Re Gwaltney (she/they) ♿📝
@regwaltney.bsky.social
Everything writing. Tarot witch. Disabled and powerful.
Pronounced 'Ray'.
Pronounced 'Ray'.
Pinned
Hey! I'm an author of horror shorts with fantasy novels in various stages from drafting to querying. To goof off I train my own furbabies, play video games, and practice some eccentric witchery.
I'm also available for sensitivity editing (disability, trauma, LGBT) and writing consulting! DM me.
I'm also available for sensitivity editing (disability, trauma, LGBT) and writing consulting! DM me.
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White women need to learn to fight for each other collectively, and we need to learn it now. We are not safe, we are an intended demographic of victims.
For ourselves, for each other, for every other person who suffers under fascism.
White women need to learn to fight for each other collectively, and we need to learn it now. We are not safe, we are an intended demographic of victims.
For ourselves, for each other, for every other person who suffers under fascism.
Every Woman in America Needs to Watch This and Understand
YouTube video by Parkrose Permaculture
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November 14, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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White women need to learn to fight for each other collectively, and we need to learn it now. We are not safe, we are an intended demographic of victims.
For ourselves, for each other, for every other person who suffers under fascism.
White women need to learn to fight for each other collectively, and we need to learn it now. We are not safe, we are an intended demographic of victims.
For ourselves, for each other, for every other person who suffers under fascism.
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Y'all. Hire Vivian and earn an irrevocable* Abra Seal of Approval.
*Can and will be revoked if you start treating Vivian poorly.
*Can and will be revoked if you start treating Vivian poorly.
Queerly beloved, I have a decade+ of experience in network systems administration and cybersecurity and will move anywhere it's safe for a trans woman to live. If you know of any openings, please pass 'em on
November 13, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Y'all. Hire Vivian and earn an irrevocable* Abra Seal of Approval.
*Can and will be revoked if you start treating Vivian poorly.
*Can and will be revoked if you start treating Vivian poorly.
To my USian friends, don't forget that there are a lot of small elections across the country in the coming few weeks. Turnout determines them--so turn out.
October 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
To my USian friends, don't forget that there are a lot of small elections across the country in the coming few weeks. Turnout determines them--so turn out.
October 25, 2025 Trump admin is refusing to fund SNAP and using the Department of Agriculture's website to illegally post partisan messages blaming Democrats. Dems are trying to protect our healthcare, to be clear.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
October 25, 2025
Yesterday the Trump administration said it would not use any of the approximately $6 billion the U.S.
open.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:37 PM
October 25, 2025 Trump admin is refusing to fund SNAP and using the Department of Agriculture's website to illegally post partisan messages blaming Democrats. Dems are trying to protect our healthcare, to be clear.
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...
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i believe that we will win
September 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
i believe that we will win
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I'm not loving how every failed presidential candidate gets paid the entire budget of the publishing industry that year to write a book called I Learned Nothing
Jesus christ. It angers me deeply how not a single damn person in power who wants to at least pretend like they give a shit shout trans people will read even one damn book about the history of sex segregation in sports, cause you’d see how it’s all just sexist bs. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Kamala Harris cites concerns about trans athletes in her book
The Trump campaign attacked Harris over her positions on transgender rights. She says they were misconstrued.
www.politico.com
September 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I'm not loving how every failed presidential candidate gets paid the entire budget of the publishing industry that year to write a book called I Learned Nothing
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Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
September 20, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Disney/ABC have a responsibility to refuse to participate in corruption.
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
Kimmel must be reinstated. If Disney/ABC agree to this extortion then perhaps creatives + workers should consider collective action to push back. Same w/buying park + cruise tickets if they bow.
People have power. Ask Target
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Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities.
www.accessible-social.com
www.accessible-social.com
Accessible Social
Accessible Social is a free resource and education hub that helps marketers and content creators learn about accessibility and how it relates to social media.
www.accessible-social.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Alexa Heinrich's Accessible Social is a free resource for digital marketers, communication professionals, content creators, everyday social media users, and anyone who wants to learn how to make their content accessible for people with disabilities.
www.accessible-social.com
www.accessible-social.com
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i opened the wistful doorway
to my heart
& found your poem
frayed
hidden away
holding your words of love
& sunset sonnets
from long ago
fading
lost in time
& i remembered with a smile
when i was your muse
you were my poetry
then i tucked your poem away
saved
for another rainy day
#vss365 #doorway
to my heart
& found your poem
frayed
hidden away
holding your words of love
& sunset sonnets
from long ago
fading
lost in time
& i remembered with a smile
when i was your muse
you were my poetry
then i tucked your poem away
saved
for another rainy day
#vss365 #doorway
September 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
In a world where the stupidest words are half blurred and censored in random articles, please do not add disabled to the list.
