Petra Writes
@writespetra.bsky.social
she/her | histrom writer | demisexual | spoonie | autistic | enby | writing misfits who fit together
Sometimes understanding you have dyspraxia allows you to be gentle with yourself, and sometimes it just makes you grumpy af.
Does not help that my new hip is sore tonight (PT got stepped up and it's tired; objectively better than pre-op arthritis pain).
#chronicillness #disability
Does not help that my new hip is sore tonight (PT got stepped up and it's tired; objectively better than pre-op arthritis pain).
#chronicillness #disability
July 26, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Sometimes understanding you have dyspraxia allows you to be gentle with yourself, and sometimes it just makes you grumpy af.
Does not help that my new hip is sore tonight (PT got stepped up and it's tired; objectively better than pre-op arthritis pain).
#chronicillness #disability
Does not help that my new hip is sore tonight (PT got stepped up and it's tired; objectively better than pre-op arthritis pain).
#chronicillness #disability
The Brothers Sinister series by @courtneymilan.com is carrying me through a major surgery (The Governess Affair kept me distracted through the last day pre-op and I just finished The Duchess War about 1.5 days post-op and am plowing ahead). #booksky #Romancelandia
June 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
The Brothers Sinister series by @courtneymilan.com is carrying me through a major surgery (The Governess Affair kept me distracted through the last day pre-op and I just finished The Duchess War about 1.5 days post-op and am plowing ahead). #booksky #Romancelandia
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They have identified a Neurotype that causes you to think you might be Autistic but also constantly question that you might not be Autistic.
It’s called Autism.
It’s called Autism.
a man wearing glasses is standing with his arms crossed .
Alt: Chidi can’t choose a hat
media.tenor.com
May 25, 2025 at 4:12 AM
They have identified a Neurotype that causes you to think you might be Autistic but also constantly question that you might not be Autistic.
It’s called Autism.
It’s called Autism.
June 19, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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Trans kids deserve to live.
Trans kids deserve to be happy.
Trans kids deserve to be themselves.
Trans kids deserve to be kids.
Trans kids deserve to become adults.
Trans kids deserve to choose.
Trans kids deserve better.
Trans kids deserve love.
I love you, Trans kids. 🫶🏻
You deserve better. 😔
Trans kids deserve to be happy.
Trans kids deserve to be themselves.
Trans kids deserve to be kids.
Trans kids deserve to become adults.
Trans kids deserve to choose.
Trans kids deserve better.
Trans kids deserve love.
I love you, Trans kids. 🫶🏻
You deserve better. 😔
Trans kids deserve to live.
Trans kids deserve to be happy.
Trans kids deserve to be themselves.
Trans kids deserve to be happy.
Trans kids deserve to be themselves.
Trans kids deserve to live.
June 19, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Trans kids deserve to live.
Trans kids deserve to be happy.
Trans kids deserve to be themselves.
Trans kids deserve to be kids.
Trans kids deserve to become adults.
Trans kids deserve to choose.
Trans kids deserve better.
Trans kids deserve love.
I love you, Trans kids. 🫶🏻
You deserve better. 😔
Trans kids deserve to be happy.
Trans kids deserve to be themselves.
Trans kids deserve to be kids.
Trans kids deserve to become adults.
Trans kids deserve to choose.
Trans kids deserve better.
Trans kids deserve love.
I love you, Trans kids. 🫶🏻
You deserve better. 😔
OMG this series is SO GOOD!
If you haven't read Liana de la Rosa's Luna Sisters books, this is a great time to start, because ANA MARIA AND THE FOX is on sale for $1.99! #historicalromance #romancelandia
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June 18, 2025 at 7:47 PM
OMG this series is SO GOOD!
I want to nap and nurse my chronic pain, but kiddo is having a bad abdominal migraine and he needs me awake until he stabilizes. Go, chronically ill family, go!
a cartoon character says " i can do this " in a green shirt
Alt: GIF of Bruno from the animated movie Encanto. Bruno, a middle-aged Latino man with chin-length curly black hair and a green poncho, anxiously says, "I can do this, I can do this."
media.tenor.com
June 18, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I want to nap and nurse my chronic pain, but kiddo is having a bad abdominal migraine and he needs me awake until he stabilizes. Go, chronically ill family, go!
