It’s not directly impacting you, right? We see you. We know who’s on our side and who isn’t. This isn’t a disability issue. This is a humanity issue. Email your MP. Join the protests both online and offline and most importantly check on your disabled friends because we are not OK.

Nearly 5836 jobs listed on the government website. If you add a filter of Disability Confident that drops to 1364, then add fully remote and you're down to 13. Employers don't want to employ or make provision for disabled people. #DisabilityBenefits

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A reminder - they are going after #DisabilityBenefits cos they are terrified of their donors and the right-wing press, not because you have done anything wrong.

Sending so much love to my fellow disabled people today, we’re absolutely terrified. Please switch off the news if you need to, block certain words/phrases on social media and reach out to friends, family or @samaritans.bsky.social if you need to talk. #DisabilityBenefits

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#IWD feels harder than ever. We are dying at the hands of men every day. Rape is used as an act of war. Disabled women are 3 times more likely to face domestic violence. Men with huge platforms are freely talking about choking us. We are so far from accepted.

Appallingly tough day but turned around by books* and the love of a Good Man** and wine***. * Finished Rebecca. Instant love. Instant top 3 ever. Started Practice by Rosalind Brown and adoring it. ** Adam. *** Chicken wine.

I’ve got a £25 Amazon voucher. The obvious is books but I’m currently losing my mind because I’ve realised I can buy… Olive oil! Absolutely buzzing.

What would you spend a £25 Amazon voucher on?

New article arriving at 330pm about why we need to engrave our imagination more as adults. Shares appreciated 💋 (We’re going to ignore the 11 month hiatus, ok? I have ADHD. Good things take time 😉 ) #WritersOfBluesky #ChronicIllness #MECFS open.substack.com/pub/slowlivi...

I'm not sure yet if this site has the same community of #freelance writers eager to hear a #callforpitches as the other side, but let's see if we can't find out. @trailsmag.net is looking for pitches for Issues 10 and 11!

For the gazillionth time, if you really want to get the disabled people who could be working into jobs you are going to have to: Fix social care Reform Access To Work Beef up anti-discrimination laws Make transport accessible But you don't want to do that, do you?

I’m so used to the insomnia / sleep disturbances with #MECFS that I’ve got a recipe for making the most of it. - Get cosy in bed - Listen to white noise city sounds - Daydream of alternative cool girl Hollie who lives without illness in New York Genuinely comforts me during the long nights 🤍

related but opposite fun fact: if you click on any google ad for an etsy item and buy anything from that store in the next 30 days, it costs the creator 12-15% on top of standard fees. so if you see something cool..... don't click, type it in

Bed-bound girl has hobbies. A study.

Appalling fibromyalgia flare up. It’s been a while since it was this bad. My body is screaming, reacting to the pain that is air daring to keep it alive. Stupid bastard.

12 days left, short story writers! Get your skates on, and submit! bsky.app/profile/bris...

Very strong few days working on the novel. Actually liking what I’m writing, too. Weird. Writers- when/how do you work best? For me it’s afternoons, romantic jazz music, candles on, maybe a glass of Pinot noir or a cava. Sounds twee and cringe but I am twee and cringe.

all art is made from spite or horniness, and a computer cannot be spiteful or horny, so a computer should never make art

This is terrifying. Disabled people are statistically more likely to face physical, mental and emotional abuse. The fact these people had the extra vulnerability of being asylum seekers & the outcome could’ve been so much worse had he not been found out. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

2025 ins: - Prioritising serenity: evening hobby time, weekend walks by the sea, cat cuddles - Journalling with no rules - Water as our first morning drink - Daily outdoor time: I struggle with this as someone with ME who can be bedbound but even opening the window counts in this instance

Happy New Year

Second day of my period induced funk. Good start for a poem, or my reality? Good start for a poem, or my reality? (It’s my reality. I feel crap)

Imagine supporting the best team in the world 🥹 Exhilarating, silly times. ❤️🤍

Normalize New Year's Eve parties that involve you and your guests sitting around a crackling fire in a seaside cottage and sharing passages from your favorite books whilst indulging in multiple cups of tea and various pastries.

Family have gone home which, honestly, we’re all varying degrees of happy about. Silence is gorgeous. Cupboards full of treats. Freshly baked bread with butter for lunch. Plans to watch When Harry Met Sally with a bottle of champagne and to be in bed by 10pm.

Logged onto a well known beauty/pharmacy site today. First thing is a huge display of slimming products. It’s Dec 27th, we should be having the sales rammed down our throats. Instead we’re told to be done with the fun and suffer, swallow the pill and the chemical shake and JUST. BE. BETTER.

Boyfriend has a bad cold. Parents with loud voices are being loud. Brother is asleep on a makeshift bed in the living room. I have new slippers. It’s officially Christmas!

The in-laws got me Henderson’s Relish for Christmas and I’m chuffed. Strong and northern Christmas wishes to you all!

Writing has been going brilliantly, which surprises me. I’ve been listening to this folklore and evermore instrumental playlist which has a fire cracking effect on it. Perfect for grey December days writing about grief by twinkly tree lights. youtu.be/Iv-geTWVofE?...

It’s party food and a snowball for dinner season! Tonight we have: A snowball. 2 parts avocaat, 3 parts lemonade, big squeeze of lime Leftover vegetarian Christmas tart (pastry, cranberry sauce, Brussels sprouts, vegan bacon, Brie, Stilton) Mozzarella sticks Tempura prawns Roast potato mayo

TW I was raped twice. It didn’t make it to court. It ruined me. I will never get over the pain. Thank you, Gisèle. Thank you. To every single man: don’t be part of the problem. Men just like you rape women again and again. Be the change. #GiselePelicot

Don’t forget to order your prescriptions in time before Christmas!!!! Imagine brain zapping your way through the festivities

I’ve made, packed and posted 10 orders today that came through Etsy. I bought 16 vintage baubles for £1 at a car boot sale. I paid 95p for a plastic pot to piss in. This was my day. How was yours?

Saw something I’d like to apply for today. I ticked every box. Got to the last requirement- “politically neutral”. Oh. Oh no. Oh no no no no no.

Hello, btw. I’m Hollie-Anne. I’m an award-winning freelance journalist and broadcaster, a disability rights campaigner and a lover of daily joy. Published in the Guardian, i Paper, The Times and more. Writing a magical realism novel while also running a small jewellery business. I’ve got a cat.

Tonight is the final show of the Eras Tour and I’m emotional. Taylor Swift has genuinely changed lives with this tour as people got engaged at shows (not me), wore outfits of their dreams (me) and started businesses as a result (also me) I had the time of my life 💕