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Hillary Clinton in a crowd marching across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, flanked by Cory Booker and Jesse Jackson

It's the 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, and two things are true at once: The law has never been more under threat, and it's more important than ever to fight for its promise of an equal voice for every citizen.

Tara’s Bookshop (@tarasbookshop) Thankful Thursday has become a tradition that I honor weekly. It can be hard to feel grateful when bad things happen but I recognize that true gratitude is not conditional. Please feel free to comme...

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Tara’s Bookshop (@tarasbookshop) We have to be okay with standing out. Hear me out? As a kid I was told to be quiet. Sit still. Don’t create opportunities for attention. Don’t talk back. Don’t question. Don’t ask. Don’t tattle. Si...

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Tara’s Bookshop (@tarasbookshop) I love to focus on wellness on Wednesday. I love alliteration but besides that I love feeling good. My goals are vast but step by step I accomplish them when I give them attention. What are you doing ...

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Under Pressure, Psychology Accreditation Board Suspends Diversity Standards As the Trump administration threatens to strip accrediting bodies of their power, many are scrambling to purge diversity requirements.

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Tara’s Bookshop on Substack History. Today we create it. Today we celebrate it. Like the faint scribbles dabbed by the eraser of a pencil… it remains. History though deleted by digital taps Exists in our DNA… Ancestors...

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Tara’s Bookshop on Substack Hair. A love story.

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Tara’s Bookshop on Substack Monday’s Task List Seeking Deep Breaths Resisting Shallow Interactions Creating Healing Spaces Deleting Negative Energy

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I'm really enjoying the #scbwiNY25 virtual conference--so many great people and inspiration stories! @scbwi.bsky.social

Counting the minutes to the start of the @scbwi.bsky.social conference!!! Who will I see in the coffee lounge today? What are you most looking forward to today? #scbwiny25

They don't want to teach history so they can repeat it.

Tara’s Bookshop on Substack Morning Affirmations Today I will thrive I am built for success My path is set up for victory I know that I have worth My goals are ready to be completed I hold strong boundaries I create ...

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Tara’s Bookshop on Substack Our Substack Book Club is currently reading: The Deepest Well. This book by Nadine Burke Harris, M.D. is so helpful in understanding adverse childhood experiences. If you want more info…here is a link...

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Schoolchildren walk out of Pete Hegseth’s speech in DEI protest (The Telegraph) Dozens of students walked out of their German school during a visit by the US defence secretary in protes...

Schoolchildren walk out of Pete Hegseth’s speech in DEI protest.

Tara’s Bookshop on Substack I do it for this little person. He taught me to say no without guilt He taught me to hold boundaries… Because I can’t take every meeting that comes my way and still get snuggles in before bedtime...

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I love this idea!!!

Tara’s Bookshop on Substack When Leadership forgets the call to serve When empathy is a target for teasing When books are seen as threats When education is dismantled When celebrations are erased When will we…remember?

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Tara’s Bookshop on Substack In order to make an omelette You have to break some eggs But they are too expensive So I see a lot of people Walking on egg shells

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Tara’s Bookshop on Substack We are here. Every choice we make is history. For me it is Black History. For me it Women’s History. We are here. Erasure is not a choice. I am here.

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Tara’s Bookshop on Substack It is not normal. It is not fine. It is not acceptable. Let’s not normalize it. Let’s not act as though it is fine. Let’s not accept it.

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Tara’s Bookshop on Substack The way that people used to share recipes… I think we should exchange poems The way that we would ask a neighbor for sugar we should loan a sweet note The way that we house sit we should bookwatc...

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Very nice

They're eating the checks!

They're eating the balances!

Any faculty line up should be happy to have you

I’ve read 3 of these. 🩷