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My favorite quote from the National Book awards tonight: “I’m going to speak in Spanish because there are fascists who don’t like that.” —Gabriela Cabezón-Camára

SAME 🥰

Be the reason your local indie bookstore stays in business this holiday season

I *really* appreciate how @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social responded when she learned the viral "Moms for Liberty won none of their (contested) elections!" was misinformation. This was classy and helpful for those who also spread that without any verification.

www.instagram.com/p/DQxSrAhkXEw/

If we can’t correct our mistakes and spread information, then we are just part of the problem. Appreciate everything you do, especially helping me do better

I am one of the people that fell for the disinformation and posted about it. I have now deleted all my posts. So sorry for spreading these lies further. I will try to do better in the future and not react so quickly without triple checking resources.

Viral posts about how Moms For Liberty had zero wins on election night...aren't true. They're misinformation, even dis-info.

M4L did have a number of school board candidates win. You can verify that information pretty easily.

They had *A LOT* of losses and their power isn't what it once was.

Everytime one of Kelly’s newsletters drops, I stop everything and open it.

2/2 Many of these businesses may be struggling & yet they still find a way to do good for the community

When you start your holiday lists, support those that support your community.

Look at who in your community is putting up food pantries and serving free meals no questions asked. It's certainly not large box corporate restaurants and retail establishments, but mom and pop restaurants, locally owned coffee shops, etc… 1/2

'Tis the season to join my Bindery and win a $100 gift card for @bookshop.org

Join and enter to win here (I'll be picking a winner this afternoon): bien-leidos.binderybooks.com/item/7SQr3NI...

2/2 Protest IS patriotic, but participating in your civic duties is ESSENTIAL to making change

What if 10% of the people that marched in the No Kings protests this past weekend spoke up against book bans at their school boards and public libraries?
What if they spoke up about defunded libraries?
What if they ran for office or volunteered to be on a public minicipal board?
1/2

Regardless of what exterior forces want you to believe, there is no such thing as overconsumption of reading and learning, especially in a time of rising anti-intellectualism. They've created the myth to try and ban books and defund public education.

FUND LIBRARIES
OVERCONSUME BOOKS
SHOP INDIE BOOKSTORES

So SNAP benefits are the problem and not my taxes going towards a $200 million dollar ballroom during a government shutdown where actual government employees aren’t being paid m, but the politicians with six-figure salaries and universal healthcare who created the shutdown are? PLEASE

Not all resistance looks the same, but continuing the work is vital even when it’s not all over the news. It’s the quiet work of mutual aid and community that will save us.

Reading and Resources for Prison Banned Books Week: Book Censorship News, October 17, 2025 Next week is Prison Banned Books Week. Here are some readings and resources in preparation.

Next week is Prison Banned Books Week. Here are some readings and resources in preparation.

💙📚 #booksky

bookriot.com/reading-and-...

Oh, it’s inconvenient to you to ask me to do something and I ask for a contract and a budget before agreeing?

Trust me, it’s far more inconvenient for me to agree to do something that you will be profiting from for free.

2/2 if I didn’t have a proven track record. Stop asking me to work for free and pretend you’re doing me a favor.

I am so tired of people thinking having an influencer do promotion means it should be free. And asking me for free labor while you have whole salary? Where do you find the audacity?

Content creator’s time is valuable. Our social media sells books. You wouldn’t need me 1/2

🗣️🗣️DALLAS FRIENDS!!!

Who am I going to see at the @hayfestival.bsky.social Forum this weekend?

There’s still time to register: www.hayfestival.com/m-229-dallas...

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Just watched a video (of someone from outside the book community) that started off with the premise “read diverse fiction to combat authoritarianism” and then went on to give 1984 as an example 🤦🏻‍♀️

Anyway, please follow BIPOC creators who read and recommend actual diverse fiction every single day

TIL: representation =/= GOOD representation (feel free to interpret this however you like)

FYI: If your entire Banned Books Week display is white “classic” authors, you are doing it wrong

2/2 —the one month they should be allocated, at a minimum. Those stacks on September 15th really put the “perform” part of performative into action this year.