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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀

@shalidaask.bsky.social
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Author & poet based in Cleveland, OH. I'm also super disabled—Sacral Agenesis, wheelchair, urostomy, diabetic, and mentally ill. So, y'all get the picture. My memoir is out!! 💜💜💜 www.loganberrybooks.com/shalida-ask…

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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I’ll be a part of Cleveland Public Library’s At the Table series in July for Disability Pride month. I get the opportunity to return to Hough, the neighborhood I grew up in to share my story. Please register to attend. I'm looking forward to seeing you there.
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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Join @shalidaask.bsky.social for a virtual book reading TOMORROW- Feb. 20th at 3 pm ET. www.meaction.net/event-detail...
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Virtual Book Reading with Shalida A. Askanazi | #MEAction
Virtual book reading featuring Shalida Askanazi, author of “That Girl’s in a Wheelchair.” Click for details.
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Playing The Exit 8 and this game is so damn creepy
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
My book launch for my memoir was amazing last night! I felt so much love. Thank you @melaniesklarz.bsky.social and @clmwalkscle.bsky.social for showing up and supporting! @geetaminocha.bsky.social thank you for the sweet texts (and last minute outfit help) www.loganberrybooks.com/shalida-aska...
A Black woman in a wheelchair wearing a brown hat and glasses smiles while signing a book at a table. Bookshelves are visible in the background.
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#MEAction Network @meactnet.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
We are thrilled to announce a virtual book reading featuring @shalidaask.bsky.social, #MEAction’s own Creative Arts & Community Manager! Her memoir, That Girl’s in a Wheelchair, just launched yesterday! Join us online February 20th at 3 pm ET: www.meaction.net/event-detail... #Disability
Black and white photo of Shalida Askanazi (Black woman with long curly hair wearing a black top with a small smile) and her book cover a muted background of bookshelves. Her book cover is in color and show a city in the background with a wheelchair in the foreground and the title "That Girl's in a Wheelchair." #MEAction logo in top corner. Text in light purple: Book reading with Shalida Askanazi Join us virtual reading February 20 3 pm ET.
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
Behind the scenes of my Cleveland Magazine shoot
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
@clevelandmag.bsky.social named me one of 2026 most interesting people clevelandmagazine.com/articles/cle...
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Cleveland Magazine's Most Interesting People 2026
Whether they have hidden talents, big-time fame or unexpected hobbies, these accomplished Clevelanders have unique backgrounds and stories — but they all share one thing in common: passion for th...
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Willacoochie Williams @tpkthunder.blacksky.app · 21/12/2025
refresh them altars, light a candle for your ancestors (colors can vary based on your own practice). light some of sage, palo santo, and sprinkle that florida water!
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Look what came in the mail! My author copies for my memoir “That Girl’s in a Wheelchair” 🥹🥹
Book cover of That Girl’s in a Wheelchair: A Memoir by Shalida A. Askanazi, featuring hand-lettered title text over a purple sunset city skyline with stars and an illustrated wheelchair, displayed on a stack of books.
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Off topic but my mother would make the most delicious sticky buns for Christmas morning
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Don’t forget to rsvp for my national book launch in February. The event will be at Loganberry Books on February 4th! That Girl's in a Wheelchair is almost here! #blackauthorsky #authorsky
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THAT GIRL'S IN A WHEELCHAIR by Shalida A. Askanazi - Book Launch
Celebrate Black disabled poet Shalida A. Askanazi's new memoir, in conversation with Raechel Anne Jolie, author of RUST BELT FEMME
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Not me getting recognized at the grocery store by someone who said they’re a fan of my writing and TikTok channel 😭😭 I was so damn awkward
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
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I wish I had the words to describe what I’m feeling at the moment after learning of Alice Wong’s passing but I don’t. I feel numb and angry. Angry because Alice was such a trailblazer who still had so much to fight for. Grief is such an odd thing, isn’t it? The only thing I can think of is to continue to fight for the disabled community because that’s what she would want. We’re losing our elders in the disabled community and it’s scary because they were the ones who gave us the strength to fight for ourselves. What do we do now without their guidance?  I will say allies should take this as an example that we won’t be around forever and we will always need you fighting alongside us. Alice, saying goodbye doesn’t sound right, so see you later.

-Shalida
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
Frankenstein was absolutely amazing
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
It’s crusty bread and stew/soup season, where I like to pretend I’m a weary traveler who stumbles upon a tavern on the outskirts of a sleepy village.
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
A time was had tonight, but I gotta work in the morning so goodnight.
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
My memoir is available for pre-order!!! #blackauthorsky www.barnesandnoble.com/w/that-girls...
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
My seasonal affective disorder is a mess right now, but here is a reminder to myself and my fellow disabled baddies that you can be hot in a wheelchair and with an ostomy. We got this!
Shalida in a red lace bra lies on a bed, exuding confidence and relaxation. Sunlit room with open doors and wall decor in the background.Shalida in a red lace bra lies on a bed, exuding confidence and relaxation. Sunlit room with open doors and wall decor in the background.
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
New wheelchair ♿️
Shalida in a wheelchair with a blue beret and brown coat smiles, taking a selfie in a restroom mirror.
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Rupi Kaur isn’t that great of a writer and she steals from Black poets 🤷🏾‍♀️🎤 *allegedly*
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Lol they said, “Now it's really a party!”
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
This is the plot of Gen V, Vought preying on parents who want to start a family
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Libra
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
People afraid to visit downtown Cleveland are racist, I just can’t prove it yet
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Oh yeah this is delicious! Don’t mind my nails 😬
Coffee cup
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
As a Taurus I hate how long I hold onto stuff, so damn stubborn
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Julia Fox
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Forgot I have work off today. Taking myself out on a coffee date to see what this sweet yams cappuccino is about
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
Tony’s
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
I got to see the baby rhino at the zoo today. He is so small
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
A flaming hot jack links meat stick with a crisp dill pickle. Thank me later
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Clit Dempsey 🦅 @thotzekage.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Lmao Maxine did her lil thing
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
I pull the coolest shit
Colorful Pokémon card displaying Wugtrio ex surrounded by sparkles on a shiny background. Displays 140 HP and a move 'Pop Out Throughout
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Debí tirar más fotos was playing
Shalida with long hair, wearing hoop earrings, sits in a cozy room with a calm expression. A bookcase and decor are visible in the background.
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I thrifted a genuine suede chocolate brown trench coat. I will post outfit pics when the weather finally cools down
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Iris Gant @irisgant.blacksky.app · 05/10/2025
The supine kind.
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
What kinda date starts at 9pm? That’s my bedtime
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
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Sexy Soulaan
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Happy Ostomy Awareness Day!!!
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Finished the 5k, bought some One Piece cards and now we’re having some sopita de estrella
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Just here to remind people that Ted Hughes was a piece of shit
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
🎃🍁🍂🌻
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The Baldfather @solochills.blacksky.app · 03/10/2025
Where are the people who said harping on Project 2025 was fear mongering? Come outside we ain't gonna jump you
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Our girl is in love 😍
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
I don't give af you think I'm spoiled by my husband and materialistic. Just say you date broke guys who hate you and wouldn't even buy you a Happy Meal. I'm living the soft life over here because that's what I deserve
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I woke up to bitches who was prayin' on my downfall, whoever they was prayin' to ain't listen to 'em at all
Shalida ShalidaShalida
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Shalida A. Askanazi ♿🎀 @shalidaask.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
I finally wrote my first Substack. There is a mention of SA so please keep that mind. #blackwritersky
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The Trauma Is Still There
Suppose you want to write a memoir.
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