Jen White-Johnson

Slide 1: Over a dark teal background, header text reads “Honoring Alice Wong.” Below the header text is a collage digital portrait by Jennifer White-Johnson, featuring Alice Wong, an Asian American woman in a wheelchair with a tracheostomy at her neck connected to a ventilator. She’s wearing a pink plaid shirt, pink pants, and a magenta lip color. She is smiling and behind her are a bunch of tall prehistoric looking plants. She is surrounded with red-orange, yellow, and white flowers and behind it a grainy lavender shaded background. Photo credit: Allison Busch Photography. Below the collage is credit text in italics reading “Image courtesy of Jennifer White-Johnson.”, and below that text is Disability Culture Lab’s logo in white. In the bottom right corner is the page number “1.”

Slide 2: Over a dark teal background is a pale eggshell rectangle containing black text that reads “We at Disability Culture Lab deeply mourn the passing of Alice Wong: activist, storyteller, cultural architect, and one of the brightest lights of our disability community. Alice transformed what disability culture is and what it can become. Through the Disability Visibility Project and her own writing and organizing, she cultivated space for disabled people — especially those most marginalized — to tell our own stories, shape our own culture, and imagine futures centered in justice, pleasure, and joy.” Below the text is the teal Disability Culture Lab logo, and in the bottom right corner is the page number “2.”

Slide 3: Over a dark teal background is a pale eggshell rectangle containing black text that reads “Alice's work planted seeds for many in the DisCo, including the Disability Culture Lab. Her words, support, and friendship built foundations that will continue to sustain us for generations. Her legacy is a mandate: build community, honor our histories, deepen our solidarities, and fight for a world where disabled people thrive. We hold her loved ones and our community in care and solidarity. Thank you, Alice, for everything you have made possible.” Below the text is the teal Disability Culture Lab logo, and in the bottom right corner is the page number “3.”

Slide 4: Over a dark teal background is a pale eggshell rectangle containing black text that reads “Please read The Sick Times’ tribute to Alice to learn more about her life and work. Donate to Alice’s GoFundMe and Crips for eSims for Gaza, linked at the bottom of the tribute. In grief and solidarity, Team Disability Culture Lab.” Below the text is a circular picture of Jen White-Johnson’s collage of Alice, an Asian American woman with a tracheostomy at her neck connected to a ventilator. She’s wearing a pink plaid shirt and a magenta lip color. She is smiling and behind her are a bunch of tall prehistoric looking plants. She is surrounded with red-orange, yellow, and white flowers. On either side of the circle are red graphic shapes, framing Alice’s portrait. Below is the teal Disability Culture Lab logo, and in the bottom right corner is the page number “4.”

We at Disability Culture Lab deeply mourn the passing of Alice Wong @sfdirewolf.bsky.social: activist, storyteller, cultural architect, and one of the brightest lights of our disability community. Please read @thesicktimes.org tribute to Alice, and donate to her GoFundMe & cripsforesimsforgaza.org.

She’s a beauty 😻

Help Rodney Taylor, a Disabled Double Amputee Being Held by ICE Rodney has been in the country more than 40 years. He's in solitary confinement in Georgia, being denied disability accommodations and having his medical needs ignored. He must be released.

We aren’t less than and we won’t go down without a fight.

Rodney has filed a habeas corpus complaint in federal court. He’s fighting his unlawful imprisonment.

He needs the disability community to fight for him and demand his release.

My full article on how the community can help Rodney:

Thou shalt worry less about Tylenol causing autism and more about Donold causing fascism.

I'm not asking people to stop talking about Kimmel or the coming repression tied to their latest martyr project—all of this is important. I am just saying, can we work in more discussion of our neighbors being hunted and protesters being gassed, beaten, and shot with pepper balls in Chicagoland?

Two children were killed and seventeen people were injured in a shooting at Annunciation Catholic School.

A Cracker Barrel logo change received far more scrutiny and attention than any fight against the epidemic of gun violence in this country.

Our priorities remain idiotic.

Creativity, Culture, and Futurisms to Indigenize the Runway at the First Indigenous New York Fashion Week This September, the runway gets indigenized. From September 11–15, 2025, Indigenous New York Fashion Week (INYFW) storms into Grace Exhibition Space in Lenapehoking (New York City), making history as ...

From September 11–15, 2025, Indigenous New York Fashion Week (INYFW) storms into Grace Exhibition Space in Lenapehoking (New York City), making history as the first Indigenous-led fashion week in the city.