It's not a dirty word. It's not upsetting. It's not inappropriate, adult, or bad. Stop erasing every sign of us and branding us like we're shameful.
It's not a dirty word. It's not upsetting. It's not inappropriate, adult, or bad. Stop erasing every sign of us and branding us like we're shameful.
September 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
In a world where the stupidest words are half blurred and censored in random articles, please do not add disabled to the list.
It's not a dirty word. It's not upsetting. It's not inappropriate, adult, or bad. Stop erasing every sign of us and branding us like we're shameful.
It's not a dirty word. It's not upsetting. It's not inappropriate, adult, or bad. Stop erasing every sign of us and branding us like we're shameful.
I am not giving Youtube my photo ID.
Do not give youtube your photo ID.
This is the perfect way to set yourself up to be doxxed. Don't believe for a MOMENT they'll be adequately protecting your sensitive info; there's no incentive or law requiring it.
Do not give youtube your photo ID.
This is the perfect way to set yourself up to be doxxed. Don't believe for a MOMENT they'll be adequately protecting your sensitive info; there's no incentive or law requiring it.
August 15, 2025 at 5:47 PM
I am not giving Youtube my photo ID.
Do not give youtube your photo ID.
This is the perfect way to set yourself up to be doxxed. Don't believe for a MOMENT they'll be adequately protecting your sensitive info; there's no incentive or law requiring it.
Do not give youtube your photo ID.
This is the perfect way to set yourself up to be doxxed. Don't believe for a MOMENT they'll be adequately protecting your sensitive info; there's no incentive or law requiring it.
Thanks to my amazing beta readers, my book's central relationship has evolved and deepened in ways I couldn't have imagined! I have a scene to expand into its one chapter, then an epilogue to rewrite, and then I'm going to be focusing more and more time on finer details and query prep.
#writesky
#writesky
August 11, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Thanks to my amazing beta readers, my book's central relationship has evolved and deepened in ways I couldn't have imagined! I have a scene to expand into its one chapter, then an epilogue to rewrite, and then I'm going to be focusing more and more time on finer details and query prep.
#writesky
#writesky
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Some good news!
A growing number of states are passing laws that require companies to sell wheelchair parts to wheelchair users so they can fix it themselves or bring it to a mechanic to fix it for them.
My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Wheelchair users are finally winning the right to repair
State laws are forcing private equity–backed firms—which can make buyers wait months—to allow DIY fixes.
www.motherjones.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Some good news!
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More books with women leads that aren't romance when?
August 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
More books with women leads that aren't romance when?
I have an awesome short story that I think will resonate with a lot of us writers right now coming out in @folkloricmag.bsky.social 's first issue!
Their release date and launch party are on the 22nd of August. I can't do a reading there, but I am so excited for this batch of Lore to exist!
Their release date and launch party are on the 22nd of August. I can't do a reading there, but I am so excited for this batch of Lore to exist!
August 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
I have an awesome short story that I think will resonate with a lot of us writers right now coming out in @folkloricmag.bsky.social 's first issue!
Their release date and launch party are on the 22nd of August. I can't do a reading there, but I am so excited for this batch of Lore to exist!
Their release date and launch party are on the 22nd of August. I can't do a reading there, but I am so excited for this batch of Lore to exist!
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It's like a virus. If they put out a statement at 2 weeks and we stop, then the next time they censor even more, we'll have to call 4 weeks to get them to even make a statement.
The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.
The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.
I'm seeing less posts about the Visa and Mastercard situation and I want to make it plain as day. You need to keep calling and bothering them, and losing them money.
Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.
Because if we lose this, they are going to cut more and more from what's available until you can only buy what they approve of.
Spoke with an anon source who had an interesting insight into Visa policy. Per a convo with their bank on the Steam/itchio situation today, Visa put new restrictions into place due to a new "government policy." The exact phrase used by Visa. No specific country was listed as the source of the policy
August 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
It's like a virus. If they put out a statement at 2 weeks and we stop, then the next time they censor even more, we'll have to call 4 weeks to get them to even make a statement.
