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Meredith Mooring
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Meredith Mooring
@meredithmwrites
SFFH writer, employment lawyer, blind/albinism, guide dog user, she/her. REDSIGHT out now. rep @erniechiara at @FuseLiterary
- Petition to let disabled people write cyberpunk. “What if my arm was a gun” is not an interesting question. “What if I had to pay a monthly licensing fee to use my limbs” is.
- it's 🚨 International Albinism Awareness Day 🚨 !!! I’ve made a lot of posts about how albinism is depicted in film/books but I wanted to share what it’s actually like to live with this disease. There are stereotypes around this illness because people don’t understand it 1/21
- If a young person reads an adult book with content they don’t understand, maybe it’s more appropriate to ask their parents to monitor what they read instead of expecting adult authors to consider accidental child readers. I do not consider 1/2
- Replying to @meredithmwritesthe impact my books could have on kids because I write adult fiction and I’d expect their parents to decide those things. Some art is meant for a specific audience and that’s ok. 2/2
- Why are y'all always like this? Why do SFF books CONSTANTLY use albinism to show that something is evil, disgusting, weird, and bad? "It's just an albino rabbit not a person" do you know how many times people have compared me to these fucking rabbits.
- Ok publishing. We need to have another talk about albinism and your obsession with turning us into fantasy creatures. ONCE AGAIN I started a book only to discover the author has used albinism, blindness, and disability as a fantasy aesthetic, all in a matter of pages. 1/6 🧵
- me writing the 1st draft vs. me on the 2nd draft figuring out what the fuck I meant
- Replying to @meredithmwritesIf you’ve ever seen an albino animal, yes, that’s what I’m talking about. Albinism is a genetic disease that impacts around 1 in 20,000 Americans, but in certain parts of Africa it can be as common as 1 in 3,000 people 2/21
- Replying to @meredithmwritesThe United Nations created International Albinism Awareness Day to address the discrimination and persecution people with this disease have to deal with. In some parts of the world people with albinism are accused of witchcraft and hunted for their body parts 3/21
- Hello everyone. I’d like to make a statement about recent events. A former friend severely harmed many other people and systematically lied to me for years on end. 🧵
- Replying to @meredithmwritesThere are several subtypes and some of them cause additional health problems, such as a compromised immune system, difficulty clotting blood, and difficulty breathing. But the most common issue with albinism is vision problems and susceptibility to several types of cancer. 6/21
- Since learning about Jay Kristoff’s 4 special arcs for his upcoming book, I thought it would be appropriate to discuss a very serious problem with one of his other novels. A thread about albinism in NEVERNIGHT by Jay Kristoff 1/31
- Replying to @meredithmwritesI’ve also had people tell me they didn’t know there were real albino people and they thought it was only in fantasy books. Because of this I think it’s important to share information about what it’s actually like to have this disease. 5/21
