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This kind of rhetoric relies on old eugenics tropes. It's a hop and a skip from "the people we don't like are deformed" to "the people we don't like don't belong in public." And there's already a push toward more institutionalization (see the US DOJ opinion issued on June 18th, 2026).

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Watching and subscribing on Youtube is free. You can subscribe today. Videos are planned to release weekly, starting September 1st. I have 10 episodes in this particular series. YouTube.com/@Dr.Heffers

I'm excited to share this new project with y'all! I've been researching eugenics with a Disability Studies lens, analyzing how it shows up in literature, as well as in the broader culture. Sharing with friends and colleagues is much appreciated!

Yesterday: 🎨 Painted layer 1 of a nature scene on a canvas ✒️ Wrote the second scene of my new novel Today: 🎨 Painted layer 2 on the canvas ✒️ Editing my dissertation story collection

Multimorbid’s oftentimes darkly comic take on disability leaves everyone complicit and a little bit scarred—care teams lost in the red tape of their own ‘efficiency’; friends and patients alike, trying and failing, and doing their best. Multimorbid Rebecca Wood kithbooks.com/shop/p/multimorbid

I'm excited to share this new project with y'all! I've been researching eugenics with a Disability Studies lens, analyzing how it shows up in literature, as well as in the broader culture. Sharing with friends and colleagues is much appreciated!

Yesterday: 🎨 Painted layer 1 of a nature scene on a canvas ✒️ Wrote the second scene of my new novel Today: 🎨 Painted layer 2 on the canvas ✒️ Editing my dissertation story collection

The Grief Shop by Alex DiFrancesco (@alessandrostardust.bsky.social) is so good, y'all!

I'm happy to help with edits! I can also do sensitivity reads in the queer & disability realms. I work in fiction, CNF, & poetry. I have my MFA in CW, MA in English, & PhD in English Studies. tinyurl.com/AudreyTEdits #Writing #WritingCommunity #Revision #Disability #LGBTQ #Edit #Edits #Editing

I'm happy to help with edits! I can also do sensitivity reads in the queer & disability realms. I work in fiction, CNF, & poetry. I have my MFA in CW, MA in English, & PhD in English Studies. tinyurl.com/AudreyTEdits #Writing #WritingCommunity #Revision #Disability #LGBTQ #Edit #Edits #Editing

I've been in the trenches researching/writing about eugenics in literature and culture for a Youtube series I'm putting together. This "women need to marry young" line of thinking is something that Francis Galton, the man who coined the term "eugenics," was complaining about way back in 1901.

It’s a good day to read BIPOC stories!

Currently curled up in bed with the cat as we try to ignore the fireworks that are, for some ungodly reason, directly outside our window.

My child tried to explain the concept of a Let's Play to me today.

What I had when coming into the medical office this morning: - a PhD - email receipts - a star chart in Virgo sun and Virgo rising What I hadn't had: - coffee - my meds - patience for condescending (and incorrect) bullshit

Ending the day with oil pastels, charcoal, and acrylic on my fingertips.

We are in a full on dictatorship, rivaling the most entrenched ones in the world. Anti ICE activists, who printed a zine, are labeled “terrorist” and sentenced to 30-100 years in federal prison. By this metric we’re all targets. Genuinely chilling. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Coming on October 6th 2026 is my new nonfiction title DEAR BLIND LADY from @sasquatchbooks.bsky.social I’m so excited to share this snarky but helpful guide to how to be better humans to one another. Preorder anywhere you buy books, and check out snarkbat.com for more!

The imagery here implies something very specific. "LGBTQ+" is an overly polite cover for anti-trans bigotry. Don't get it twisted: the bigotry is coming for each and every one of us. But the discourse has spent years building a case against very particular targets.

Post your favourite onscreen dad!

non-disabled people need to be loud about this. your silence is compliance. be loud and unapologetic about your allyship for disabled people. uplift disabled voices. donate to disabled mutual aid funds. educate yourself. follow disabled people.

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Know what TV show actually wouldn’t get made today? The Twilight Zone. Half of these fuckin’ episodes are about fascism.

First basil harvest of the season. Paired it with gnocchi. There's nothing quite like fresh basil from the garden. 🤌🏻

I'm trying to convince myself to get up and make coffee, but I have a 103 degree fever and am covered in cats.

What good poetry books have y'all read lately?

I'm so sick that I made myself two cups of tea at once: an herbal thing infused with zinc, and an Irish breakfast tea. 🤒

What good poetry books have y'all read lately?

Now offering: - developmental edits - line edits - sensitivity reads 🌈♿ - special add-ons Both prose & poetry! Rates are listed on the site. There's an easy form to fill out if you're interested. audreytcarrollwrites.weebly.com/services.html

Now offering: - developmental edits - line edits - sensitivity reads 🌈♿ - special add-ons Both prose & poetry! Rates are listed on the site. There's an easy form to fill out if you're interested. audreytcarrollwrites.weebly.com/services.html

This Pride Month it'd be super cool if folks remembered disabled queer folks exist. Include alt text with every image you post. If you're forgetful (like me) there's a toggle under Accessibility in Settings to remind you every time you post. Make this Pride an accessible one.

Along with the reminder that bi/pan people are still bi/pan no matter who their partner is, please remember that romance novels about 2 characters of different genders can still be queer romances. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been told my bi4bi MF romances don’t count.

a lovely audience member asked my panel about this at the PGH Book Fest this weekend and there were audible gasps from the audience when we all agreed we want readers to use the library. This shouldn't be secret knowledge! Don't feel guilty, there's no reason to!

Happy Pride! Folks on the asexual and aromantic spectrum are queer too. The A in LGBTQIA+ belongs to us, not allies. Being queer isn't only about who you fuck.

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Taking your kid to Chuck E. Cheese hits different when you know the Five Nights at Freddy's lore. 😶‍🌫️

Drinking Coffee, Watching Grackles: The Audrey Heffers Story

My first review! See what @nicole.curlsuptoread on instagram thinks of Multimorbid! www.instagram.com/p/DY161fCOuU... Get your copy here www.kithbooks.com/shop/p/multi...

They didn't die while serving in the military, but they died protecting our freedoms from those who would destroy them, nonetheless. Remembering these heroes on this Memorial Day.

Another disability scholar adding on: The "anti-ai is ableist" argument is built on the objectification of disabled people. Disabled people are treated as a tool so that AI proponents can win an argument and/or profit. The argument also acts as if disabled people are a monolith without any nuance.

I’m finalizing my list of authors for my pride short story series. Queer writes, have any of y’all published a short story recently that you’re proud of? (It must be freely accessible online.)

Walking a cat is a more intense workout setting than walking a dog. Or: this is at least the case with one of our cats, who I just took out on a harness for the first time in years. She complained the whole time, but then fought me whenever I suggested we could go back inside. 😆

My debut novella THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS is coming out in September. I can’t wait! 📚🏳️‍🌈 📚💙 📚🏳️‍⚧️ Available for preorder here: www.amazon.co.uk/This-World-E...

Starting the morning by listening to Queen with the cat.

Wrapped up most of the research for this project on eugenics & literature. Now moving into the scripting stage! Eventually, this will be a series of publicly-accessible Youtube videos, which I'm really excited for! #AcademicSky #Disability #BookSky

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone by James Baldwin Circe by Madeline Miller The Buddha in the Attic by Julie Otsuka

Pick a Bond from the photos you already have on your phone.