Alice Wong

Nov 10, 2024 | disabilityvisibilityproject.com | Alice Wong

s.e. smithFifteen years ago, in October 2009, a mostly feminist group of comrades and I started Feminists with Disabilities for a Way Forward, quickly shortened to FWD, in response to a prominent feminist blogger who responded to an open letter raising concerns about the lack of disability inclusion in mainstream feminism and feminist publications with “well, make it yourself then.”So we did. And after two years of harassment, cold shoulders, and sniping, we closed it.

Nov 3, 2024 | disabilityvisibilityproject.com | Alice Wong

Anna HamiltonOne of the (supposedly) hot tips for creative people is that “we all have the same 24 hours in a day.” From bizarre LinkedIn posts to rich person fuckups during television interviews, this motivational chestnut is everywhere to the point of oversaturation. What the well-meaning hustle culture types who say this don’t tell you—or don’t believe, because why wouldn’t they–is that it is not true.

Oct 6, 2024 | disabilityvisibilityproject.com | Alice Wong

Today marks one year since the amplified Israeli genocide of Gaza began on October 7, 2023. When we started Crips for eSims for Gaza a few months later, Alice, Jane and Leah thought that this would be a modest fundraiser that would hopefully last a few months and possibly raise a few thousand dollars.

Oct 2, 2024 | disabilityvisibilityproject.com | Alice Wong

Hard to believe but I am a 2024 MacArthur Fellow! This has been a year with lots of highs and lows so receiving this was a surprise and it means a lot. I remember Ed Roberts was in the first cohort of fellows, later on Ralf Hotchkiss, Josh Miele, and perhaps a few others. There are so many disabled people out there doing amazing things and I hope there will be more disabled MacArthur fellows (disabled people of color in particular) in the future.

Sep 15, 2024 | disabilityvisibilityproject.com | Alice Wong

Jess WhatcottThe third Monday in September (September 16, 2024) is California Memorial Project Remembrance Day. Remembrance Day acknowledges and honors those who have died while confined to disability institutions in the state of California. In addition to honoring the dead, Remembrance Day also reminds us that thousands of people are still institutionalized, in some cases indefinitely, in the state’s hospitals and developmental centers as well as in privately run institutions.