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In light of #AWP2020 and their sudden willingness of accommodate peoples' desire to telespeak, I'm sharing this piece @karriehiggins and I wrote a while back when they SCOFFED at such a request:
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@karriehiggins Karrie has already tweeted about this issue on here, go read about it. I just wanted to point out how much it hurts to see this issue embraced now, when it was such a (ridiculous) hurdle then.
@karriehiggins When #disabled writers needed accessibility, we were shamed by #awp. I will never go back until major things change when it comes to AWP and #criplit and those of us who write it. @GeorgesDryad @SFdirewolf
THREAD:
Hi everyone. I'm a writer. I'm also a scientist with a training in microbiology and virology.
I've just decided to skip #AWP this year.
1) The risk for me personally is very *very* low. That's not what this is about.
Hi everyone. I'm a writer. I'm also a scientist with a training in microbiology and virology.
I've just decided to skip #AWP this year.
1) The risk for me personally is very *very* low. That's not what this is about.
2) There are high risk people in my communities, though, and I don't think we can just imagine that "only X and Y people die of this so it isn't a problem."
3) It appears we are at the beginning stages of community transmission in the US.
