As a queer author, thank you for buying our gay books in response to the challenges and bans and court decisions, but I implore you to go stand up for your public libraries and schools—they’re our greatest advocates, and they’re kind of the main target of this whole effort.
I know we’re all subject to the whims of the nostalgia cycle and recycled franchises, but did we really have to reboot the freaking Taney Court?
If you need a reminder of what we're fighting for, here are a bunch of authors reading short excerpts of letters sent to them by grateful readers. Recommend having tissues handy.
A twist on an old Wide Awakes poster celebrating Lincoln's victory in the 1860 election, but with all instances of Lincoln and Douglas replaced with Mamdani and Cuomo, respectively
I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏
a photo grid of dolls with protest t-shirts and signs.
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
Happy Pride to queer people who are just damned tired.
The whole "the curtain is blue!" discourse has convinced half the population that artists have no themes or questions their work explores. People, this is not an English teacher conspiracy. Artists do include symbolism and subtext!
DC has enough to deal with this week (and I’m not ignoring it) and also FYI: www.popville.com/2025/06/brea...
Huge news! The Oregon House just voted to pass SB 1098, our state's Freedom to Read bill!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
The bill is now off to the governor's desk for a signature. Thank you to everyone who testified, contacted reps, and helped to spread the word about the bill! We did it!
@authorsabb.bsky.social
Friendly reminder! If you want to support the right to read by purchasing a banned book or taking it out from the library your impact will be much greater if you choose a living author. Orwell is great and all, but he's not doing much with your money.
there are powers that will do everything they can to convince you otherwise, but it should be said loudly that protest proves love. community is a conduit for love and oppression seeks to crush community. standing up to say no is an act of love
Taken from Sam Landman on FB but not sure if he is the artist. Graphic saying AI is for losers, reject fascism think for yourself. I can make Art that’s ugly and bad all by myself thank you very much
Teacher who takes public transit here. I WANT MY COVID BOOSTER. You just want mass death.
Please join NOPE (Neighbors Defending Democracy) Democracy Online and love ❤️, share and comment on this post! We all need to do our part, raise our voices and amplify these messages.
This sentence brought me back to a time I miss so much!
We devote musicals, miniseries, and documentaries to the founders of our first republic and not to those of our second, who saw this country with clear eyes.
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
Rep. Laurel Libby, R-Auburn, recently used my second-place finish in the 1,600-meter run, and that of my teammate in the 800-meter run, to malign Soren Stark-Chessa, the trans-identified athlete who finished first. One of the reasons I chose to run cross-country and track is the community: Teammates cheering each other on, athletes from different schools coming together, and the fact that personal improvement is valued as much as, if not more than, the place we finish. Last Friday, I ran the fastest 1,600-meter race I have ever run in middle school or high school track and earned varsity status by my school’s standards. I am extremely proud of the effort I put into the race and the time that I achieved. The fact that someone else finished in front of me didn’t diminish the happiness I felt after finishing that race. I don’t feel like first place was taken from me. Instead, I feel like a happy day was turned ugly by a bully who is using children to make political points. We are all just kids trying to make our way through high school. Participating in sports is the highlight of high school for some kids. No one was harmed by Soren’s participation in the girls’ track meet, but we are all harmed by the hateful rhetoric of bullies, like Rep. Libby, who want to take sports away from some kids just because of who they are. Anelise Feldman Freshman, Yarmouth High School Yarmouth
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Huge news out of Nebraska: Democrat John Ewing just flipped the mayor's office in Omaha, the state's biggest city.
He successfully tied the GOP incumbent to Trump. She responded by claiming Ewing "stands with radicals" on "boys in girls' bathrooms and sports." It didn't work.
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Selah is BACK! So excited for you to get to hang out with Selah at writer's camp next summer, and even getting to see a new side to Ezra from Pebblecreek... :)
Authors talk about their experiences having their books banned. www.theheadlightreview.com/highbeams/ba...
Just having a good time with this while we can.
I had a school visit cancelled. Read on to learn why, and what I did about it. 🐌
The ~700k people of DC:
—Pay more fed tax per capita than people of any state;
—Are more numerous than pop of WY or VT;
—Have zero votes in US House or Senate;
—Now being told by House GOP that we can't spend *OUR OWN* tax money, which we've already paid
Cut the BS Thanks @vanhollen.senate.gov
House Republicans created a disaster for D.C. with the CR — restricting the District's ability to use its OWN money to fund its OWN schools, public safety and more.
My bill with Senator Collins to fix this passed unanimously in the Senate. House Republicans need to pass it NOW.
Emily, with her purple hair blowing wildly in her face, standing in front of the Colorado State Capitol building with a giant smile on her face and a celebratory hand in the air
This is the (windstruck) face of a woman who just stood behind the Governor of Colorado as he signed into law a Freedom to Read bill that places stronger protections against book bans for public schools within her state.
it's May Day in Baltimore
