{"id":188443,"date":"2016-11-28T02:41:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T10:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=188443"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:22:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:22:22","slug":"124-criplit-chat-resistance-through-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2016\/11\/28\/124-criplit-chat-resistance-through-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"12\/4 #CripLit Chat: Resistance Through Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"

#CripLit Twitter Chat<\/b><\/h4>\n

Resistance Through Writing<\/b><\/h4>\n

Sunday, December 4, 2016<\/b><\/h4>\n

4 pm Pacific\/ 7 pm Eastern<\/b><\/h4>\n

Co-Hosts: Nicola Griffith <\/b>@Nicolaz<\/span><\/a> and Alice Wong <\/b>@DisVisibility<\/span><\/a><\/h4>\n

Co-partners of #CripLit<\/strong>, novelist Nicola Griffith<\/strong> and Disability Visibility Project\u2019s Alice Wong<\/strong>, are proud to host the fourth #CripLit Twitter chat for disabled writers. <\/span><\/p>\n

All disabled writers are welcome to participate in the chat including reporters, essayists, poets, cartoonists, bloggers, freelancers, unpublished or published. We want to hear from all of you! Check the #CripLit hashtag on Twitter for announcements of future chats that will focus on different genres or topics.<\/span><\/p>\n

How to Participate<\/b><\/h3>\n

Follow <\/span>@nicolaz<\/span><\/a> and <\/span>@DisVisibility<\/span><\/a> on Twitter<\/span><\/p>\n

Use the hashtag <\/span>#CripLit<\/span><\/a> when you tweet. If you only want to respond to the questions, check <\/span>@DisVisibility<\/span><\/a>\u2019s timeline during the chat. The questions will be timed several minutes apart. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Check out this explanation of how to participate in a chat by Ruti Regan: <\/span>https:\/\/storify.com\/RutiRegan\/examplechat<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t use Twitter and want to follow along in real-time, <\/span>check out the live-stream:<\/span> http:\/\/twubs.com\/CripLit<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

#CripLit Tweets for 12\/4 chat<\/b><\/h3>\n

Welcome to our 4th #CripLit chat. We had planned a chat with disabled editors but the recent US election has made this topic more urgent. <\/span><\/p>\n

We hope to bring you that editor roundtable next month but this chat will discuss resistance through writing. #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

If you respond to a question such as Q1, your tweet should follow this format: \u201cA1 [your message] #CripLit\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Q1 Please introduce yourself, describe your background in writing plus any links about you & your work #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q2 As a disabled writer, what do you feel the need to resist right now? What forces are you \u2018up against\u2019? #CripLit <\/span><\/p>\n

Q3 Whose writing has made a difference to you? In what way? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q4 What is the role of artists and writers in resistance and speaking truth to power in times of upheaval and uncertainty? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q5 Will writing be part of your resistance? What will you write about? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q6 Who do you want to read your work of resistance? Will you write in a different way to persuade your readers to resist? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q7 How will you and your work reach those readers? What strategies or advice do you have on getting one\u2019s work out? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q8 What do you want your readers to take away from your writing? <\/span>What actions or changes are you hoping for? <\/span>#CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q9 What do you do for self-care during difficult times? What nurtures and sustains your creativity, passion, & ability to write? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

Q10 How can we best support each other in the next year? What critical conversations should disabled writers be having? #CripLit<\/span><\/p>\n

This concludes our 4th #CripLit chat! Please keep the convo going. <\/span><\/p>\n

Be sure to tweet co-hosts <\/span>@nicolaz<\/span><\/a> @DisVisibility<\/span><\/a> questions, comments, and ideas for the next #CripLit chat<\/span><\/p>\n

Additional Links<\/b><\/h3>\n

Disability Art, Scholarship and Activism<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Nicola Griffith (5\/18\/16)<\/span><\/p>\n

No Place For Self-Pity, No Room For Fear<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Toni Morrison, The Nation (3\/23\/15)<\/span><\/p>\n

Writing as Resistance<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chris Hedges, Washington\u2019s Blog (7\/17\/16)<\/span><\/p>\n

About<\/b><\/h3>\n

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Nicola Griffith<\/b> is a British novelist, now dual US\/UK citizen. In Yorkshire, England, she earned her beer money teaching women\u2019s self-defence, fronting a band, and arm-wrestling in bars, before discovering writing and moving to the US. She was diagnosed with MS the same month her first novel<\/span> Ammonite<\/span><\/i><\/a> was published. Her other novels are<\/span> Slow River<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span> The Blue Place<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span> Stay<\/span><\/i><\/a>,<\/span> Always<\/span><\/i><\/a> and<\/span> Hild<\/span><\/i><\/a>. Her essays and short fiction have appeared in an assortment of academic texts and a variety of journals, including <\/span>Nature<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>New Scientist, Los Angeles Review of Books<\/span><\/i> and <\/span>Out<\/span><\/i>. Among other honours her work has won the Washington State Book Award, the Tiptree, Nebula, and World Fantasy Awards, the Premio Italia, and six Lambda Literary Awards. <\/span>She is married to writer Kelley Eskridge and lives in Seattle where she emerges occasionally from work on her seventh novel to drink just the right amount of beer and take enormous delight in everything.<\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter:<\/span> @nicolaz<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Blog:<\/span> https:\/\/nicolagriffith.com\/blog\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook:<\/span> https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nicolagriffith<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

YouTube:<\/span> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/amm0nit3\/playlists<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"Asian<\/p>\n

Alice Wong<\/b> is a San Francisco-based disability advocate, freelance journalist, television watcher, cat lover, and coffee drinker. Alice<\/span> is the Founder and Project Coordinator for the<\/span> Disability Visibility Project<\/span><\/a> (DVP), a community partnership with<\/span> StoryCorps<\/span><\/a> and an online community dedicated to recording, amplifying, and sharing disability stories and culture. Currently she is a co-partner with Andrew Pulrang and Gregg Beratan for #CripTheVote, a <\/span>non-partisan online campaign<\/span><\/a> encouraging the political participation of people with disabilities. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Twitter: <\/span>@SFdirewolf<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Facebook: <\/span>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/356870067786565\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Website: <\/span>http:\/\/DisabilityVisibilityProject.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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