Fiona Robertson
@fionaswriting.bsky.social
She/her, Disability Justice, feminist, equalities consultant, writer, performance poet. Zines, physics, poetry, politics, cats, accessibility, landscape, Scotland, complexity 🏴❤️🦕
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New followers: I make zines about disability!
All are free online as well as for sale as physical copies. The information shouldn't be paywallled.
-'Your Life Is Not Over: A Book Of Apocalypses And How To Survive Them'
-'Become Unbutterable'
-'Who Counts As Disabled?'
Here's what they're about:
All are free online as well as for sale as physical copies. The information shouldn't be paywallled.
-'Your Life Is Not Over: A Book Of Apocalypses And How To Survive Them'
-'Become Unbutterable'
-'Who Counts As Disabled?'
Here's what they're about:
Stranger Things Spoilers
People who think the Stranger Things finale didn't have enough loss were watching a very different show to me.
There were three scenes that were deeper wounds than any mere character death:
"We'll meet once a month."
Mike at the top of the stairs.
Will in the bar.
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People who think the Stranger Things finale didn't have enough loss were watching a very different show to me.
There were three scenes that were deeper wounds than any mere character death:
"We'll meet once a month."
Mike at the top of the stairs.
Will in the bar.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:29 PM
Stranger Things Spoilers
People who think the Stranger Things finale didn't have enough loss were watching a very different show to me.
There were three scenes that were deeper wounds than any mere character death:
"We'll meet once a month."
Mike at the top of the stairs.
Will in the bar.
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People who think the Stranger Things finale didn't have enough loss were watching a very different show to me.
There were three scenes that were deeper wounds than any mere character death:
"We'll meet once a month."
Mike at the top of the stairs.
Will in the bar.
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Happy New Year to everyone already celebrating, and when it comes to everyone yet to hear the Bells ❤️
May 2026 be better for us all. If it is not, let us at least have each other's backs.
May 2026 be better for us all. If it is not, let us at least have each other's backs.
January 1, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Happy New Year to everyone already celebrating, and when it comes to everyone yet to hear the Bells ❤️
May 2026 be better for us all. If it is not, let us at least have each other's backs.
May 2026 be better for us all. If it is not, let us at least have each other's backs.
The last rays of sun set on 2025. We went to Maidencraig to see some ducks and watch the clouds.
December 31, 2025 at 3:54 PM
The last rays of sun set on 2025. We went to Maidencraig to see some ducks and watch the clouds.
My answer to Lucille Clifton's poem 'i am running into a new year'.
Thanks to @katieailes.bsky.social and Loud Poets @iamloudpro.bsky.social for the prompt.
Thanks to @katieailes.bsky.social and Loud Poets @iamloudpro.bsky.social for the prompt.
December 31, 2025 at 1:37 PM
My answer to Lucille Clifton's poem 'i am running into a new year'.
Thanks to @katieailes.bsky.social and Loud Poets @iamloudpro.bsky.social for the prompt.
Thanks to @katieailes.bsky.social and Loud Poets @iamloudpro.bsky.social for the prompt.
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It would not be difficult, practically speaking, for someone from within the journalist/commentary clique whom Suzanne considers peers, to drop her an email and ask her what the 'killing off' of 'trans ideology' would look like, in real terms, including and especially for those immediately affected.
December 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It would not be difficult, practically speaking, for someone from within the journalist/commentary clique whom Suzanne considers peers, to drop her an email and ask her what the 'killing off' of 'trans ideology' would look like, in real terms, including and especially for those immediately affected.
Aberdeen Against Illegal Migration are no longer pretending to be just concerned citizens who are totes fine with brown people, just not 'illegals' - in their poster for their next protest they've included the white supremacist slogan 'Remigration'.
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December 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Aberdeen Against Illegal Migration are no longer pretending to be just concerned citizens who are totes fine with brown people, just not 'illegals' - in their poster for their next protest they've included the white supremacist slogan 'Remigration'.
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Bardot may have been iconic when I was a kid, but absolutely fuck her and everything she became.
December 28, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Bardot may have been iconic when I was a kid, but absolutely fuck her and everything she became.
I keep thinking about the new Knives Out: Wake Up, Dead Man. (potential spoilers)
There's so much in it about faith and what creates loyalty and meaning. But as a disabled person, the thread of the wheelchair user seeking healing had me bracing myself.
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There's so much in it about faith and what creates loyalty and meaning. But as a disabled person, the thread of the wheelchair user seeking healing had me bracing myself.
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December 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I keep thinking about the new Knives Out: Wake Up, Dead Man. (potential spoilers)
There's so much in it about faith and what creates loyalty and meaning. But as a disabled person, the thread of the wheelchair user seeking healing had me bracing myself.
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There's so much in it about faith and what creates loyalty and meaning. But as a disabled person, the thread of the wheelchair user seeking healing had me bracing myself.
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A small poem from last night.
December 26, 2025 at 1:08 AM
A small poem from last night.
