Marlana M

My goal in life is to have an interesting estate sale when I die. Like the kind people are lined up outside the house waiting for it to start.

A TV with the lyrics of LGFUAD by Motion City Soundtrack

everyone needs friends that'll scream sing karaoke in the living room until we lose our voices

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Statement on the Trump Administration's January 20, 2025 Executive Order Targeting Transgender, Intersex, Nonbinary, and Gender-Nonconforming Americans On January 20, the White House issued an executive order stating that the United States government will only recognize two sexes, male and female, as defined "at conception." The ripple effect of this order will undoubtedly affect public schools, public libraries, and the literature that is shelved in both. Among the many harms it causes, the order targeting transgender, intersex, nonbinary, and gender nonconforming Americans threatens unconstitutional censorship that could have a grave impact on literature for years to come. In dismissing trans, intersex, and nonbinary identities, the order blacklists LGBTQIA+ literature and invites the government to dictate the perspectives, beliefs, and identities that can exist in public forums receiving federal funding, amounting to financial coercion through the arbitrary withholding of funds. This censorship may begin with LGBTQIA+ perspectives, but it will not end there: allowing the government to censor one group erodes the First Amendment rights of all Americans, creating a precedent for silencing dissenting voices.

If allowed to stand, the order will create new funding requirements imposed not only on federal entities, but private citizens and institutions who contract with them. Those requirements can and will be manipulated to dictate speech. The broader chilling effect on literature could be even harder to undo. Writers rely on funding from sources like the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, as well as the state-level institutions they fund. Trans, nonbinary, and intersex experience is vastly underrepresented in literature but disproportionately targeted by bans. During the 2022-2023 school year, 30% of books banned included LGBTQIA+ characters or themes. Such censorship robs us of perspectives that enrich the American story. Though the executive order in question tries to paint LGBTQIA+ people and allies as bullies enforcing their perspective on others through "legal and other socially coercive means," that's exactly what the order itself does, just as book-banning pressure groups have done since 2020 in school boards and libraries around the country. The fate of trans, intersex, and nonbinary people is not a political ideology, it's a matter of human rights, civil rights, and freedom of expression. Government erosion of those rights should concern all Americans, regardless of their investment in LGBTQIA+ literature specifically.

This executive order is censorship, pure and simple, and it has no place in a free society. It must be rescinded or stayed as soon as possible, and at the latest, before the earliest implementation deadline, February 19, 2025. Financially blacklisting trans, intersex, and non-binary perspectives will rob us of a vital literature yet to be written while insulting the dignity of LGBTQIA+ people everywhere. This return to McCarthyism by other means is a leap backwards to a grim chapter of American history. Sincerely, the undersigned, • American Booksellers Association • Freedom to Read Project • Publishers and Writers of • American Booksellers for • Gryphon Publishing San Diego and Orange Free Expression Consulting, LLC County • Andrews McMeel • Independent Book • PEN America • Annie's Foundation Publishers Association • PFLAG Fresno • Audio Publishers (IBPA) • PubWest Association • IngramSpark • Rattling Good Yarns Press • Authors Against Book • Judging by the Cover: A • Read Freely Alabama Bans Bookstore • Red Comet Press LLC • Berry Powell Press • Lafayette Citizens Against • Rutherford County Library • Cardinal Rule Press Censorship Alliance • Charlesbridge Publishing • Lambda Literary • Sara Paretsky, Writer • Chestnut Publishing House• Latino 247 Media Group • SCBWI • Comic Book Legal Defense • Lee Wind, author • SEAT Fund • Levine Querido • SparkPoint Studio • Deborah Sloan and • Library Futures Company and Kidsbuzz • Macmillan Children's • St Tammany Library Alliance • Developmental Texts Publishing Group • Stone Bridge Press • Empowering Latino • The National Book Critics • Texas Freedom to Read Futures Circle Project • EveryLibrary • National Coalition Against • Walker Books Group for • Firewater Media Group Censorship Candlewick Press, Holiday • Florida Freedom to Read • NorthSouth Books House Books, and Project • Nosy Crow Peachtree Publishing • Foreword Reviews • Patagonia • We Need Diverse Books

Signers include / logos of all organizations on the preceeding image

"This censorship may begin with LGBTQIA+ perspectives, but it will not end there: allowing the government to censor one group erodes the First Amendment rights of all Americans."

