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Elea Chang
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Can be spotted scoot scooting. Sometimes gender (they / name only pls). Making affecttheverb.com / Disabled And Here.

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Elea Chang @elea.fyi · 6d
With many people covering Alice’s impact and legacy, the Alice Wong I want to remember is the woman behind all the bodies of work. The super blunt, funny, and empathetic human that I was able to be friends with for a little while.

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Photo of me (an Asian genderfluid person in my long hair femme days) alongside Alice (an Asian woman wearing a BiPAP mask and sitting in her power wheelchair). We are both smiling at the camera. Alice and I sit outside a cafe and smile for the camera. Alice (an Asian woman) has a BiPAP machine and a power wheelchair while I (a genderfluid Asian person in my long ombré red hair days) am leaning towards her awkwardly in my travel mobility scooter.
elea.fyi
Passing on the message from Instagram as approved by Alice Wong’s family and posted by Sandy Ho.

About Alice’s Celebration of Life:
About Alice's Celebration of Life In accordance with Alice's wishes, a community celebration of her phenomenal life is being planned by her close friends and family. The hybrid gathering will be in the spring. Details to follow. Meanwhile, we honor all forms of grieving and ritual, while holding that Alice had specific plans for her memorial. We're working on some delightful Alice inspired offerings to share here. Take care of yourself and each other.
November 21, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
I’m gonna reboost this and request a brain saving miracle because if Idont have enough my retirement that would be AWESOME

and rock back and forth before editing
blackamazon.bsky.social 🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10
Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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thellpsx.bsky.social
Hey we the living: @dopegirlfresh.blacksky.app has a fundraiser for some badly needed disability and getting out of hell needs. www.gofundme.com/f/support-my... check it out and support if you can.
Donate to Support My Journey to Safety and Health, organized by Lenée A. Voss
Hi, I'm Lenée. I am an organizer and cultural worker. I need your help to get ou… Lenée A. Voss needs your support for Support My Journey to Safety and Health
www.gofundme.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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thellpsx.bsky.social
llps.substack.com/p/alice-wong.... what is remembered lives. @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social and me wrote our assess off on our Crips for eSims memory song for our beloved @sfdirewolf.bsky.social . #AliceForever
Alice Wong was Crips for eSims for Gaza, and Everything to Us
by Jane Shi and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
llps.substack.com
November 17, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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ashantifortson.com
Heartbroken to learn of Alice’s passing. I looked up to her immensely, and I was so grateful for her patience, grace, creativity, & insight as a collaborator. I will miss her fierce kindness & her sharp wit so very much.

I drew this portrait of us in 2021 for CommunityAsHome. Rest in power, Alice.
Illustrated portrait of Alice Wong and Ashanti Fortson, surrounded by dreamy purple clouds and shooting stars.
November 16, 2025 at 6:19 PM
elea.fyi
With many people covering Alice’s impact and legacy, the Alice Wong I want to remember is the woman behind all the bodies of work. The super blunt, funny, and empathetic human that I was able to be friends with for a little while.

bits.elea.fyi/alice/
Photo of me (an Asian genderfluid person in my long hair femme days) alongside Alice (an Asian woman wearing a BiPAP mask and sitting in her power wheelchair). We are both smiling at the camera. Alice and I sit outside a cafe and smile for the camera. Alice (an Asian woman) has a BiPAP machine and a power wheelchair while I (a genderfluid Asian person in my long ombré red hair days) am leaning towards her awkwardly in my travel mobility scooter.
November 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
elea.fyi
For those not on Instagram, here is the statement from Alice Wong’s family:
Screenshot of Alice’s Instagram post. It has a statement from Alice’s family, reading: “"Alice Wong passed away on Friday, November 14th at UCS Hospital due to an infection. She was 51 years old. Alice lived in San Francisco and grew up in Indiana. Alice was the daughter to Henry and Bobby. The elder sister to Emily and Grace. The cat mom to Bert and Ernie, and a dear friend to many. She will be remembered as being a fierce luminary in disability justice, a brilliant writer, editor and community organizer. Her work can be found at Disability Visibility Project. As we mourn the incomprehensible loss of Alice, we share the words she gifted us with from her memoir, Year of the Tiger. "The real gift any person can give is a web of connective tissue. If we love fiercely, our ancestors live among and speak to us through these incandescent filaments glowing from the warmth of memories." We would like to invite her friends, community, and her many fans to contribute to Alice's GoFundMe to continue the legacy of her work." The caption for the image clarifies that it was posted by Sandy Ho.
November 15, 2025 at 10:07 PM
elea.fyi
Alice’s obituary: archive.is/oxA7l

Shared through Archive.is so we don’t have to support fascist-loving publications.
archive.is
November 15, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
Our beloved Alice Wong has joined the ancestors. It was one of the great honors of my life to call Alice my friend, co-author & co-conspirator. She was a true genius, a force of nature the likes of which the world has never seen before. I love you, Alice, and am equal parts grateful and devastated
Steven and Alice smiling and holding each other’s books
November 15, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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hollowoak.bsky.social
For those not on Instagram:
bsky.app/profile/drsh...
November 15, 2025 at 6:29 AM
elea.fyi
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.

Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 5:57 AM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
Failed country.
Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments
The Supreme Court has granted the Trump administration’s emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown.
apnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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amnis.bsky.social
It’s OR local governments - they’ve been on it 💚 The Oregonian and OPB @opb.org (Oregon Public Broadcasting) also have other pieces on SNAP funding in and by the state/local govs

bsky.app/profile/oreg...
November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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marisakabas.bsky.social
NEWS — The Oregon Department of Human Services has issued 100% of November SNAP benefits, per an alert on their website. I've received reports that the funds have already hit recipients' EBT accounts.

www.oregon.gov/odhs/news/Pa...
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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affecttheverb.com
Last in Disabled And Here’s T4T with Pride series is LP: “…trans Pride means trusting yourself. I don’t think I would have been able to survive Long COVID if I didn’t…see myself deserving of care, and trust that I am fully capable of asserting myself.”

affecttheverb.com/2025/lp-inte...
A masked non-binary Filipino person looks at the camera neutrally while sitting in a plant shop with his arm resting atop his forearm crutch. He has glasses, hair cut short and blunt save for a purposely wavy long strand, and is dressed in a large loose fit shirt, long shorts, and socks with clogs. A disabled non-binary Filipino person looks at his skateboard while doing a one foot pickup. The board forms an x as it’s mid-air in front of the person’s forearm crutch.
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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sfdirewolf.bsky.social
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
lexmcmenamin.com Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 19d
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
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byconniechang.bsky.social
Trans rights is a winning platform. Pro immigration is a winning platform. Taxing the rich is a winning platform. Affordable housing is a winning platform. Free childcare is a winning platform. Hating Andrew Cuomo is a winning platform. SOCIALISM IS A WINNING PLATFORM
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
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eladn.bsky.social
Teen Vogue rising after the 2016 election and dying after the 2024 election doesn't even feel like a metaphor as much as a microcosm of what is happening all over places that were once strong areas of resistance.
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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affecttheverb.com
Today in Disabled And Here T4T with Pride, meet lucky: “For me, trans pride means I’m existing despite it all!!! I am loving deeply and getting as free as I can each day, because that’s what I need, want, and deserve.”

affecttheverb.com/2025/lucky-i...
A non-binary Black person sits with their hands folded, gazing contemplatively at the camera. They have a trans flag bandana, glasses, a holographic rainbow face mask, and split dye ombré blonde and blue locs.
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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opb.org
Oregon and Washington joined a multi-state lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to force the Trump administration to continue funding the federal food assistance program as the government shutdown continues.
Oregon, Washington sue Trump administration to fund SNAP during shutdown
The states are among many that are going to court to force the federal government to use emergency reserve money to prop up the federal food assistance program.
www.opb.org
October 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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blackamazon.bsky.social
I’m going to add that, they are doing this on purpose to increase the idea that Brown families lie about their connections to take resources and take over America

Which is especially important as they push the idea of “real” American families
gregpak.net Greg Pak @gregpak.net · 25d
no joke: this line of attack is racist.

MANY people from MANY cultural backgrounds use “auntie” and “uncle” for older relatives and even close family friends.

the NYP knows this. this is just bad faith racist bullshit parading as cultural ignorance.
October 28, 2025 at 5:08 PM
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prisonculture.bsky.social
White people aren't doing well... Every Black and brown person on the PLANET reading this and thinking my mom's childhood friend's second cousin is considered our Aunt... LOSERS...
October 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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juliametraux.bsky.social
I am interested in starting to hear from care workers on SNAP about your concerns. I'm @motherjones.com's disability reporter. Please be in touch. My email is jmetraux@motherjones.com and my Signal is juliametraux.49. Reposts are appreciated.
October 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
elea.fyi
There are two other people in the waiting room today and both are wearing masks. None of the staff are masked, but not being the only masked person gives me a bit of hope this morning.
October 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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opb.org
Police say they responded to calls of a fire around 2:40 a.m. Sunday morning, and found several vehicles and a carport in flames. The cause of the fire is so far unknown.
‘Suspicious’ fire erupts overnight at Portland city councilor’s home
Councilor Candace Avalos said she was able to escape the fire safely. Police are investigating to see if the cause was arson.
www.opb.org
October 26, 2025 at 10:08 PM