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University harassment responses ‘putting students off reporting’ Women’s negative experiences of reporting reflective of wider barriers, with problems likely to be exacerbated by funding crisis

💯 Truth. 💯

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Happy World Teachers' Day!📚✏️ IEEE Xplore is thrilled to celebrate and recognize all the amazing educators around the globe.

#IEEE #IEEEXplore #Education #WorldTeachersDay #PhDSky #AcademicSky

YouTube video by Kidzuko No Cats In The Library 🐱📚 | Reading Rainbow 📖 🌈 | Full Episode | @Kidzuko​

Reading Rainbow… is back! 🥹

This LeVar Burton/Reading Rainbow raised human is feeling all of the library joy. We hope your kids believe they belong in books, just like you ✨

Take a look, it’s in a book 📚🌈🦋🌌
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National Indigenous Music awards 2025: Emily Wurramara wins artist of the year Warnindhilyagwa singer also wins film clip of the year, while Malyangapa Barkindji rapper Barkaa wins album of the year. Emily Wurramara expressed solidarity with the people of Palestine and “all Indigenous peoples around the world” experiencing oppression as she accepted the artist of the year aw…

Warnindhilyagwa singer also wins film clip of the year, while Malyangapa Barkindji rapper Barkaa wins album of the year. Emily Wurramara expressed solidarity with the people of Palestine and “all Indigenous peoples around the world” experiencing oppression as she accepted the artist of the year aw…

Native Women's Writing Retreat

An Essay of (K)Nots and Footnotes – Layli Long Soldier Poet Layli Long Solider tells the story of Iron Hail—a Mniconjou Lakota elder and warrior—and interrogates how the language of law can be a creative force in reclaiming lands and rights for Native peo...

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Siren of Atlantis by Cedar Sigo, Wave Books

#poetry

Grab a bargain book or two for Halloween 🎃👻🎃

If you fancy a spooky haunted house read this month Haverscroft has 25% off with the lovely people at @saltpublishing.com 👻👻👻

Made a vibes trailer for the book:

● EXCITING NEWS ●

The debut novel by your friend and mine, @fbereaud.bsky.social (author of the sublime San Diego Stories from @CowboyJamboree), is now available to pre-order and is on sale for $2 off in the Stanchion shop.

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Graphic with colorful flowers of different types and colors arranged in two rows. Below the flowers, bold black text reads: “Diversity is natural. Variation is a part of nature – so is disability.”

Disability is not separate from humanity. It's a natural part of the human experience.

Often times, disabilities can be a part of natural genetic variation.

Celebrating our unique experiences makes us stronger, prepares us for a world full of differences, and promotes community and understanding.

Pick of the Week Discover Great Stories. Guest Authors. Interviews. Short Stories. Wall of War. Vigilantes. Jo Naylor. The Alexanders. Father

My thanks to @hudsonal.bsky.social Allan Hudson for featuring my collection What's in a Name? in his Pick of the Week.

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Short story collections, now available.

Footprints are found on Callisto. Who left them & when?
Heaven’s most dysfunctional angels in new adventures
And what’s happened to Mr Jenkins this time?

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#booksky 📚💙 #booksky 🪐📚 #booksky 🤏📚 #sciencefiction #kindleunlimited

Useful abbreviations for the time-pressed on-line reader.
#PhDchat #ECRchat #PhDForum #academicchatter @tomgauld

Image is line paper with writing showing an English word followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled and pronounced. The words are turkey and wildcat and pronounced guhnah ahlay guhay

Your Cherokee words for today.
The top word is English followed by how it is written in the Cherokee language followed by how it is spelled in English then how to pronounce it phonetically.

Rabbit the trickster was once wronged by turkey and decided to get revenge. Turkey and his family was feeding

As I predicted when I first joined BSky during the invitation-only era, it is a problem that there’s no way to go private or to hide your block/follow lists

2025 National Book Awards Longlist for Poetry The ten contenders for the National Book Award for Poetry

National Book Award long list for #poetry - I’ve tagged several on Libby, will keep my eyes open for them!