A four-panel comic. In panel 1, a wood frog stands on a pink background. The text says: "Feeling unlucky in love? Did you know that male Wood Frogs have difficulty perceiving members of their species? Here are some things they’ve been documented trying to mate with." "Spotted Salamander." The wood frog looks at a large yellow-spotted salamander, with a heart over the frog's head. "Cattail." The frog looks amorously at a large cattail flower or "sausage." "Green frog." The wood frog looks at a large confused-looking green frog. "Dead fish." The wood frog stares at a large dead fish. "Live fish." The wood frog looks amorously at a large trout. "Pine cone." The wood frog looks at a large pine cone. The final text says: "Sorry, there's no moral here. I just thought you'd enjoy this fact about frogs."

While I work on this year's valentine, here's last year's.

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Pearl, a tabby with orange spots, licks her brother Broden. Broden is a black cat. They are both bathed in sunlight and it is very cute.

Everyone needs to see some cute cats today. Add your kitties in the replies!

As State Legislative Sessions Kick Off, the Bad Bills Outpace Good Ones for Libraries and Readers Our commitment to our EveryLibrary community is to keep you informed and help you support legislation that builds communities and schools through libraries or oppose legislation that harms readers' ri...

Our commitment to you is to keep you informed and help you support legislation that builds communities and schools through libraries or oppose legislation that harms readers' rights, targets librarians, and attacks our libraries and schools.

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What a piece of shit.

This is devastating.

Peach (a brown tabby cat with orange splotches) is wrapped up in a cream colored blanket featuring cats and potted plants. All you can see is her face and a little bit of one leg poking out. She looks very warm and cozy!

It's -3 degrees Fahrenheit right now.

Like, I knew that I was pretty depressed/secluded during most of 2024.... But why haven't I heard of most of the shows/films nominated for a Golden Globe? I need to get out more in 2025 🙃

Her: I can't listen to Chappell Roan because she's singing about loving women and I just can't relate.

Me: **gesturing wildly to every song written by straight men about women that she thoroughly enjoys**

Am I the only person who PREFERS to use the self checkouts?? 😅😅

The Pro-Censorship and Anti-Library & Bills Already Filed for 2025 Killing the Department of Education is one we already saw coming.

The pro-censorship, anti-library bills already filed for 2025 across the USA.

It's your responsibility to follow these and write to your state representatives.

Guide to how to do that included....as are some *positive* bills prefiled.

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Under the Whispering Door by TJ Kline

Last one! I need a new challenge. 😊
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (20/20) 💙📚 #20daybookchallenge

The Silver Eyes by Scott Cawthon

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (19/20) 💙📚 #20daybookchallenge

Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (18/20) 💙📚 #20daybookchallenge

Book cover for Dear Mothman by Robin Gow

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A collage featuring BMO, a grey cat.

We said goodbye to BMO on Monday. Even after amputating the leg with the tumor, the cancer still spread into his lungs. Everything sucks right now.

Book cyber for The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix

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Book cover for I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

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Peach, a tabby cat with orange blotches, sits in a cat tree appearing to appreciate a Christmas tree. The tree is decorated with bright white lights and silver/irridescent ornaments.

Merry Crimas

Oh man... And we've been complaining about it being cold 😅

Book cover for The Stand by Stephen King

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Book cover for Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

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Book cover for "Klara and the Sun" by Kazuo Ishiguro

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Book cover for "Stiff" by Mary Roach

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A half finished BINGO card

Does anyone else play BINGO on Thanksgiving? Or is this a weird tradition?

Book cover for "What We Fed to the Manticore" by Talia Lakshmi Kolluri

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. (10/20) 💙📚 #20daybookchallenge