Anna Whateley

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Not a Good Friday (Friday Fictioneers)

PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook “What happened?” “It’s too late. My illusion failed. The spell took hold.” “Now what?” “I don’t know.” She stared at him in shock. “You don’t know? You always know. That’s why I need you.” “Magic is not all or nothing. There are…

Oh thank you!!

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LOVED Someone Like Me!

Essays by 25 Autistic women and gender diverse people with so much diversity and creativity. Congrats to everyone involved in this brilliant book!
Edited by @clembastow.bsky.social & @jocaseau.bsky.social

With @cubbieberry.bsky.social, @annawhateley.bsky.social and more!

It really is!! Might even be available there eventually?

Someone Like Me: An anthology of non-fiction by Autistic writers An expansive anthology of creative non-fiction, memoir, graphic storytelling and more from a stellar line-up of Autistic gender-diverse and women writers

You know what? I'm not going to quote post any of the 'reassuring' articles about "are Autism rates actually increasing??" c/o RFK and Trump's dipshittery. Buy a copy of SOMEONE LIKE ME, or get your library to buy it, and just READ MORE AUTISTIC PEOPLE'S EXPERIENCES www.uqp.com.au/books/someon...

A handheld book of 'Someone Like Me' against a background red brick wall

Happy #PublicationDay and #ThankfulTuesday to #anthology #editors @clembastow.bsky.social @jocaseau.bsky.social
for #SomeoneLikeMe - a breakthrough #nonfiction #book about #autism by #ActuallyAutistic contributors
www.instagram.com/p/DGxE6PozF7...

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A electric looking blue lighter sparking

My cyclone proof lighter! I *knew* I needed you 😚

I’d rather not have a cyclone if that’s okay?

Amazing to share a name and condition with another Anna Whateley…

#fibromyalgia #doppelgänger

We Speak of Flowers From award-winning poet Eileen Chong comes a dazzling book-length poem, comprising 101 interconnected fragments that can be read in any order, inviting the reader to construct multiple interpretations.

She’s here! Book number 10. A poem for my ancestors in 101 fragments to be read in any order. A dreaming. An offering. ✨

www.uqp.com.au/books/we-spe...

It’s hard to invest in any platform at the moment. Pinterest is still my safest place 🤷‍♀️

Oh no 😣

So many writer friends of mine are starting Substack newsletters to get away from politically affiliated social media, and as far as I know, this is not ‘real’ news. Is it? Have they really supported him?
#loveozya #writers

I slept!!! Woohoo! Hope you did too

I’m usually so strict on my sleep but this school holidays and house renovations have left me a mess! I will have to figure out a new plan for tonight 😴

What are your favourite Autistic-led neuro-affirming podcasts?
Please share looking for new people to listen to and learn from - thank you !

I can only vent here because she’s not on bsky and OMG how do we learn to live with adult children?? I am not equiped for this. Tell me it gets better 😭
#parenting #nd

lol the banner. Class 👏

A bench under a lamp with barrels, in a snowy landscape by a frozen pond. Blue hues and rustic feel.

It’s tiny glade not glades! And it’s hard to explain how sweet it is, the music and lack of stressful restrictions. One more pic…. lol

A photo of my screen, pink hues, cottage with a sloped tiled roof and rustic feel. Very sweet.

Tiny Glades is winning as the feel good game of 2025 for me. Peaceful and creative, making worlds. Sheep 🐑 and ducks 🦆

I found it via doing their 3d puzzle on the oculus. Wow.

Kid built this in ten minutes.
#tinyglade #gaming

Hello! We are all finding our way to each other 🤪

Desperate for the rare metals, it’s a simple plan of own the land, warm the globe, mine the newly exposed metals 😞

Uh oh… 😟

When I wrote this article I was called all types of black b🦋tches by white neurotypical men first of all why are minding a black #autistic woman’s business please stay over there in your NT ignorant world #actuallyautistic #autismacceptance #blackandautistic #autism

I think about them often, surely they have a good movie deal in the works..

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