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Panel on Publishing at Punch Bucket Lit Fest in Asheville NC 9/20 3:30

Packing for Punch Bucket Lit Fest in Asheville NC! I’m reading from Mycocosmic at 1:30 with Bruce Beasley, Patrick Paridee Samuel, & Brendan Walsh, then I hop into the publishing panel with these fine people. Excited! @saramoorewagner.bsky.social

We've had loads of beautiful submissions lately but on thing we're always on the look out for is great non-fiction. If you have a unique take on something in the world of SF, Fantasy, technology, or the environment, we'd love to hear from you! #sciencefiction

RYV! Virtual Retreat | Vilissa K. Thompson, LMSW Attention!! Do you know any #disabled Black & BIPOC #college seniors who's looking for community and want to have a space to discuss what graduation & post-college life may look like as disabled you...

Do you know any #disabled Black & BIPOC #college seniors who's looking for community and a space to discuss what graduation & post-college life may look like as disabled young folks?

All the deets are in the link, including a sign-up form!

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#Disability

A bright moon in a dark sky glowing so brightly in Minnesota.

Bright moon on a dark morning shining bright in Minnesota 🌖

The 2025 ALOCASIA Microgrant for Queer Nature Writers Finalists List. Mukethe Kawinzi, Zoë Fay-Stindt, Brody Parrish Craig, River 瑩瑩 Dandelion, Lauren Samblanet, Bryce Baron-Sips, Danielle Shandiin Emerson, and Kyla-Yến Huỳnh Giffin. Supported by funding from Accelerate Resilience L.A., a sponsored project of Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors.

We're so so thrilled to announce our finalists list for the 2025 ALOCASIA Microgrant for Queer Nature Writers.

We can't thank you all enough for spreading the message, applying, and sharing your words with us.

Competitions Competitions Winter 2025 Flash Fiction Competition Subtext: the delicate art of saying one thing while meaning another. It’s also one of those things that separates good writing from exceptio…

Attention #FlashFiction writers! We're open now to entries for our Winter Flash Fiction Competition! There's a cash prize for the story that makes the best use of subtext + your story published in our Winter issue. See link for rules and how to enter 👉🏻 penstricken.com/competitions

#writersky

poets | wave 23 | iamb ~ poetry seen and heard Read 45 poems from 15 emerging and established poets – and hear their authors read them too. Welcome to wave 23 of iamb.

Autumn again. Trees put on their prettiest frocks, then get more naked day by day. Everything now is poetry – and it comes in waves. Leave the chilly air outside. Light a fire, make hot chocolate. Let senses and soul dive beneath @iambapoet.com's newest wave.

www.iambapoet.com/wave/23

Donate to Disability Justice Micro-Grant Fund It's Keidra's birthday month and she's raising money to fund more Wild Ramp Disability Justice Zine microgrants. Every dollar will go directly to a zinester and the donation is tax-deductable, through...

If you are one of the 1-2 people in the US with $ to burn, consider a (tax-deductible) donation to the microgrant fund! donate.mazloweb.com/donate/SCKmZ...

"No other writer of our time & place was so diverse, attempted so much, & never lost sight of his intent." – Michael Ondaatje. Purchase SOME LINES OF POETRY FROM THE NOTEBOOKS OF BPNICHOL, lovingly edited by @whatisapoem.bsky.social & I, from @coachhousebooks.bsky.social: chbooks.com/Books/S/Some...

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Wahoo! I just submitted two pitches for #PitchDis! I love the setup for this event. Organized, two-day form pitching with registered agents and editors is a very disabled and neurodivergent-friendly option. Kudos to the organizers!

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Locus is a magazine built for & by readers AND writers. Get insider news about which magazines are publishing what kind of story, as well as our reviewers' favorite books of the year. Immerse yourself in our community, we would love to have you. linktr.ee/locusmagazine