waiting to go into surgery now and thinking about surgery during the apocalypse
10.08.2025 22:56 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@ellatholmes.bsky.social
Writerβ¨ Essayist. Disability advocate. Thought-haver. Covid competent. Best of The Net Nominee π€― Wizard. Substack @ ellahasthoughts π https://linktr.ee/ellatholmes
waiting to go into surgery now and thinking about surgery during the apocalypse
10.08.2025 22:56 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0when i explain something about my disability and someone carelessly brushes it off saying "oh, everyone experiences that" just know that you have charged my ultimate bar a little more and the day is coming where i release The Beamβ’οΈ
10.08.2025 15:53 β π 748 π 168 π¬ 1 π 0oh? π do i spy a skeleton
10.08.2025 08:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0"David Lynch was open about the threat of COVID stopping him from directing again, as he was at risk of severe complication from the virus. Yet, how many people who mourned his passing would be ready to acknowledge that they are part of the problem that prevented [him] from making any new art?β
17.04.2025 19:31 β π 166 π 68 π¬ 0 π 0Readings are underway now! π Thank you so much to everyone who submitted and or supports this project!
Please expect to hear a result in the next 4 weeks, or September 10th at the latest.
That's right! @inkytealeaves.bsky.social and I are working on something COOL π
Stay tuned for videos exploring #disability in #books and movies and more, COMING SOON! www.youtube.com/@DisabledAnd...
Our first segment has something to do with... #Romantasy π
Medieval guy listening to a proclamation: this could have been a tapestry
06.08.2025 13:14 β π 935 π 246 π¬ 5 π 4π hello
π€ this story is brilliant
π€² you should read it
π€ thanks
I just checked the inbox and I can confirm your submission is there! thank you π
02.08.2025 22:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm still exploring my style of youtube video #essay and I now bring to you my 35 minute exploration of the fairytale 'Bearskin' and #disability π₯°
Watch "Made a Deal With the Devil, Got a Bath and a Wife: Bearskin as a Minority Body" here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xECJ...
#disabilitytheory
awww you're a gem ππ₯°
31.07.2025 08:58 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Sorry I can't beat the stereotype of starved and poor artist, but I am low on funds, currently unemployed, and I do writing and illustration! Ooops!
I have added some commissions to my ko-fi, including cover design, wizard illustrations, beta reading, and more π
ko-fi.com/ellaholmes/c...
if no Hot Chip then how happy?
31.07.2025 08:15 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Problem is, not enough of y'all realized it has never once STOPPED being "eugenics summer," and when some of us tried to tell you it's woven through literally everything in Western society from our public health policies to even our basic linguistic conventions, you looked at us like we had 3 heads.
31.07.2025 00:39 β π 569 π 195 π¬ 10 π 7now i'm losing it over 'procedurwes' and saying 'pwo-see-dwors' like a baby
31.07.2025 01:26 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0spending today extra pissed about the world letting COVID rip and run rampant because now i will be in agony and have no answers for an extra MONTH due to hospitals being overwhelmed by covid outbreaks & subsequently delaying procedurwes and appointments π
31.07.2025 01:24 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0SUBMISSIONS ARE CLOSING SOON!
Don't forget to get your stories in π₯°
1) there is a big difference between living through/with something and encountering it as a topic once in a medical class 2) GPs do not know everything. if they did, it wouldn't have taken me 11 years to get one diagnosis, nor would they have blown off my mother's breast cancer 3) i read
29.07.2025 12:06 β π 9 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"you don't know more than your doctor" babygirl i been seeing my GP for symptoms she hasn't even heard of
29.07.2025 12:03 β π 10 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0We need to teach people the difference between being uncomfortable and being unsafe. Because the discomfort of the safest people is endangering the most vulnerable, all day every day.
29.07.2025 04:09 β π 13452 π 4531 π¬ 78 π 124Hello! So happy to hear you're working on something π If you you submit it a few days late, just remind me in the email that we spoke about it! π
29.07.2025 08:40 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0I just saw a video about these ads and I was not prepared for just how gross they are π€’ I had to process my shock for a solid bit of time and I'm still flabbergasted
28.07.2025 15:36 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0The deadline is almost here! πI am so excited to read all the story submissions and bring this project to life π
28.07.2025 15:33 β π 2 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0Damn idk who made this anthology called 'Artifice & Access' but the stories are super cool and diverse π€
I also heard the ebook is ON SALE until the end of July π±
A little birdie also told me it's perfect when you're in the mood for something cosy and fantastical β¨
#booksky #books #bookrec
I am so excited for this!! <3
28.07.2025 02:15 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0If I ever say "I'm going to write a short essay on xyz" just know I'm unintentionally lying
27.07.2025 02:55 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I have so many projects and so little time/energy that it's like watching a super delicious icecream melt just out of reach π
26.07.2025 14:03 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've been in the trenches with health issues post surgery, BUT I think I am in the upward swing.
In the next month, I'm hoping to publish these video essays:
π»Bearskin & The Minority Body
βΏοΈ The Brother's Grimm & Disability
and maybe...
π« Shrek & Disability Theory
Please wish me luck π
I did get the "Please click on the button below to confirm your subscription" email, yes! π
26.07.2025 13:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0a screenshot of a WordPress page that says "Manage Subscribed Sites".
Sorry, I should have been clearer! The link I followed was from the first email asking me to confirm my subscription. That link took me to my WordPress subscriptions, and your blog didn't show up until I searched it and clicked "subscribe" again (pic attached)
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