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NEW: While House Republicans are grappling with Trump's Iran stance, Republicans in the Senate are full steam ahead. Elizabeth Warren said "There's evidently a serious medical problem with the Senate Republicans. They've all had their spines removed."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Senate Republicans circle wagons as Trump beats war drum on Iran
Senate Republicans are largely standing with President Donald Trump as he escalates U.S. involvement in Israel’s war with Iran.
www.independent.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
NEW: While House Republicans are grappling with Trump's Iran stance, Republicans in the Senate are full steam ahead. Elizabeth Warren said "There's evidently a serious medical problem with the Senate Republicans. They've all had their spines removed."
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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The regime has posted signs at Manzanar, the WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans, asking visitors to report "negative" historical interpretations. Hard to imagine a positive interpretation but it's probably just an excuse to shut down the park.
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
Signs to police 'negative' history went up at Manzanar. Historians are nervous.
"It sends a pretty clear message that your story is not welcome here."
www.sfgate.com
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The regime has posted signs at Manzanar, the WWII concentration camp for Japanese Americans, asking visitors to report "negative" historical interpretations. Hard to imagine a positive interpretation but it's probably just an excuse to shut down the park.
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth just said on Colbert, "We should all live long enough to develop a disability," & the audience laughed uncomfortably.
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
June 17, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Sen. Tammy Duckworth just said on Colbert, "We should all live long enough to develop a disability," & the audience laughed uncomfortably.
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
I can tell you what they were thinking. It was "Not me. That would never happen to me."
& the underlying, unacknowlged premise was "b/c I'm better than that."
Post a fictional death that devastated you.
June 17, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Post a fictional death that devastated you.
9yo building a Lego Minecraft fox first enjoyed how much the tail articulated, then decided the fox has arthritis in his back leg so he uses his tail as a leg instead and I love that he is incorporating disability into play.
June 16, 2025 at 11:52 PM
9yo building a Lego Minecraft fox first enjoyed how much the tail articulated, then decided the fox has arthritis in his back leg so he uses his tail as a leg instead and I love that he is incorporating disability into play.
Recently finished FIRE'S HAND, FATE'S HEART by Lindsey Brounstein, and the sequel drops next week, so here's my plug: epic fantasy, ensemble cast, found family, queer rep (incl. bi, ace, and poly). Not spicy; the beginnings of romance subplots in book 1 but lots of focus on friendships. 5⭐️
June 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Recently finished FIRE'S HAND, FATE'S HEART by Lindsey Brounstein, and the sequel drops next week, so here's my plug: epic fantasy, ensemble cast, found family, queer rep (incl. bi, ace, and poly). Not spicy; the beginnings of romance subplots in book 1 but lots of focus on friendships. 5⭐️
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Abundance!
www.fastcompany.com/91307514/ice...
www.fastcompany.com/91307514/ice...
Iceland built 1,756 wheelchair ramps in the past 4 years. Why can’t other countries do that?
Haraldur “Halli” Thorleifsson has helped build thousands of ramps across Iceland. Now, he wants to bring accessibility to other countries.
www.fastcompany.com
June 15, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Abundance!
www.fastcompany.com/91307514/ice...
www.fastcompany.com/91307514/ice...
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In addition to dehumanizing Autistic people they didn’t find worthy of existence …
Ivar Lovass (the inventor of ABA) & Hans Asperger were both Nazis.
The concern that Autistic ppl have when RFK Jr. wants to start collecting data on Autistic ppl is a legitimate concern.
#RemoveRFK
Ivar Lovass (the inventor of ABA) & Hans Asperger were both Nazis.
The concern that Autistic ppl have when RFK Jr. wants to start collecting data on Autistic ppl is a legitimate concern.
#RemoveRFK
Today in unsurprising news and research revelations:
ABA Therapy’s founder, Ole Ivar Lovaas, was a local leader of A Norwegian WWII fascist youth movement, and "he and his family were Nazi collaborators."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
ABA Therapy’s founder, Ole Ivar Lovaas, was a local leader of A Norwegian WWII fascist youth movement, and "he and his family were Nazi collaborators."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
May 19, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In addition to dehumanizing Autistic people they didn’t find worthy of existence …
Ivar Lovass (the inventor of ABA) & Hans Asperger were both Nazis.
The concern that Autistic ppl have when RFK Jr. wants to start collecting data on Autistic ppl is a legitimate concern.
#RemoveRFK
Ivar Lovass (the inventor of ABA) & Hans Asperger were both Nazis.
The concern that Autistic ppl have when RFK Jr. wants to start collecting data on Autistic ppl is a legitimate concern.
