Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀
@shalidaask.bsky.social
Author & poet based in Cleveland, OH. I'm also super disabled—Sacral Agenesis, wheelchair, urostomy, diabetic, and mentally ill. So, y'all get the picture. My memoir is out!! 💜💜💜
https://www.loganberrybooks.com/shalida-askanazi-girls-wheelchair-book-launch
https://www.loganberrybooks.com/shalida-askanazi-girls-wheelchair-book-launch
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I have to keep reminding myself that I’m my ancestor's greatest creation, and they don’t play about me. I come from a long line of fighters, from Nigeria to Puerto Rico. I got this. 🙏🏾💜
Playing The Exit 8 and this game is so damn creepy
February 7, 2026 at 11:36 PM
Playing The Exit 8 and this game is so damn creepy
My book launch for my memoir was amazing last night! I felt so much love. Thank you @melaniesklarz.bsky.social and @clmwalkscle.bsky.social for showing up and supporting! @geetaminocha.bsky.social thank you for the sweet texts (and last minute outfit help) www.loganberrybooks.com/shalida-aska...
February 6, 2026 at 2:52 AM
My book launch for my memoir was amazing last night! I felt so much love. Thank you @melaniesklarz.bsky.social and @clmwalkscle.bsky.social for showing up and supporting! @geetaminocha.bsky.social thank you for the sweet texts (and last minute outfit help) www.loganberrybooks.com/shalida-aska...
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We are thrilled to announce a virtual book reading featuring @shalidaask.bsky.social, #MEAction’s own Creative Arts & Community Manager! Her memoir, That Girl’s in a Wheelchair, just launched yesterday!
Join us online February 20th at 3 pm ET: www.meaction.net/event-detail...
#Disability
Join us online February 20th at 3 pm ET: www.meaction.net/event-detail...
#Disability
February 3, 2026 at 6:26 PM
We are thrilled to announce a virtual book reading featuring @shalidaask.bsky.social, #MEAction’s own Creative Arts & Community Manager! Her memoir, That Girl’s in a Wheelchair, just launched yesterday!
Join us online February 20th at 3 pm ET: www.meaction.net/event-detail...
#Disability
Join us online February 20th at 3 pm ET: www.meaction.net/event-detail...
#Disability
Behind the scenes of my Cleveland Magazine shoot
December 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Behind the scenes of my Cleveland Magazine shoot
@clevelandmag.bsky.social named me one of 2026 most interesting people clevelandmagazine.com/articles/cle...
Cleveland Magazine's Most Interesting People 2026
Whether they have hidden talents, big-time fame or unexpected hobbies, these accomplished Clevelanders have unique backgrounds and stories — but they all share one thing in common: passion for th...
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December 22, 2025 at 2:26 PM
@clevelandmag.bsky.social named me one of 2026 most interesting people clevelandmagazine.com/articles/cle...
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refresh them altars, light a candle for your ancestors (colors can vary based on your own practice). light some of sage, palo santo, and sprinkle that florida water!
December 21, 2025 at 2:25 PM
refresh them altars, light a candle for your ancestors (colors can vary based on your own practice). light some of sage, palo santo, and sprinkle that florida water!
Look what came in the mail! My author copies for my memoir “That Girl’s in a Wheelchair” 🥹🥹
December 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Look what came in the mail! My author copies for my memoir “That Girl’s in a Wheelchair” 🥹🥹
Off topic but my mother would make the most delicious sticky buns for Christmas morning
I have to host Christmas breakfast and I need to make a dish for a Christmas dinner. I only want to cook once, what could I make that would satisfy both?
December 11, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Off topic but my mother would make the most delicious sticky buns for Christmas morning
Don’t forget to rsvp for my national book launch in February. The event will be at Loganberry Books on February 4th! That Girl's in a Wheelchair is almost here! #blackauthorsky #authorsky
THAT GIRL'S IN A WHEELCHAIR by Shalida A. Askanazi - Book Launch
Celebrate Black disabled poet Shalida A. Askanazi's new memoir, in conversation with Raechel Anne Jolie, author of RUST BELT FEMME
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December 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Don’t forget to rsvp for my national book launch in February. The event will be at Loganberry Books on February 4th! That Girl's in a Wheelchair is almost here! #blackauthorsky #authorsky
Not me getting recognized at the grocery store by someone who said they’re a fan of my writing and TikTok channel 😭😭 I was so damn awkward
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November 21, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Not me getting recognized at the grocery store by someone who said they’re a fan of my writing and TikTok channel 😭😭 I was so damn awkward
Frankenstein was absolutely amazing
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Frankenstein was absolutely amazing
It’s crusty bread and stew/soup season, where I like to pretend I’m a weary traveler who stumbles upon a tavern on the outskirts of a sleepy village.
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
It’s crusty bread and stew/soup season, where I like to pretend I’m a weary traveler who stumbles upon a tavern on the outskirts of a sleepy village.
A time was had tonight, but I gotta work in the morning so goodnight.
November 1, 2025 at 3:01 AM
A time was had tonight, but I gotta work in the morning so goodnight.
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
My seasonal affective disorder is a mess right now, but here is a reminder to myself and my fellow disabled baddies that you can be hot in a wheelchair and with an ostomy. We got this!
October 28, 2025 at 4:48 PM
My seasonal affective disorder is a mess right now, but here is a reminder to myself and my fellow disabled baddies that you can be hot in a wheelchair and with an ostomy. We got this!
New wheelchair ♿️
October 24, 2025 at 10:53 PM
New wheelchair ♿️
Rupi Kaur isn’t that great of a writer and she steals from Black poets 🤷🏾♀️🎤 *allegedly*
12. what's your most unpopular opinion?
October 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Rupi Kaur isn’t that great of a writer and she steals from Black poets 🤷🏾♀️🎤 *allegedly*
Lol they said, “Now it's really a party!”
A crew tried to deter orcas from attacking their boat by blasting heavy metal music underwater.
It didn't work. The orcas pummeled the boat's rudder, making it impossible to steer
It didn't work. The orcas pummeled the boat's rudder, making it impossible to steer
Orcas Pummel Boat After Crew Tries To Deter Them With Heavy Metal Music
Blasting underwater tunes to try and keep killer whales away is a bad idea for multiple reasons, a researcher says.
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October 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Lol they said, “Now it's really a party!”
This is the plot of Gen V, Vought preying on parents who want to start a family
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October 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
This is the plot of Gen V, Vought preying on parents who want to start a family
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11. gun to your head, which show are you choosing?
October 16, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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Libra
5. What is the worst zodiac sign you've dated?
October 14, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Libra
People afraid to visit downtown Cleveland are racist, I just can’t prove it yet
October 14, 2025 at 12:05 AM
People afraid to visit downtown Cleveland are racist, I just can’t prove it yet
Oh yeah this is delicious! Don’t mind my nails 😬
October 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Oh yeah this is delicious! Don’t mind my nails 😬