Maia Kobabe

Voices and sails raised — Goblin Purwin

www.candicepurwin.com/the-goblin-comic-library/2025/10/7/voices-and-sails-raised

What if we loved things and cared for things and fought for things even if there was no guarantee we could save them? Even if losing them felt like an inevitability? What if looking away never even felt like an option?

Please Read Football America Dream

These 20 Apps Are Watching You—And You Probably Use Them Every Day You might use these apps every day, but have no idea what they collect. These 20 apps are quietly harvesting your location, contacts, photos, and more—here's what you can do about it.

A lot of the apps on your phone are tracking your physical location and selling that information to other companies. Here's a fantastic explainer from @pcmag.com about 20 of the most common apps that spy on you. Service journalism at its finest. www.pcmag.com/explainers/t...

New class: Raising and Drawing Our Kids Through Chaos is for anyone with young kids in their life who wants to make comics about navigating this difficult political era. www.crucialcomix.com/product/rais...

In 2021, Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir #GenderQueer was named the most challenged book in the #US. For #BannedBooksWeekUK, Maia reminds us how important it is for libraries to stock books that open up the wider world. Why not visit a library this week? www.indexoncensorship.org/bannedbooksw...

Of course, if you are an author and want to do something less petty and more practical to resist book bans, join Authors Against Book Bans - and if you are a Canadian author/illustrator 🇨🇦 then please join Canadian Authors and Illustrators Against Book Bans. We need you! linktr.ee/caiabb?fbcli...

Email Your State Representatives to Save Our Stories! SOS: Save Our Stories!

It's BANNED BOOK WEEK, and one thing you can do is email your state representatives about saving our stories from bans!

I did this and it took me literally less than a minute. SOS! Save our Stories!

action.everylibrary.org/saveourstories

RM, which banned books have you read lately? Gender Queer is out in both Korean and English if you want to give it a try! Maybe pass it along to some of your close friends

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So you want to support living marginalized banned authors but your local banned books week displays and events are full of famous dead people?

Not to worry: your helpful non-binary bookseller is here to help!

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I'm not going to make it to this event after all! If you bought a ticket hoping to see me, I apologize that I will not be there. I hope you are able to get a refund if you want one!

RM starting off Banned Books Week with us 💜 #readbannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #kimnamjoon

How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

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You can follow / browse through all the lovely Shortbox comic artists here: go.bsky.app/ERmC5SX
Very honoured to be a part of this goated lineup :]

It's that time: ShortBox Comics Fair is here!

Over 140+ all-new, original comics created by artists from around the world, gathered exclusively in one place -for October only!

And it's all online, with all digital comics: no shipping, no waiting, no travelling.

www.shortboxcomicsfair.com

Graphic for PEN America report titled 'Banned in the USA: The Normalization of Book Bans'. Features a stack of colorful books in front of a blackboard with '22,810 books banned in U.S. public schools, 2021-2025' written in chalk.

🧵 In 2025, book censorship in the United States is rampant and common. Never before in the life of any living American have so many books been systematically removed from school libraries across the country.

Read our new report "The Normalization of Book Banning" at: pen.org/report/the-n...

All of the books Maia Kobabe read and reviewed in September: It Rhymes With Takei by George Takei, Harmony Becker, Steven Scott, and Justin Eisinger War of Streets and Houses by Sophie Yanow The Dispossessed by Ursula K Le Guin read by Don Leslie Intimacies by Katie Kitamura Love Me Like You’re Real by Cynthia Yuan Cheng Greater Secrets by Ananth Hirsh and Tess Stone The King’s Warrior by Huahua Zhu Picture This: How Pictures Work by Molly Bang (25th anniversary edition) This Place Kills Me by Mariko Tamaki and Nicole Goux Darius The Great Is Not Okay By Adib Khorram read by Michael Levi Harris You Are The Detective: The Creeping Hand Murder by Maureen Johnson, illustrated by Jay Cooper Raging Clouds by Yudori Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman read by Jeff Hays

My September book reviews and action items are up on Patreon (free post): www.patreon.com/posts/140206...

Promotional graphic with a purple and blue fantasy-themed background and crystal-like formations. The image features two logos: the Wizards of the Coast logo in rainbow gradient colors on the left, and the Trans Lifeline logo in white on the right. Large bold text in the center reads: “Support Trans Lifeline.” Below, smaller text says “Tune in Oct 4” next to the Twitch logo.

