversity, but disabled characters too.

Don’t use “special needs”, “handicapped”or the godforsaken “handicapable” either.

Thanks in advance, publishing!

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

@BlondeHistorian I get worse headaches and migraines during my periods. I haven't noticed an impact on my vision, but I don't actually have that much vision, so I could have just not noticed, maybe.

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

Couldn't agree more.

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

@WheelsofSteer I guess it's to make them look appealing? Though, I completely get how you feel. There's really nothing feminine or lovely about periods.

[Lillie Lainoff @lillielainoff]

Yet another reminder why I write what I write. This *opinion* isn't rare -- it's unfortunately very common.
This is why we desperately need disability representation in SFF. We should get to topple kingdoms and ride dragons and fly spaceships.
#RepresentationMatters #CripLit

[Mo Netz 🫎 @netzmo]

I was just rolling down the street and heard a toddler exclaim to (presumably) his mother: "He's going FAST!"

I live for these moments outside of society's expectations, when my body, too, gets to be one worth looking up to.

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

My latest about #QueerEye4, “Disabled But Not Really” and @Karamo from the perspective of a disabled black Person.

https://t.co/qkKRig1J8G

[@[email protected] @Imani_Barbarin]

White supremacy is so pervasive disabled black, indigenous and people of color don’t even experience ableism in the same way.

Racism is so inherent that black and brown people in other marginalized identities don’t experience their “ism” like the white people in their community.

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

@carlyfindlay You're very welcome. Thanks for writing such a great book.

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

So, I've just finished reading Say Hello by @carlyfindlay and it was amazing. Here's a thread about it.

[Double Nicholas on the Dime @1000000horses]

most of the "I applied to X MFA programs before I got in. I submitted my book Y times before it got accepted" narratives are framed as acts of perseverance without addressing how much money that all costs & how inaccessible is to so many writers for reasons of $$, not dedication

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

It's such a great book and I highly recommend it. You can find out more at Carly's website: https://t.co/W7yK3GN6qn

[Rebecca Thorne @diverselycreate]

And there's also some great content about disability and relationships. Probably one of my favourite quotes from the book is something she said to her husband: "I'm not telling you it's going to be easy, I'm telling you it's going to be worth it."