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parent, partner, cat dad, writer, prof, etc. arms embargo now & forever! IG: @anderlawlor website: www.anderlawlor.com substack: https://pocketlawlor.substack.com

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Aw that's very kind & a good kick in the ass for me, who's late with my February letter ha ha

03.03.2026 13:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

this is bad

03.03.2026 13:41 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Pocket Hype | Substack Monthly emails from Andrea Lawlor, consisting mostly of queer & trans book recommendations & literary events, but really who knows what else. Let's see! Click to read Pocket Hype, a Substack publicati...

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23.12.2025 17:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Election Day 2025: Voters Consistently Rejected Book Restrictions in School Board Races - The Authors Guild While book challenges reached historic highs in 2024 and 2025, voters responded decisively. Beginning with pivotal Texas school board races in May and continuing nationwide through November, voters re...

THEY KEPT A LIST. VOTERS KEPT RECEIPTS.

06.11.2025 20:16 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Aaah! Thank you! that’s very kind!

20.08.2025 01:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Help this guy out! We can think of lots of queer & trans books that did not get attention in the NYT from 2013-2022, I bet!

19.08.2025 03:50 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is truth tho

24.05.2025 00:59 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I freaking love this book!

24.05.2025 00:58 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh thanks for this! I’m forever preaching the gospel of libraries so… xo

22.03.2025 12:14 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, the influence of this media ecosystem becomes more prominent β€” and Media Matters has found that the most popular of this conte...

NEW: As Americans increasingly get their news from online shows and streamers, our analysis found that this expanding media ecosystem is overwhelmingly right-leaning.

14.03.2025 14:02 πŸ‘ 882 πŸ” 459 πŸ’¬ 80 πŸ“Œ 159

also wondering & getting carpal tunnel from refreshing

14.03.2025 20:19 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Taking a moment from this stupid coup to be ridiculously flattered & also to say how great is Torrey Peters’ new book Stag Dance? I don’t believe in great American novelists but I do believe in Torrey Peters!

13.03.2025 13:11 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really dislike how these contests pit us against each other, but I’m wildly flattered to be thought of by you, one of my all-time favorite writers! Also, that’s a great interview! πŸ₯°

13.03.2025 13:08 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fun!

24.02.2025 19:19 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This looks enormously useful and also it would be amazing if it could be connected to a posting system on bsky so that whenever it updates, bsky has a repostable post about it

24.02.2025 16:54 πŸ‘ 89 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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But that's not all! @choosedemocracy.bsky.social also highlighted some other inspiring stories getting overlooked right now...

29.01.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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The White House backing away from its freeze on federal grants is a flat out win. As @choosedemocracy.bsky.social wrote in its email blast today: "It doesn't mean we will win every fight. But it does mean that anyone who is telling you it's hopeless is wrong."

29.01.2025 22:30 πŸ‘ 52 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2

Seriously

15.01.2025 11:47 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This does feel like excellent writing advice

14.01.2025 14:43 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Yes same address!

10.01.2025 13:48 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Except that maybe historically I have been a bisexual chaser? The bisexuals have been lovely about it. And yes, I would love book mail from YOU. Oh my God are you kidding?

09.01.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Hi! Yes! I really struggled with where to submit Paul & ended up with Bisexual Fiction because it felt like the queerest category and still does even though it does not describe my own experience particularly well.

09.01.2025 15:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

This is super hard! I’ve been lobbying them for a long time to have queer as a category.

09.01.2025 14:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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MALAN Fire & Wind Storm Resources

mutual aid los angeles network (MALAN) has a megalist of resources across the southland: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

and they’re collecting donations in chatsworth: www.instagram.com/p/DElevTEyzVD/

09.01.2025 04:12 πŸ‘ 282 πŸ” 292 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 9

I recommend no fewer than 4 copies of any beloved book. A paperback for traveling and lending to friends, an eBook for reading with greasy snack fingers, an audio book so you know how the characters' names are actually pronounced, and a pristine hardcover to be buried with you like a pharaoh

19.12.2024 18:51 πŸ‘ 15066 πŸ” 1714 πŸ’¬ 500 πŸ“Œ 224

Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:

1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;

2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;

3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.

17.12.2024 15:21 πŸ‘ 36389 πŸ” 8100 πŸ’¬ 793 πŸ“Œ 631

I might get "not everyone understands or engages with political questions the same way, the diffs aren't random, & we get pols wrong if we forget that." on a t-shirt, actually.

It's not a very GOOD t-shirt but it is important and the source of a lot of political mistakes & mistakes about politics.

17.12.2024 17:59 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

alright lets do this β€” I'm the book content editor for Reactor and I'm looking for 2025 sci-fi, fantasy, horror, romantasy, and genre-bending speculative books!

If you're a writer or a publicist with a YA or adult SFFH book out next year, please share the link/info here! (or email me)

18.11.2024 14:18 πŸ‘ 362 πŸ” 187 πŸ’¬ 71 πŸ“Œ 14

Oh that sucks! Yes, I reported & blocked.

10.12.2024 20:51 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Every state could do this.

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