Wizards of the Coast is hosting a Twitch stream to support Trans Lifeline, a hotline and non-profit organization offering direct support to trans people in crisis – for the trans community, by the trans community.

Tune in to twitch.tv/magic on Oct 4th at 10am PT to play games with us and support!

I reread it last month and was blown away again!! what a book!

(solemnly) You've had mail.

BARBARA IS SCHEDULED TO BE ILLEGALLY DEPORTED TOMORROW! WE MUST CALL LOUISIANA NOW! Mike Johnson (337) 423-4232 Bill Cassidy (318) 448-7176, (337) 261-1400 John Kennedy (337) 269-5980 "Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME]. I am calling about Barbara Marques, currently detained in Louisiana. A federal court has officially acknowledged a motion to reopen Barbara's case. This means she has legal protection from deportation until the judge rules. Deporting her now would be illegal under U.S. law. Despite this, ICE has scheduled her deportation for 1969 tomorrow and already moved her to the Alexandria staging facility. This action violates the law and must be stopped. I am demanding that you intervene immediately, contact ICE, and ensure Barbara is returned to the South Louisiana facility while her case is pending. Please do your duty to uphold the law and stop this unlawful deportation."

directedbynikki URGENT UPDATE: WE NEED TO FLOOD LOUISIANA REPS IMMEDIATELY! We finally have some rare good news - the court has officially acknowledged a motion to reopen Barbara's case. This is a major step: it means Barbara Marques cannot legally be deported while the judge reviews her case. • But here's the crisis: despite this, ICE has scheduled Barbara for deportation tomorrow and has already moved her to the Alexandria, Louisiana staging facility. If ICE follows through, they will be violating federal law. - We need an absolute storm of calls and emails TODAY demanding Barbara be returned to the South Louisiana facility and not deported while her case is active. Call and email these officials immediately (CALLING IS BETTER): US Congress District 4: Mike Johnson (337) 423-4232 *MOST IMPORTANT US Senator: Bill Cassidy (318) 448-7176, (337) 261-1400 *MOST IMPORTANT US Senator: John Kennedy (337) 269-5980 Phone script + email template are in the link in our bio. Barbara has legal protection now. ICE must follow the law. We're counting on everyone to help Barbara!!!

UPDATE ON BARBARA MARQUES: ICE is attempting to deport her tomorrow despite a federal court reopening her case. Deporting her now would be illegal under federal law but ICE is trying to do it anyway. Please flood these offices with calls to uphold the law and stop Barbara’s illegal deportation.

Cover is up for my next book with @luckyscomix.bsky.social ! We're so excited for this one :D

I’m going to write a letter this week. It would be cool if y’all did too.

Here’s an update on Barbara Marques from her husband Tucker May. If you’d like to help, contact your reps, especially if you live in California. There’s an easy script on this gofundme:
www.gofundme.com/f/help-barba...

A detailed and important warning for an increasingly common scam being sent to authors across the publishing spectrum:

Sarah and Ian Hoffman authors of the Jacob picture book series in conversation with Maia Kobabe, author of Gender Queer a Memoir. Thursday October 9, from 6-7:30pm at Manny's (3092 16th Street in San Francisco).

On Thurs 10/9 at 6pm I'll be speaking with fellow banned book authors @sarahandianhoffman.bsky.social whose picture book Jacob's Room to Choose was part of the Supreme Court Case Mahmoud v Taylor. In San Francisco, tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/book-banni...

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the post office is a public service. it doesn’t need to make money. public transit doesn’t need to make money. the library doesn’t need to make money. some things exist for the public good and we desperately need lawmakers to stop thinking about them in terms of capitalism. these are not businesses.

The High Desert Winner of a 2022 ALA Alex Award Winner of the 2023 Cart…

I also don't know about punk but I enjoyed this comic memoir about growing up Black and punk in the 80s: www.goodreads.com/book/show/58...

2 ceramic frogs sit side by side. One has a little fall maple leaf on its head, the other has its tongue sticking out with a candy corn on the tip.

Here are a couple more finished frogs for fall!
#frogart #ceramics