John Loeppky’s Tweets

Oct 1

ICYMI: I'm starting a media project. Details are in the thread. Here's a link where you can sign up (it's a weekly newsletter to start) jloeppky.ck.page/crpl (using

@ConvertKit

because I've followed

@charliprangley

's work for a long time and have huge respect for the brand)

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Jes Battis

@jesbattis

Oct 1

THE WINTER KNIGHT is available for pre-order! Do you want to read about a queer autistic knight, a trans femme runesmith, Morgan le Fay, an adorable fox, a love story, and a murder plot in Vancouver? Reserve your copy now! amazon.com/Winter-Knight-

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Sep 30

I am reading/listening to/watching that I think have a connection to disability culture and community. I hope you'll join me on this complete descent into crip media chaos. Feel free to email or DM if you have any questions (+ hopefully the alt text behaved) See you Wednesday.

The first piece will be about music that makes disabled musicians feel a sense of crip euphoria, a sense that they are more at home in their body. The newsletter will also include an ableist headline of the week for us to critique/make fun of and a selection of the things 6/?

I know it's against best practice to ask for money right off the top, but I think disabled people often have free labour demanded of us. I've included a link on the page where you can send $ that will support my work and help it grow. I will not be asking for free labour 5/?

This project is also coming to life because, eventually, I want this to be a platform for other disabled writers, editors, etc. to create disability-led media. There are many of us, both out as disabled and not, who deserve more space to explore these topics. 4/?

wanted to start my own thing and I feel, after 10 years in media, that I have the ability to do so. I've long admired projects like

@titocurtis

's Rover and have been inspired by working with the folks over

, first with

and now with

and co 3/?

This project is happening for a few reasons. 1) I've been very lucky to be able to report outside of disability on occasion. 2) Many disabled journalists are only trusted with opinion pieces, many of which also have to be about trauma. In short, fuck that. And 3) I've always 2/?

Sometimes my friend

gets to write really cool shit and then some days I feel like her job must be the writing equivalent of alternating between laughing and crying. At least I know that no one in my life can be as cringe as Elon.

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TechCrunch

@TechCrunch

Here are some of the cringiest revelations in the Elon Musk text dump tcrn.ch/3BWkkdN by @asilbwrites and @tayhatmaker

Listen to Dis' Community Arts Organization Inc.

Huge news for an organization that is so near and dear to my heart.

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@LTDArtsOrg

Listen to Dis' is very honoured and proud to announce that we have been shortlisted for the Leadership - Organization Saskatchewan Arts Award this year. We are thrilled to have been nominated and recognized for the work and art that we create. @saskarts

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, would you be willing to speak to me about this?

Related to my previous tweet, do I know any disabled music journalists?

Still looking for one or two more voices for a piece about music that makes disabled folks feel more at home in their experiences/bodies/minds. Feel free to email or DM (both in bio).

Congratulations, Mark! Happy to see you land so quickly.

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Mark Yarm

@markyarm

I see my ~personal news~ is out there! Happy to confirm that I'll be heading up @BuzzFeedNews' tech desk, starting next week. I'm psyched to be joining the organization I've read so much about on Twitter the last couple of days!

Since I most likely have COVID (have symptoms but not testing positive just yet) I’m looking for book suggestions. Bonus points if they are non-fiction

Sep 28

Welp, COVID has hit my house. Commiserations are welcome.

Sep 27

I missed this in the original thread, but can we all appreciate the work

@ananyapaints

did on the images for this package?

One of the good things about being in an international group chat of freelancers is that there's always someone who just got off work and is ready to start chaos.

Angelea Preston

@angelea_preston

Sep 27

Beautiful people, I’m looking for local musicians in the Buffalo area. Please tag them below or share this post! WBFO-FM Buffalo

s. eek smith

@sesmith

Sep 27

North American disabled people, I want your sex ed horror stories (or like if sex ed went really well I guess) for a feature on disability inclusive sex ed! HMU: sesmith at realsesmith dot com

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, and more, you know where to find me.

My largest client just had a sudden reduction in work. It happens. The good news is: I now have more time in my calendar for assignments! Please get in touch if you're in need of a disabled generalist with words at places like

Another reason why I think most travel journalism is just shitty missionary work in a trench coat.

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Agnee Ghosh

@agneeghosh

Sep 26

Everyone wants to be a digital nomad but nobody wants to talk about how much harder or even impossible it is for people from Global South who have a weak passport.

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Sep 26

So glad to get to work with

@lalexgreen

@leximcmenamin

, and

@allegrakirkland

(plus copy editors) on this piece. Thank you to those who spoke to us for it.

@HannahntheWolf

, I finally joined you in the pages of Teen Vogue.

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Allegra Kirkland

@allegrakirkland

Sep 26

For the last piece in our package, @Cymru_Et_Canada + @lalexgreen looked into the structural + financial barriers that prevent disabled people from running for elected office: bit.ly/3UJK8SL

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#DisabilityTwitter, I'm working on a story about algorithmic ableism. I have a few folks I know I want to talk to, but any suggestions are welcome

Possibly the most disability cultural thing that I do unintentionally is that my fidget on my desk is a set of allen keys.

Maybe the only thing that makes me want to go to a big conference is when I see two clients that I love working with attending.

and

. Also, please consider this an introduction because all three of us are very online.

I might get tenure in 2024

Start with the things you know about. For me that is most often: health, sport, and media. Write down 25-50 ideas, no matter how shit. Congrats, you have a list, now add some whenever they occur to you. Coming up with ideas is a skill you have to practice.

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@Dan_Higgins

Teaching my features writing class that it’s not their pretty sentences that will advance their careers, but their ability to I.D. and describe excellent story ideas. (Yes prose is important, but ideas/pitching is an underrated skill )What are your pro tips for generating ideas?

What Grieving Small Function Loss can Mean for those with Disabilities

Sep 20

It's always good when you use your own writing to be kinder to yourself. Cut to me today, re-reading this piece because I am having a (temporary) function loss thanks to the weather and CP. Here it is in case it will help someone else.

verywellmind.com

Grieving small function can be different from standard grief as a person's experience of disability changes.

Kathleen Quinn

@katsphilosophy

Sep 20

I would like to interview people with a diagnosis that may be affected by California's new 'Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program' SB 1338. If this is you, my DMs are open. #journorequest

Sep 20

I really want to write a piece about disabled car collectors and drivers for

@RoadandTrack

, if only because I think it would be hilarious to write a super car-focused feature as someone who doesn't drive. I mean, also for all the normal journalistic reasons.

Sep 19

Sad that Input is shutting down. Really don't have anything to add to the discourse other than that

@markyarm

et. all were a joy to work with and I hope they land on their feet as quickly as possible.

Sep 19

This should say marginalized writers, but I think you got the idea.

... in a lot of cases, the cursory research to see who has written before. I've seen a couple of disabled journos today claim that they are the first to cover something and, like, I promise that's not true. Your ego is showing if you believe that.

Prepare for me to come across as a bitter media cripple, but I just realized (for myself, this is not a new thought) that scoop culture ruins a shit ton of reporting because it makes marginalized think they have to be first in order to be allowed to speak. It prevents...

It's breathtaking, the thought processes some white disabled people (including journos) on this platform will bind themselves to in order to convince themselves that they lack privilege or that they can downplay it. If you're not willing to sit with discomfort, please reflect

s. eek smith

@sesmith

Sep 16

I'm on a tear today about the politics of disbelief because I see a lot of people who are just discovering it, and assuming that it is new as a result. It is not, and understanding the history adds really important context you need to fight it.

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