Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow

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🎉 Happy book birthday to Together We Are Sunshine by @authorjamilah.bsky.social and illustrated by Raissa Figueroa from @randomhousekids.bsky.social !

This heartwarming picture book celebrates sisterhood and the harmony between sisters of all ages.

This play is coming to the Fringe Arts festival this weekend! Based on my children's book with the same title, this is a vivid, dramatic, and funny retelling of the story by Enchantment Theatre Company. Great family fun!
#philly #kidlit #booksky

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Weekend Critique - Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow Dear Writer, I have critiqued many PBs over the years for fellow authors – some of those books have gone to auction, won awards, and made “best of” lists.  Typically, these critiques have been limited...

It’s the weekend… critique! WEEKEND CRITIQUE is a critiquing service I’m offering to picture book writers during the summer only with, yes, a weekend turnaround. Find out more: jamilahthewriter.com/WeekendCritique
Slots are limited. #kidlit #kidlitchat #picturebooks #PBchat

Congratulations to my good friend @ashleyfranklin.bsky.social on her upcoming MG debut!

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A win for my book! So much gratitude!

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Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.

Authors, we do not have to bow to Meta AI stealing our work. Let’s write and put Mark Zuckerberg on notice: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth...

#authors #writers #poets #kidlit

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

I figured I wasn't big enough to be plagiarized by evil robots, but there are five of my titles here: Two novels, a short story, an interactive story, and a poem.

#Writers, you might want to check it yourself. #AI

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+1. I didn’t know any better when I used to say this when I was a teen and early twentysomething.

But there is nothing that we can do to make racists believe we are smart, qualified, and deserving.

Thrive anyway.

Ramadan Mubarak!

We have career politicians, pundits, and Musk — all millionaires and billionaires — joking about doge-ing federal workers. Talking glibly about people losing their livelihoods and benefits with descriptions like “getting spanked.” Such coldness. They’re not like us. Not at all.

I’m so happy you found it valuable!

The final edition of #TheReidOut with Joy Reid starts right now on MSNBC. Tune in now, #reiders.

Joy on our crisis of democracy: "Tonight on our final ReidOut, we’re going to talk about what people are actually doing to resist this and get some great advice from some of our favorite friends on what more we can do."

This year, #ramadan2025 begins around Feb 28. 'Salat in Secret' - a tale of faith and the power of words. @authorjamilah.bsky.social wordtorque.com/salat-in-sec... #engagewthepage

Discover this book and so many more at #searchENGAGE wordtorque.com/searchengage/

Yes, it is entirely correct to point out that ICE officers do not have any legal authority to break into somebody’s home unless they get a judicial warrant; which they generally cannot do, because judges only issue warrants for probable cause of crimes, not immigration law violations.

Ugh so sorry you’re getting this type of commentary. You deserve your accolades (for your work and speaking out)

I’m so glad to hear that!

Thank you! So glad it was meaningful for you 💜

Teenage angst with a lot of heart! If Huda F Wants to Know? had a vibe this would be it! Available for preorder! Link in my bio!

White cornerback, Black QB: did Eagles grab ultimate DEI Super Bowl win? Observers have jokingly pointed to Cooper DeJean as a diversity hire for the NFL champions. But they have succeeded by challenging outdated ways of thinking

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YouTube video by Premier Flash This exchange between Jalen Hurts & Saquon Barkley is awesome

Feeling inspired by this today. You can worry or you can pray.
#jalenhurts #saquon #eagles

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This thread has me cackling 💀

E-A-G-L-E-S!!!! 🦅

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out.

Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation.

Say equity, which a just society should pursue.

Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.