I'm proud that our collection How To Be Disabled In A Pandemic was awarded the 2026 Foundation for the Sociology of Health & Illness Book Prize from @britsoci.bsky.social What an honor to share this with co-editors @maramills.bsky.social , Faye Ginsburg, and Rayna Rapp, as well as all contributors!

"As we look forward to 2026, it’s time to mostly ditch our pantsuits for our playclothes, ones that we’re not afraid to get a little bit messy... In so doing, we can discover our sense of solidarity that will allow us to rewrite the rules of the game."

Lil Miss Hot Mess@lilmisshotmess.bsky.social · 9mo ago

My latest essay: I was invited by @lgbtqnation.com to reflect on the state of queer resistance as we enter the second year of Trump 2.0. Not surprisingly, I wrote about wanting to see more play in our political responses.

'How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic' @maramills.bsky.social @harriskornstein.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social was recommended in our Year in Books for showing how to fight "for a world free of prisons, cops, and futures foreclosed by the unequal distribution of health."

The Year in Books - Inquest

Inquest staff recommendations of not-to-be-missed decarceral books from 2025.

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"Tools for the Undercommons" is a new series of virtual conversations I'm co-organizing with my friend and colleague Jacqueline Barrios, hosted by @ImaginingAmer. Our first event is this Wednesday, Sept 24 -- RSVP link below!

Thank you to @truthout.org for publishing this piece, excerpted from (and expanding on) our intro in How To Be Disabled In A Pandemic.

Truthout@truthout.org · last yr.

White House rhetoric dehumanizes disabled communities, but activists continue to organize for access, care and justice.

See you next Tues 4/29 as we celebrate How To Be Disabled in a Pandemic at NYU! See quoted post for details and RSVP link (RSVP required for NYU security). Hosted by the @center4ds.bsky.social.

NYU Press@nyupress.bsky.social · last yr.

We can't wait to celebrate the accomplishments of HTBDIAP co-editors at their launch party next week! Join @center4ds.bsky.social for an evening of refreshments and select readings. Check out the event details here: buff.ly/GTOlhfi

Check out my latest in HuffPost!

Lil Miss Hot Mess@lilmisshotmess.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here's my latest essay for @huffpost.com, with a full response to Marjorie Taylor Greene. Spoiler alert: queens always win out over monsters. 👸🏻 > 🧟

This week marks the 5th anniversary of measures to address Covid-19 in NYC and many parts of the US and world -- though as our book demonstrates, many disabled people were already carefully tracking developments and organizing community care. Learn more (open access!): nyupress.org/978147983085...

How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic

A chronicle of ableism and disability activism in New York City during the COVID-19 pandemicHow to Be Disabled in a Pandemic documents the pivotal experience...

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NYU Press@nyupress.bsky.social · 2y ago

Today marks the five-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic hitting New York City. Despite adversity, our city showed remarkable resilience. Discover tales of ableism and disability activism in "How to Be Disabled in a Pandemic," a chronicle into the lives reshaped by the crisis.

So proud to share this project that I've been working on for almost five years, alongside @maramills.bsky.social, Faye Ginsburg, and Rayna Rapp (via @center4ds.bsky.social and @nyupress.bsky.social): 'How To Be Disabled In A Pandemic.'

This is a project I'm so incredibly proud of. It helped me survive the pandemic, learn a lot about myself, and offered an opportunity to collaborate with so many brilliant people. Pre-order your copy now! (Discount code in @maramills.bsky.social's thread!)

Mara Mills@maramills.bsky.social · 2y ago

How to be Disabled in a Pandemic is a collective research effort (w/ @harriskornstein.bsky.social among many others) to document ableism & disability activism in NYC during the first 4 years of COVID-19. Out next month from @nyupress.bsky.social -- a surprise of advance copies in yesterday's mail: