Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚

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2/2 What will make the list this week in light of those numbers and major retailers stocking little to no books by BIPOC authors? Eagerly and nervously anticipating today’s results.

It’s Wednesday, which means best seller lists for last week will drop. I have it on good authority those fan fic books scanned more than 30k each. 1/2

Best selling authors with problematic books refusing to accept responsibility is my villain origin story (yes, this is about the author you think it is)

I'm sorry, but these politicians, who already have more vacation than work days, who have spent almost this entire year taking away everything that is good and helpful, are going to take MORE vacation so they don't have to be accountable?

We can not debate and gotcha our way out of fascism and until everyone learns that doing that only uplifts fascist messaging, nothing is going to change

We need to focus on shifting the narrative to the truth instead of continuing to spin fascist idealogy.

Donations we're making to keep NPR, PBS, libraries funded? Don't call them that. Call them what they are: a tax administered by the Trump administration. They cut services we wanted and were paying pennies on the dollar while our tax rates increase to fund ICE and a police state

Every single Jubilee clip I have seen has been against my will

July 22nd Latine Book Releases

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July 22nd Latine Book Releases

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Last chance for speak up for US library funding

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Surprise! I launched on @binderybooks.bsky.social today!

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FRIENDS!!! to celebrate the 5 year anniversary of Cemetery Boys, and the release of its trade paperback on 7/29, i’m going live on IG with some of my FAVORITE influencers!

AIDEN I CANNOT WAIT!!!!

We can do our utmost but we will never be able to replace even a fraction of what the Republicans destroy.

We should really try to stop them to destroy more

Let’s get to work

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Casting the mal de ojo on others comes back sevenfold. Whatever we give to the world returns to us in good measure. So be compassionate, generous, loving, and kind.

If you're political views lack the basics of human empathy, leading you to wish the worst fate on others, then it's not you're political views that are morally bankrupt--it's you. Take a look in the mirror. Take a long, hard look.

What do you mean?

A book recommendation not just for today but for this moment in history

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All, I know today is a tremendous blow.

Please know that everything you're feeling right now is completely valid. I really, really want to urge all of you to get off social media (if possible), and focus on you right now.

As I've said before: find your people. Commiserate. Plan. Feel grounded.