We did the final pre-christmas supermarket trip (complete with breakdown in the card aisle), watched Scrooged, and we're in bed.
I hope your Christmas Eves are peaceful tonight. I hope, if you celebrate, tomorrow has joy and laughter and love. I hope, if you're grieving, your pain isn't too sharp.
I hope your Christmas Eves are peaceful tonight. I hope, if you celebrate, tomorrow has joy and laughter and love. I hope, if you're grieving, your pain isn't too sharp.
December 25, 2025 at 12:42 AM
We did the final pre-christmas supermarket trip (complete with breakdown in the card aisle), watched Scrooged, and we're in bed.
I hope your Christmas Eves are peaceful tonight. I hope, if you celebrate, tomorrow has joy and laughter and love. I hope, if you're grieving, your pain isn't too sharp.
I hope your Christmas Eves are peaceful tonight. I hope, if you celebrate, tomorrow has joy and laughter and love. I hope, if you're grieving, your pain isn't too sharp.
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This is the funniest and most embarrassing possible outcome for Bari. People are going to get to see a totally normal news piece that clearly isn't biased against Trump and think, "She was afraid that THIS would upset the administration??"
I just uploaded @jasonparis.bsky.social 's recording of the segment CBS News pulled from "60 Minutes" to YouTube:
WATCH: Segment CBS News Pulled From "60 Minutes"
YouTube video by Phil Lewis
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December 22, 2025 at 11:14 PM
This is the funniest and most embarrassing possible outcome for Bari. People are going to get to see a totally normal news piece that clearly isn't biased against Trump and think, "She was afraid that THIS would upset the administration??"
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Global TV in Canada has aired the full 60 Minutes segment about immigrants sent to CECOT.
Bari Weiss killed it hours before it was set to air.
The men who risked their lives to tell their story will finally be heard.
The whole world will know they were tortured.
Thank you Canada.
Bari Weiss killed it hours before it was set to air.
The men who risked their lives to tell their story will finally be heard.
The whole world will know they were tortured.
Thank you Canada.
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Global TV in Canada has aired the full 60 Minutes segment about immigrants sent to CECOT.
Bari Weiss killed it hours before it was set to air.
The men who risked their lives to tell their story will finally be heard.
The whole world will know they were tortured.
Thank you Canada.
Bari Weiss killed it hours before it was set to air.
The men who risked their lives to tell their story will finally be heard.
The whole world will know they were tortured.
Thank you Canada.
I wrote this before I heard Chris Rea had died - it's about grief, home, and what is holy in this jaded world.
How ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ Rewired My Brain
You won't believe me, but I wrote the below this morning, before hearing the news. I thought it was probably too mawkish to publish so kept it as a draft. Then I heard Chris Rea had died, and it felt too weird. But if Christmas isn't a time for…
You won't believe me, but I wrote the below this morning, before hearing the news. I thought it was probably too mawkish to publish so kept it as a draft. Then I heard Chris Rea had died, and it felt too weird. But if Christmas isn't a time for…
How ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ Rewired My Brain
You won't believe me, but I wrote the below this morning, before hearing the news. I thought it was probably too mawkish to publish so kept it as a draft. Then I heard Chris Rea had died, and it felt too weird. But if Christmas isn't a time for mawkish and weird, when is. So here is how Chris Rea reshaped my kid brain.
graniteandsunlight.wordpress.com
December 23, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I wrote this before I heard Chris Rea had died - it's about grief, home, and what is holy in this jaded world.
How ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ Rewired My Brain
You won't believe me, but I wrote the below this morning, before hearing the news. I thought it was probably too mawkish to publish so kept it as a draft. Then I heard Chris Rea had died, and it felt too weird. But if Christmas isn't a time for…
You won't believe me, but I wrote the below this morning, before hearing the news. I thought it was probably too mawkish to publish so kept it as a draft. Then I heard Chris Rea had died, and it felt too weird. But if Christmas isn't a time for…
How ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ Rewired My Brain
You won't believe me, but I wrote the below this morning, before hearing the news. I thought it was probably too mawkish to publish so kept it as a draft. Then I heard Chris Rea had died, and it felt too weird. But if Christmas isn't a time for mawkish and weird, when is. So here is how Chris Rea reshaped my kid brain.
graniteandsunlight.wordpress.com
December 22, 2025 at 11:23 PM
How ‘Driving Home For Christmas’ Rewired My Brain
You won't believe me, but I wrote the below this morning, before hearing the news. I thought it was probably too mawkish to publish so kept it as a draft. Then I heard Chris Rea had died, and it felt too weird. But if Christmas isn't a time for…
You won't believe me, but I wrote the below this morning, before hearing the news. I thought it was probably too mawkish to publish so kept it as a draft. Then I heard Chris Rea had died, and it felt too weird. But if Christmas isn't a time for…
Happy Yule to all who celebrate 🎄
I did what you're supposed to in the depths of darkness - I saw people I love who held me through this terrible year, ate good food, gave small gifts of thanks.