#RemoveRFK
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Police departments have exponentially more control over how officers are recruited, trained, and overseen than a protest does over its participants, but are allowed by a sympathetic press to use the "bad apples" defense to separate deeds from goals and institutions in a way protestors often aren't.
June 15, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Police departments have exponentially more control over how officers are recruited, trained, and overseen than a protest does over its participants, but are allowed by a sympathetic press to use the "bad apples" defense to separate deeds from goals and institutions in a way protestors often aren't.
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Regarding the utility of protest, the final word goes to Harvey Milk:
"I know that you cannot live on hope alone. But without it, life is not worth living. And you, and you, and you...you gotta give 'em hope."
"I know that you cannot live on hope alone. But without it, life is not worth living. And you, and you, and you...you gotta give 'em hope."
June 14, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Regarding the utility of protest, the final word goes to Harvey Milk:
"I know that you cannot live on hope alone. But without it, life is not worth living. And you, and you, and you...you gotta give 'em hope."
"I know that you cannot live on hope alone. But without it, life is not worth living. And you, and you, and you...you gotta give 'em hope."
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okay so we've got
-- DHS goons handcuffing a U.S. Senator
-- Marines in LA violating posse comitatus
-- political assassinations in MN
And that's just, like, the last couple of days
-- DHS goons handcuffing a U.S. Senator
-- Marines in LA violating posse comitatus
-- political assassinations in MN
And that's just, like, the last couple of days
June 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
okay so we've got
-- DHS goons handcuffing a U.S. Senator
-- Marines in LA violating posse comitatus
-- political assassinations in MN
And that's just, like, the last couple of days
-- DHS goons handcuffing a U.S. Senator
-- Marines in LA violating posse comitatus
-- political assassinations in MN
And that's just, like, the last couple of days
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Dear News Networks:
The term for a “targeted politically motivated shooting” of a currently serving legislator is “Assassination.”
The term for a “targeted politically motivated shooting” of a currently serving legislator is “Assassination.”
June 14, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Dear News Networks:
The term for a “targeted politically motivated shooting” of a currently serving legislator is “Assassination.”
The term for a “targeted politically motivated shooting” of a currently serving legislator is “Assassination.”
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Protest sign from my relative who works in the public school system! W00T!
#Resist #NoKings #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #Indivisible #Protest
#Resist #NoKings #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #Indivisible #Protest
June 14, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Protest sign from my relative who works in the public school system! W00T!
#Resist #NoKings #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #Indivisible #Protest
#Resist #NoKings #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #Indivisible #Protest
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Horrifying news out of Minnesota this morning as political violence takes the lives of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. @Chasten and I are holding their loved ones in our hearts and praying for State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette as they recover.
June 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Horrifying news out of Minnesota this morning as political violence takes the lives of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark. @Chasten and I are holding their loved ones in our hearts and praying for State Senator John Hoffman and his wife Yvette as they recover.
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On the way to today’s No Kings rallies! Come protest with us in Evanston (until 12) and Des Plaines (1-3). See you there.
June 14, 2025 at 3:19 PM
On the way to today’s No Kings rallies! Come protest with us in Evanston (until 12) and Des Plaines (1-3). See you there.
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This is what we do to people who risked their lives to help Americans.
WATCH: “I WAS AN INTERPRETER IN AFGHANISTAN FOR 3 YEARS.”
ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal.
Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.
ICE grabs a man whose name they don’t even know at his immigration hearing, shackles him, expedites his removal.
Q: Why would anyone ever help our military again? — Trump is endangering and weakening our military.
June 13, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is what we do to people who risked their lives to help Americans.
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1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning.
- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.
The latest from S. Baum.
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- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
Largest Trans Survey Ever: Top Reason Trans People Stop Transitioning Is Transphobia
“In almost every single case, the reason was anti-trans discrimination in the form of pressure to ‘detransition’ from one’s family, friends, or community.”
www.erininthemorning.com
June 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM
1. The US Transgender Survey has finally been released, and the results are stunning.
- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
- <1% of people are less satisfied after HRT.
- The most common reason for detransition, pausing transition, or stopping transition is transphobia.
The latest from S. Baum.
Subscribe to support our journalism.
We need an #actuallyautistic singer/songwriter to make a song listing all the famous Autistic folks. (Like Adam Sandler did for the Jewish community with his Hanukkah Song, but a new song, not a parody.)
June 12, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We need an #actuallyautistic singer/songwriter to make a song listing all the famous Autistic folks. (Like Adam Sandler did for the Jewish community with his Hanukkah Song, but a new song, not a parody.)