@tarasimauthor.bsky.social
Author of THE CITY OF DUSK (Orbit), WE SHALL BE MONSTERS (Penguin), Scavenge the Stars, & Timekeeper. Biracial/desi. Grumpy. BLM. She/her.
THE MIDNIGHT KINGDOM (2023)
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a screenshot of DiscussingFilm's tweet about Jacob Elordi, costumed as Frankenstein's monster, hugging his dog on the set of Frankenstein
WE SHALL BE MONSTERS (2024)
22.10.2025 17:54 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0This is amazing news and a win for the freedom to read. And I want to add that it was students who first told me of my book being pulled and who led the effort to petition the board. What a testament to the power of young people and collective action.
And thanks @heykellyjensen.bsky.social!
Seconding this and adding that it really is that bad in terms of the lack of marketing for BIPOC authors esp. And as bad as it is in adult, it's worse in YA and kidlit.
16.10.2025 02:51 β π 105 π 48 π¬ 1 π 1You know...I really did write THE CITY OF DUSK for the tiefling rogues of the world
12.10.2025 00:26 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A library director in Wyoming who was fired two years ago because she refused to remove books with sexual content and LGBTQ themes from a library's children and young adult sections has just been awarded $700,000 in a settlement. t.co/EA5L1kOZfV
11.10.2025 16:15 β π 8167 π 1954 π¬ 147 π 121girl.........
08.10.2025 18:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Once again spreading my Nik x Julian agenda
08.10.2025 18:08 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"I know what this chapter is missing," I mutter to myself as I dial up the gay meter
08.10.2025 18:04 β π 32 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0doomscroll break
08.10.2025 07:13 β π 2810 π 1122 π¬ 33 π 113The elimination of USAID is a moral atrocity and all involved made a choice to enable, and then lie about, ending the lives of some of the most vulnerable people in the world.
08.10.2025 14:09 β π 5257 π 2484 π¬ 83 π 111He hasn't signed the other bills yet, but he still has days to do so
This headline is misleading for not mentioning that.
The gender education veto is bad, but far from the most important trans rights bill on his desk.
There's still time to contact Newsom for the rest!
www.gov.ca.gov/contact/
KAMILAH
08.10.2025 15:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0kinda sweet that bookshop.org's anti-prime sale overlaps with banned books week, which means today you can get free shipping PLUS 20% off their banned books list! bookshop.org/info/banned-...
08.10.2025 15:13 β π 299 π 168 π¬ 3 π 13MEXICAN GOTHIC X HAMLET
1969: India might be free, but the ring on her finger means Dr. Harshini Sahai certainly isnβt.
Blackmailed into investigating a murder, Harshini finds herself surrounded by people and secrets that could ruin her reputationβor worse.
#DVPit #HF #A #H #Asian #DIS #LGBT #WOC
Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.
08.10.2025 10:29 β π 26627 π 10117 π¬ 425 π 185NEW GAME++ HERE I COME
08.10.2025 15:35 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
A depressing but accurate look at what being a midlist author is like right now:
thewalrus.ca/the-publishi...
AO3 baby! Algo-free, no ads, donor supported, full access and free to use for non-subscribers, media created entirely by regular people who just want to share their creativity.
02.10.2025 04:41 β π 101 π 19 π¬ 2 π 0Me seeing everyone find their books while I'm one of the authors who was massively screwed over by her publisher
02.10.2025 17:24 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I love that someone in some office was like "we could use this money on our other authors. or, hear me out: mayonnaise"
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A package of assorted cheese with a cracker in a plastic container, from Westside Market, New York City on 77 Seventh Ave The label reads: Assorted cheese hell.....yes THE SKY IS DARK THE WIND IS COLD THE NIGHT IS YOUNG BEFORE IT'S OLD AND GREY. WE WILL KNOW THE THRILL OF IT ALL--BRYAN FREEY there is a barcode and it says 1 PCS Packed on: & Sell by: OCT 01 Total price $5.99
It's officially October 1st so that means you all have to repost Assorted cheese
hell.....yes
This is absolutely heartbreaking. This man should not have been murdered. His children should still have a father. His wife should not have to tell people her trauma.
This government is committing war crimes.
hey, cis people. we need you to call every single elected official you've got, now.
29.09.2025 16:17 β π 4539 π 3178 π¬ 55 π 69I wish I was playing Hades 2
29.09.2025 18:16 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0
Hades 2 MelinoΓ«
26.09.2025 07:16 β π 1162 π 312 π¬ 4 π 0
2025 "Twilight"
#rhads #DigitalArt
A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.
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