Talia R. BarNoy

You know that adrenaline rush when a new story hits? Because ahhhhh

Got feedback from my beta readers about my book and feeling pretty good about it. Nows the hard part of more revisions 😭

This is one of my favorite stories that I've written and I'm so happy Wallstrait saw something in my little Baba Yaga tale

A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology — Working Classicists Information on Working Classicists’ upcoming book: A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology

If you like classics/Greek mythology/ancient stuff/history or know someone who does, may I humbly recommend our book as a Christmas gift?

It's full of bite-size introductions to mythological characters and concepts and the money goes to a good cause!

www.workingclassicists.com/a-periodic-t...

Heard Naomi Novik speak at the Jewish Book Festival and now I am so revved up to work on my own Jewish Fantasy

It's been awhile but for good reason! Can you believe it? After almost 8 years I finally finished the first (official) draft of my novel. Beta readers here i come!!!!

I know many people my age still have a lot of nostalgia around Harry Potter and might be tempted to watch the new HBO TV series.

Please, I'm begging you, do not tune in.

J.K. Rowling is singularly motivated. The new Harry Potter series is a cash cow intended to fund anti-trans bigotry.

Pondering the state of things and the effects on the body and the body as a form

Happy May Day! This beautiful illustration was released on 1 May 1895 by British artist Walter Crane, blending the ancient mediaeval tradition of May Day with the modern International Workers Day. We have reproduced it on posters, shirts and more: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

There is a benefit to working in the dark

Sometimes it takes 7 years to realize a story's aboutness

I have been thinking a lot about bears recently. Anybody have any good bear facts?

Catching up on my libby audiobooks means I'm behind on all the podcasts I listen to but the sacrifice is worth it.

God bless our librarian troupes 🫡

The softness that is the dishwasher running in the background while the record plays an old folk music album, tea in one hand and book in the other

Author friends: I’ve been in touch with the law firm handling the potential class-action lawsuit about Meta stealing our books to train AI. They said you can share your story and sign up for updates on this case here:

www.saverilawfirm.com/meta-languag...

Oof and the first 20 min of Moana 2 is kind of the worst part of the movie

sometimes you just spend an hour on canva making a treasure map for kids and that's just a job well done

If you're feeling anxious about the state of the world, take a breath, meet your neighbors, and build a community around your general vicinity.

According to history that simple act can save lives.

I've been working on this novel for about 7 years now and I'm in the editing process and wow am I emotional about it

I finished it and was just overwhelmed with grief that this isn't the world i live in

Reading Red, White, and Royal Blue for the first time and wow do I love escapism

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2025 CONTACT Gillian Branstetter, gbranstetter@aclu.org Tom Warnke, twarnke@lambdalegal.org BALTIMORE – In a victory for transgender youth, their families, and their medical providers, a federal district court today issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of a Trump administration executive order attempting to shut down access nationwide to gender-affirming medical care for transgender people under 19. The decision by Judge Brendan Hurson was issued from the bench with a written order to come soon. The nationwide restraining order prohibits federal agencies from conditioning or withholding federal funding based on the fact that a healthcare entity or health professional provides gender-affirming medical care to a patient under nineteen. “Good and decent parents of transgender kids should never be in the frightening position of having their child’s prescribed, medically necessary care canceled at the whim and threat of a politician. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s executive order did to PFLAG families with trans youth and young adults nationwide,” said Brian K. Bond (he/him), Chief Executive Officer of PFLAG National. “Today’s decision rights a grievous wrong to our nation's families and children, and PFLAG families will be vigilant to ensure our transgender loved ones receive the healthcare they need—as this legal ruling demands.” “Forcing providers to withhold medically-necessary, evidence-based care not only threatens patient health and well-being, but also undermines the integrity of our healthcare system in its entirety,” said Alex Sheldon (they/them), GLMA executive director. “Today's intervention by the court underscores the cruelty and recklessness that is embedded in this order and affirms our commitment to resist the administration’s extremist agenda that targets trans and non-binary young people and privileges political ideology over medical expertise. We are hopeful that…

In the first week after the order was signed, some hospitals across the country — in Massachusetts, Maryland, Washington, Colorado, and Virginia at least — abruptly halted medical care for transgender people under age 19, canceling appointments and turning away patients, including some who had been receiving this care for most of their life. This prompted protests of support for transgender youth and in opposition to the order nationwide. On Feb. 4, a lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, the ACLU of Maryland, and law firms Jenner & Block and Hogan Lovells on behalf of transgender young adults and adolescents and their families whose health care has been disrupted by President Trump’s order. Also joining the case as plaintiffs are PFLAG National, the nation’s largest organization supporting LGBTQ+ people and their families, with over 550,000 members and supporters and nearly 350 chapters across the country; and GLMA, the country’s largest organization of LGBTQ and allied health professionals. "Across the country, this unlawful order from the president has sown fear among transgender youth and confusion among their providers,” said Joshua Block, senior staff attorney for the ACLU’s LGBTQ & HIV Project. “But today’s decision should restore both their access to healthcare and protections under the Constitution. Providers who’ve suspended healthcare for their transgender patients should be left with no doubt that they can lift those suspensions and continue to provide healthcare and act in their best medical judgment without risking their funding or worse. “The president’s orders sought to take away from transgender young people the very care that they, their families, and their medical providers all agree is best for them – medical care that is evidence-based and well-established. But these decisions are for patients, their families, and their doctors to make, not for politicians or Washington bureaucrats,” said Omar Gonzale…

Incredible news!

The Trump administration's under 19 trans care ban has been BLOCKED in federal court via a bench temporary restraining order.

The administration CANNOT withhold funds from hospitals providing trans youth care.

ACLU statement here:

Page from a Periodic Table of Greek Mythology on Dionysus written by Talia BarNoy alongside a lithograph of Dionysus and the Bacchae

Just got back from my trip in Italy staring at many a Dionysus to find this bad boy @workingclassicists.bsky.social

What if I wrote an abstract in less than two days while also actively traveling away from the books I need to cite

This Arbroath couple are putting working class into the classics – just don’t call them posh The 'Working Classicists' Miri Teixeira and George Connor say everyone can learn something important from Greek and Roman mythology.

This Arbroath couple are putting working class into the classics – just don’t call them posh

Lost works of ancient mathematician Apollonius of Anatolia found in rare Arabic manuscript - Türkiye Today Apollonius’s lost works found in Arabic manuscripts show the preservation of ancient Anatolian knowledge during the Islamic Golden Age.

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Can a new book help tackle the 'posh old men' problem in Classics? The couple behind a new Periodic Table of Greek Mythology believe that representing a more diverse range of voices is vital for 'anyone who cares…

From Hades to Tethys, can a new book from @workingclassicists.bsky.social help tackle the 'posh old men' problem in Classics?

Online now after originally appearing in the latest @heraldscotland.bsky.social EducationHQ supplement 👇

www.heraldscotland.com/news/2486636...

A picture taken of a newspaper page showing Miri and George from Working Classicists holding up the book A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology. The title is “Classic case of a need for seats at the table”.

Thanks to @jamesmcenaney.bsky.social for the wonderful write-up about A Periodic Table of Greek Mythology in @heraldscotland.bsky.social this morning!

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