The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.
The fight won't be easier to win a year from now. We just have to be relentless, we can't give them a recovery period.
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Since intersectionality is being brought up, Black trans women, enbies and men are being more disappeared, killed and abused than ANYBODY. So always remember to include antiblackness awareness in your activism or it’s literally useless.
Anyone who belongs to any minority group needs to be aware that what is being done to trans people can and will be done to them. In a decade we have been stripped of our rights to exist in public spaces by a press campaign and a well funded lobby.
August 8, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Since intersectionality is being brought up, Black trans women, enbies and men are being more disappeared, killed and abused than ANYBODY. So always remember to include antiblackness awareness in your activism or it’s literally useless.
One of the best things about doing sensitivity edits and related consulting work is the people I work with. People who want to do their best by disabled/queer readers tend to self-select for being genuinely decent human beings.
This has nothing to do with a recent client, noooo.
#writing
This has nothing to do with a recent client, noooo.
#writing
August 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
One of the best things about doing sensitivity edits and related consulting work is the people I work with. People who want to do their best by disabled/queer readers tend to self-select for being genuinely decent human beings.
This has nothing to do with a recent client, noooo.
#writing
This has nothing to do with a recent client, noooo.
#writing
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My journey into writing fiction started completely unexpectedly. Now it's taking over my brain. I think about structure, backstory, and character voices while brushing my teeth or standing on line for coffee.
I did not see that coming—but I love it.
#WritingJourney #WritingCommunity
I did not see that coming—but I love it.
#WritingJourney #WritingCommunity
August 6, 2025 at 4:47 PM
My journey into writing fiction started completely unexpectedly. Now it's taking over my brain. I think about structure, backstory, and character voices while brushing my teeth or standing on line for coffee.
I did not see that coming—but I love it.
#WritingJourney #WritingCommunity
I did not see that coming—but I love it.
#WritingJourney #WritingCommunity
Oh, so many new followers!
I'll be more active as time goes on. We're still dealing with some loss. In the meantime, tell me about yourselves!
I'll be more active as time goes on. We're still dealing with some loss. In the meantime, tell me about yourselves!
July 28, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Oh, so many new followers!
I'll be more active as time goes on. We're still dealing with some loss. In the meantime, tell me about yourselves!
I'll be more active as time goes on. We're still dealing with some loss. In the meantime, tell me about yourselves!
I love having a husband specifically for someone to yell at for toilet paper.
July 19, 2025 at 10:17 PM
I love having a husband specifically for someone to yell at for toilet paper.
I'm still alive!
We had a loss in the family. I'm recovering emotionally and physically. <3
We had a loss in the family. I'm recovering emotionally and physically. <3
July 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'm still alive!
We had a loss in the family. I'm recovering emotionally and physically. <3
We had a loss in the family. I'm recovering emotionally and physically. <3
I have discovered a neat trick to do stuff as an autistic person, and I am calling it permission to executive decisions.
See, we're really good at following instructions, but neurotypical people really hate giving complete and specific instructions. 1/?
See, we're really good at following instructions, but neurotypical people really hate giving complete and specific instructions. 1/?
July 1, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I have discovered a neat trick to do stuff as an autistic person, and I am calling it permission to executive decisions.
See, we're really good at following instructions, but neurotypical people really hate giving complete and specific instructions. 1/?
See, we're really good at following instructions, but neurotypical people really hate giving complete and specific instructions. 1/?
I am autistic, and have POTS, EDS, and fibromyalgia. There's also a fairly intense case of cPTSD in there to enjoy.
Disability Pride is great, but Disability Justice taught me dignity and community after a long grieving period. Look into Disability Visibility, Sins Invalid, Care Work. <3
Disability Pride is great, but Disability Justice taught me dignity and community after a long grieving period. Look into Disability Visibility, Sins Invalid, Care Work. <3
July 1, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I am autistic, and have POTS, EDS, and fibromyalgia. There's also a fairly intense case of cPTSD in there to enjoy.
Disability Pride is great, but Disability Justice taught me dignity and community after a long grieving period. Look into Disability Visibility, Sins Invalid, Care Work. <3
Disability Pride is great, but Disability Justice taught me dignity and community after a long grieving period. Look into Disability Visibility, Sins Invalid, Care Work. <3