The light we hold onto in the dark is each other. Thank you for being here with me ❤️
I did what you're supposed to in the depths of darkness - I saw people I love who held me through this terrible year, ate good food, gave small gifts of thanks.
The light we hold onto in the dark is each other. Thank you for being here with me ❤️
December 21, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Happy Yule to all who celebrate 🎄
I did what you're supposed to in the depths of darkness - I saw people I love who held me through this terrible year, ate good food, gave small gifts of thanks.
The light we hold onto in the dark is each other. Thank you for being here with me ❤️
I did what you're supposed to in the depths of darkness - I saw people I love who held me through this terrible year, ate good food, gave small gifts of thanks.
The light we hold onto in the dark is each other. Thank you for being here with me ❤️
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One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
December 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
One of the reasons why I go so hard on science misinformation/disinformation, is that as a working scientist it is frustrating to see your research misreported to push an agenda.
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
For example, consider this piece of right-wing propaganda from The Telegraph that was just published
This is the last night before the light begins to return. I remember how many plans I had this time last year, and now I am just holding on, trying to survive the winter.
I don't think the dark is going anywhere anytime soon, for me.
I don't think the dark is going anywhere anytime soon, for me.
December 21, 2025 at 3:17 AM
This is the last night before the light begins to return. I remember how many plans I had this time last year, and now I am just holding on, trying to survive the winter.
I don't think the dark is going anywhere anytime soon, for me.
I don't think the dark is going anywhere anytime soon, for me.
I loved this Knives Out so much.
The Star Wars line was perfection, given everything.
The Star Wars line was perfection, given everything.
December 20, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I loved this Knives Out so much.
The Star Wars line was perfection, given everything.
The Star Wars line was perfection, given everything.
CN: pregnancy loss
Tomorrow it'll be twenty years. An incomprehensible time. This is the first year my mother won't call to check I'm ok.
youtu.be/LB3JS3bTkA8?...
Tomorrow it'll be twenty years. An incomprehensible time. This is the first year my mother won't call to check I'm ok.
youtu.be/LB3JS3bTkA8?...
Midnight Mass
YouTube video by Fiona Robertson
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December 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
CN: pregnancy loss
Tomorrow it'll be twenty years. An incomprehensible time. This is the first year my mother won't call to check I'm ok.
youtu.be/LB3JS3bTkA8?...
Tomorrow it'll be twenty years. An incomprehensible time. This is the first year my mother won't call to check I'm ok.
youtu.be/LB3JS3bTkA8?...
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Well. I'd be proud of him too.
December 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Well. I'd be proud of him too.
Come out on Sunday to our festive party!
Yes, there will unfortunately also be some fascists yelling 'christ is king' then insisting there's no room at the inn and we should send them back to Herod. Come help us show them this season, whatever your faith or lack of it, is about generosity and love.
Yes, there will unfortunately also be some fascists yelling 'christ is king' then insisting there's no room at the inn and we should send them back to Herod. Come help us show them this season, whatever your faith or lack of it, is about generosity and love.
December 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Come out on Sunday to our festive party!
Yes, there will unfortunately also be some fascists yelling 'christ is king' then insisting there's no room at the inn and we should send them back to Herod. Come help us show them this season, whatever your faith or lack of it, is about generosity and love.
Yes, there will unfortunately also be some fascists yelling 'christ is king' then insisting there's no room at the inn and we should send them back to Herod. Come help us show them this season, whatever your faith or lack of it, is about generosity and love.
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MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
December 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
MAGAZINER: How many veterans have you deported?
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
NOEM: We haven't deported veterans
MAGAZINER: We are now joined on Zoom by a combat veteran you deported to Korea
I know everyone wants to mock the White House font change, and I understand because it is SO ridiculous, but please don't lose sight of the fact it was changed to Calibri to make access better for people with various visual processing and neurological conditions.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I know everyone wants to mock the White House font change, and I understand because it is SO ridiculous, but please don't lose sight of the fact it was changed to Calibri to make access better for people with various visual processing and neurological conditions.
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I have slept for 30 of the last 35 hours. I hate the shakiness after a crash like that.
December 10, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I have slept for 30 of the last 35 hours. I hate the shakiness after a crash like that.
I am, once again, begging for a firm orthopaedic cervical pillow not made from memory foam. Please. Preferably one that isn't £150+.
I'm so sore and they've fucked my painkillers and I just need something thst actually supports my useless neck.
I'm so sore and they've fucked my painkillers and I just need something thst actually supports my useless neck.
December 9, 2025 at 12:00 AM
I am, once again, begging for a firm orthopaedic cervical pillow not made from memory foam. Please. Preferably one that isn't £150+.
I'm so sore and they've fucked my painkillers and I just need something thst actually supports my useless neck.
I'm so sore and they've fucked my painkillers and I just need something thst actually supports my useless neck.