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#INYFW #INYFW2025 #relativearts #redpopnews

A little math about that prison camp in Florida. $450 million per year for 3,000 people is $150,000/person per year. The cost for one person receiving SNAP for one year is $2256, yet they're telling us that's too expensive. threads.com/@unapologeticallyzae

Far too many times, men only bring up being #ActuallyAutistic as an excuse for mistreating women. That's a bullshit excuse and it does nothing but spread more stigma around autism. Grateful for @aislingwalsh.bsky.social's piece.
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Famine in Gaza: 1.25 million people face hunger and death while the world remains silent The Gaza Strip is facing catastrophic humanitarian conditions with the threat of famine worsening, amid the continuing Israeli genocide

Famine in Gaza: 1.25 million people face hunger and death while the world remains silent

The Gaza Strip is facing catastrophic humanitarian conditions under Israeli siege.

Palestinian correspondent Alaa Shamali speaks to a doctor on the ground about the situation.
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Better fact: Liberia was created by formerly freed Black Americans in the 1820s. Those Black Americans & their descendants became the ruling class in Liberia.

Some President’s aides brief their principal on the history of the country with whose leader he’s meeting. He wouldn’t listen anyway.

Image descriptions: bold black text lettering that spells don’t let this big brutal bill hide your disabled rage! On a yellow background.

As a disabled person that lives with daily chronic pain, we have every right to be mad and full of disabled rage at the outcome of what’s been festering for months. My family and friends will be impacted by this bill! Sending all my disabled comrades love and solidarity today and always!

Disabled kids like mine rely on Medicaid to survive; this bill cuts Medicaid.

I don't know how else to say that medically complex disabled children will die as a result of this bill.

Digital collage graphic that states trans lives are sacred. The font style is black and boldly designed overlaid on a bed of pink white flowers on blue background

Just gonna leave this here.

Life of the Mother When the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, doctors warned that women would die, but lawmakers who passed state abortion bans didn’t listen. The worst consequences are now becoming clear.

Amber Thurman. Candi Miller. Josseli Barnica. Nevaeh Crain. Porsha Ngumezi.

On the third anniversary of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, revisit our reporting about the women who died after not receiving timely medical care in states with strict abortion bans:

Whew! Y’all did it!

Ricci Sergienko, one of Orendoff's lawyers, addresses the crowd.

Orendoff's sister holds a press conference flyer in front of supporters.

Orendoff's partner addresses the crowd.

Orendoff's sister, partner, mother, and dog pose with art that depicts Orendoff and his signature phrase, "let's go talk to the people"

6/21/25, Van Nuys Community Police Station Jail. Press Conference for local independent photojournalist/videographer Anthony Orendoff, who was arrested by LAPD while filming an immigration raid in Pacoima.

We are heading to court this morning for Anthony’s arraignment and I will be advocating for his release.

My brother & client has been unjustly held in jail for 4 days for documenting a federal immigration raid in the city of Los Angeles. He displayed clear marks of being beaten up. FREE ANT!

This story will continue to grow for as long as they continue to attempt to punish Anthony for his journalism. Please continue to spread the news & politicize this issue. Thank you and FREE ANTHONY!!

🚨🚨 on @democracynow this morning:

“rallies have continued demanding the release of photojournalist Anthony Orendorff, who is being held at a Los Angeles jail without bail after being arrested while documenting an ICE raid in the neighborhood of Pacoima last week.”

I need gas, car insurance, car registration and smog to remain independent to get myself to appointments

I need storage because so many important things don’t fit where I live

I need you to see me

I need you to hear me

I need you to be there for me

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What Brings Autistic People Joy? What if much of what society has been taught about autism and happiness is wrong? New research shows that autistic people experience intense joy connected to autistic traits.

The biggest barriers to experiencing autistic joy are "prevalent societal attitudes and behaviors, such as bullying autistic people for engaging in their intense interests and for expressing their need for sensory appropriate environments or accommodations."

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Here’s what I said at today’s press conference. It would mean a lot to me if your shared and listened. Thank you and FREE ANT! FREE THEM ALL!

A facebook post screenshot from "Ian Bremmer" with text saying "spotted in southern California: 'ice' pinatas" over a picture of dude shaped piñatas with ICE hats and sunglasses

el pueblo unido jamás será vencido

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