Christine Lively

Who wants to write me a big check so I can open the Young Adult bookstore/soda counter/studio space of my dreams?

Young Adult readers and writers deserve their own space and place. I have the dream, but not the funds.

Who's in?

Thank you! I hope you have an excellent day as well. 😊

Monday, and the school librarian is IN. 😊📚💕

The extremist Republican experiment to privatize education & defund our schools is proving critics right.

Voters are realizing the voucher scam is nothing but a naked attempt to funnel our tax $ into the pockets of rich donors.

#DontDefundPublicSchools
#DemVoice1

I have covered presidential politics for 40 years. This was the most juvenile display by a President and Vice President I have ever seen. Other presidents treated their enemies with more respect. This is a low point and a dark day for the US. Totally embarrassing.

#DidThisToday Ordered free covid tests, partly to show there is an ongoing demand for them, before they decide to cancel the program (again). special.usps.com/testkits

a group of people are sitting in a blue car and smiling . ALT: a group of people are sitting in a blue car and smiling .

33 years ago today, I drove down to the Multiplex at 10:30am to buy movie tickets, and that night, my now husband went on our second date. We had to be there for the opening night of "Wayne's World." The most fun I've had watching a movie in a theater, and I don't know if I've ever laughed so hard.

I know that the message of the song is not about me, but I am hoping that Kendrick tells me that we're going to be alright tonight.

Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship The suit appears to be the first from a faith-based organization challenging the change in court.

Oh, per @nbcnews.com: Quaker groups file suit over the end of policy restricting ICE arrests in houses of worship.

Note: Quakers were some of the earliest supporters of Sanctuary, even putting out a booklet on the topic in 1984 (it's still available). www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...

2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From! This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!

Do you need Girl Scout cookies, have no Scout in your life to buy from, and want to support trans and nonbinary kiddos??

Erin Reed’s doing her annual list of Scouts to buy from:

www.erininthemorning.com/p/2025-trans...

Book Bans Are Real. American Library Association

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is arbitrarily dismissing student and parent complaints arising out of public schools’ documented acts of censorship and discrimination.
Our response: Book bans are real.
Full statement ➡️ www.ala.org/news/2025/01...

ALA to U. S. Department of Education: Book bans are real The American Library Association responds to the Department of Education's dismissal of complaints about censorship and discrimination: the "effort to terminate protections... advances the demonstrabl...

Everyone, everywhere, regardless of their age, background, or political views, deserves access to information from a wide range of perspectives and books that reflect their lived experiences @amlibraryassoc.bsky.social

www.ala.org/news/2025/01...

Spent the evening talking with friends about everything and nothing. It was exactly what I needed. Friends are the best. 💕

alright you wanna know how to support trans people?

hire them. It's REALLY hard already for visibly trans people to get jobs, even before this shit.

Support places that have trans people working front of house, and make sure owners know that's part of why you're there.

A peach colored graphic with a sidebar on the left-hand side showing an illustration of hands reaching up towards the sky. The hands are in all different shades of brown. On the right-hand side is a title that says, “22 Books about Civil Rights,” followed by an illustration of books lined up on a shelf.

Here are 22 books about the civil rights movement – and the continued fight for civil rights – to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy as a legendary civil rights leader!

Perfect for today or any day of the year 📚

How does anyone even get a job anymore. Filling out ONE online application takes several hours, hydration and meal breaks, and frustration management that takes all my strength to complete.

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.

It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.

Book cover WYATT HILL BRINGS A LIZARD TO SCHOOL shows a white third grade boy with sandy blond hair, in a green jacket holding a stuffed-animal lizard over his head as other students surround him, in front of a brick school building.

Book cover AYANA NDOUM TAKES THE STAGE shows a brown-skinned girl with two black braids, in pink overalls with a green shirt and holding a book, with other students and her dad behind her.

The next two books in THE KIDS IN MRS. Z'S CLASS series will be here soon!

WYATT HILL BRINGS A LIZARD TO SCHOOL by @eliotschrefer.bsky.social & AYANA NDOUM TAKES THE STAGE by @keklamagoon.bsky.social release on 3/11!

Check out the full series here: www.hachettebookgroup.com/landing-page...

Will White House Arrest be created for this?

What a disgrace he is.

Thank you!

Thanks! I have been in a knitting slump for a while, and this has definitely brought me out!

Taking my new Hebrides hood out for her maiden voyage. She was so fun to knit and she is so warm!

Bonus, my son told me I look like an Astronaut! 😂

The combined net worth of America's twelve wealthiest people passed $2 trillion last year.

12 people. $2 trillion.

Meanwhile, U.S. homelessness increased 18% in 2024.

Our problem isn’t an issue of resources.

Our problem is ever-expanding wealth inequality.

Such an incredible song. Living Colour did a cover of it when I saw them severa years ago and it reminded me of the timeless message.

Let me know how I can support this! I'd love to help if you need it. ❤️

It is the greatest thing, honestly.

Incredible! Thank you. 📚💕

I have been supporting and encouraging a growing authors club at my elementary school. More and more kids are writing books and sharing them with the goal of having them placed in our library. 🥲

It's incredible. Here's my favorite chapter by a 2nd grader who has found his passion in writing.