I'll be 51 years old, on February 3rd, 2026. I don't feel my age 馃槅
Photo is of me, paralyzed at #RefugeesCamp & me as an adult, decades later.
#WarSurvivorsForPeace #BornInSaigon #TeochewViet #AsianMastodon #WarRefugee #WarChild #VietnamWarSurvivor #PeaceActivist #PeopleWithDisabilities #PolioChild #Survivor #monochrome #BWphotos #DisabledWomen #Empowerment #GenX #Antifascist #NotATerrorist #WomenOfTheResistance #anarchist #WeWillOvercome #PTSDAwareness #ChildrenOfWar #POCWomenFightBack
Look - I've only been on Mastodon/Fediverse since 2022. I'm a non-techy person who has been perpetually online since early 90s. There's never been a fully safe space for an outspoken, disabled POC person like me - in any online community. Even going back to Usenet days - I was a minority. Every single SM I've been on has been majority white folks. Same with the Fedi. We need more diversity everywhere - online & offline.
I'm not leaving this platform due to being a minority. I'm staying & will fight for my presence & for fellow marginalized POC presences. I have always had to fight, almost my entire life - for space & to be included as a visibly disabled POC woman who is loud as heck with issues close to my heart & soul.
I can't remember when I didn't have to fight for that. My experiences here now are vastly different than in 2022. I still get some racist jerks who do their cowardly racist shit. I'm not letting those racist fuckers run me off here. FUCK THEM. I'm staying & they can go fuck off.
#POCVoices #PeopleWithDisabilities #MarginalizedVoices #WomenOfTheResistance #POCWomen #FuckRacism #NotLeaving
Look - I've only been on Mastodon/Fediverse since 2022. I'm a non-techy person who has been perpetually online since early 90s. There's never been a fully safe space for an outspoken, disabled POC person like me - in any online community. Even going back to Usenet days - I was a minority. Every single SM I've been on has been majority white folks. Same with the Fedi. We need more diversity everywhere - online & offline.
I'm not leaving this platform due to being a minority. I'm staying & will fight for my presence & for fellow marginalized POC presences. I have always had to fight, almost my entire life - for space & to be included as a visibly disabled POC woman who is loud as heck with issues close to my heart & soul.
I can't remember when I didn't have to fight for that. My experiences here now are vastly different than in 2022. I still get some racist jerks who do their cowardly racist shit. I'm not letting those racist fuckers run me off here. FUCK THEM. I'm staying & they can go fuck off.
#POCVoices #PeopleWithDisabilities #MarginalizedVoices #WomenOfTheResistance #POCWomen #FuckRacism #NotLeaving
Wrapped up work at LifeCycles. Now, en route to Lifelabs to get my bloodwork done.
#AsianMastodon #PeopleWithDisabilities #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #MasksSaveLives #MaskUp #ZeroCovid #YallMasking
Wrapped up work at LifeCycles. Now, en route to Lifelabs to get my bloodwork done.
#AsianMastodon #PeopleWithDisabilities #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #MasksSaveLives #MaskUp #ZeroCovid #YallMasking
I got judged often for not dressing like a poor disabled woman 'should' dress. WTAF is wrong with people?!?! Just because I'm physically disabled for life & am of working poor class, doesn't mean I can't fucking look fabulous!
I've always been great at repurposing/upcycling shit before those were actual terms. I grew up very physically & neurologically disabled, was extremely poor & I learned how to adapt very well because both my parents taught me multiple useful skills. I adapted clothes & made myself outfits because nothing on racks fit people like me too well. I started doing adaptive fashion designs for myself & still do.
I am starting to look at making my childhood dreams, much bigger. I want to start designing super cool fashions for other physically disabled folks, of all ages - who also don't want only drab basics but want to expand their fashion styles to bigger horizons.
I can do this.
I'd welcome some help on how to apply to be a citizen speaker in #BCgovernment legislature. I want to speak there about the failures on public health. I want to share how lack of covid safety by government killed my Dad. I want to share experiences with working with elderly who feel abandoned by government. I want to share how zero year round masking mandates have caused more preventable, contagious illness & how more folks are becoming disabled by this ongoing eugenics public health policies. I want to ask about defunding the only long covid clinic on South island. I want to share how the BC NDP has harmed & is still harming me, my family, my vulnerable clients, my friends & my living communities.
I, alone, can't stop social murders by our government. I can try to stop government from killing & disabling more people. I can get what is necessary to speak out about, documented on public records & try to push for more just policies. I can speak as a citizen & as a health care worker.
#BCpoli #CDNpoli #DisabledLivesMatter #FireBonnieHenry #PublicHealth #PublicTransparency #PublicAccountability #PublicScrutiny #BCNDP #NewDeathParty #StopTryingToKillUs #Covid #MasksSaveLives #BringBackMaskMandates #LongCovidDisables #Medical #Health #CovidIsNotOver #CovidSafety #FailureToProtect #ContagiousIllness #WearAMask #PeopleWithDisabilities 馃樂
I'd welcome some help on how to apply to be a citizen speaker in #BCgovernment legislature. I want to speak there about the failures on public health. I want to share how lack of covid safety by government killed my Dad. I want to share experiences with working with elderly who feel abandoned by government. I want to share how zero year round masking mandates have caused more preventable, contagious illness & how more folks are becoming disabled by this ongoing eugenics public health policies. I want to ask about defunding the only long covid clinic on South island. I want to share how the BC NDP has harmed & is still harming me, my family, my vulnerable clients, my friends & my living communities.
I do not have the #privilege to be able to ignore #racism & #eugenics or the ongoing #WarOnThePoor.
If you have more privileges - please don't ignore injustices. Please use your privileges to help to fight for folks lacking privilege.
I do not have the #privilege to be able to ignore #racism & #eugenics or the ongoing #WarOnThePoor.
If you have more privileges - please don't ignore injustices. Please use your privileges to help to fight for folks lacking privilege.
Trip a rich fucker, if you're disabled.
Trip a rich fucker, if you're disabled.
Voluntarily exposing yourself & your kids to covid or measles doesn't help build up immune systems. It actually makes them weaker & more susceptible to catching more viruses.
What blows my mind is the cognitive dissonance some parents have. I'm talking about parents who support aborting babies who they find out will be born with disabilities. They're the same ones who are OK exposing their non-disabled kids to preventable death/disabilities! It's a serious WTF.
*It's mostly Christo-Fascist types who are against abortion, unless it's aborting a disabled baby. They don't seem to have issues aborting babies who may be born with one or more disabilities.
