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Helena Greer

@blumagaincurios.bsky.social

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Writer, librarian, sex educator, chaos bisexual Carrigan's Christmasland series Tucson forever Reparations + land back + abolish ICE + Free Palestine TERFS fuck off She/her

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · Nov 29

"The books in this series have been absolute orgies of comfort reading, brimming with sparkling banter and the kind of heart-rending angst you can drown in." -- @oliviawaite.com on Carrigan's Christmasland

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Lilly Wachowski @lillywachowski.bsky.social · 9h

it is disorienting when you lose someone who you navigate your life to, like a star blinking out of the night sky.
a life lived in fearlessness, she carved out space for so many of us.
an amazing woman.
check out this doc by some of my pals.

Watch MAJOR! Online | Vimeo On Demand

The award-winning documentary "MAJOR!" follows the life and campaigns of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a Black transgender elder who has been fighting for…

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 20h

I've been told that this 2019 fundraiser for Miss Major started after her stroke is where anyone who might want to contribute to the expenses of her family in the immediate future should contribute: fundly.com/missmajor - It will stay open for the time being.

Click here to support Miss Major's Monthly Fundraising Circle by Friends of Miss Major

After Miss Major's 2019 stroke, donations go to continuing her rehab + her retirement fund, in addition to helping care for Asiah, the baby she and Beck ...

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 20h

Fucking devastated by the loss of Miss Major.

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 1d

Things my (almost) 10 year old has said to me this long weekend:
Mom do you want to see Sauron driving a tiny kitty car?
Can we snuggle and watch Bob Ross?
Before you woke up I was making giant spiders out of inanimate objects in my mind.

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collin cornell @collincornell.bsky.social · 5d

“One of the chants that has become ubiquitous at these protests at Broadview is, ‘Love your neighbor, love your God, save your soul and quit your job,’” said Black, who pastors at the First Presbyterian Church of Chicago. “Everybody chants that.”

RNS @rns.org · 6d

The pastors’ efforts are part of rising faith-based pushback to the Trump administration as the president seeks to implement plans for mass deportation of immigrants.
religionnews.com/2025/10/07/i...

Religious protesters say ICE threatens religious freedom in Chicago

(RNS) — Despite potential danger, religious leaders and faith activists have been a visible presence at Chicago-area ICE protests, some waving signs with slogans such as ‘Love thy neighbor’ and ‘Who…

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Ricardo Levins Morales Art Studio @rlmartstudio.bsky.social · 2d

This week in 1988: 1,000+ ACT UP demonstrators shut down the FDA headquarters, demanding (and eventually winning) action on developing HIV/AIDS treatments. ACT UP's militant and creative actions always included powerful visual artwork, and paved the way for movements in the decades to come.

A photograph from the 1988 ACT UP demonstration outside the FDA. Many people are participating in a die-in on the front steps, holding mock tombstones with messages like "RIP - killed by the FDA" and "Dead from lack of drugs." A line of police officers (some with classic 80s mustaches) wearing riot helmets stands between them and the building; one cop wearing white gloves is walking through the demonstrators. Affixed to the 2nd story windows of the building is a series of posters and a large blank banner reading Silence = Death.

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 2d

Ooh, yes!

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 2d

Amazon just tried to recommend my own book to me ("you might like this!" Yeah I do actually) which is how I found out that Season of Love is on KU right now.

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 2d

Thinking about this National Coming Out Day, 28 years after the first of thousands of times I came out, and I just think it's extraordinary luck. Of all the things I could have been in this life, I get to be queer.

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 2d

I'm not done yet but so far I very highly recommend!

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 2d

It's probably going to destroy me emotionally but it's going to do it beautifully!

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 3d

"But when the overlords set their weapons and laws against the holy lovers, then we fight and dance for their defeat" -- Disco Witches Manifesto #88

(Disco Witches of Fire Island, Blair Fell)

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Alan Dettlaff @alandettlaff.com · 3d

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 3d

Relatedly I would be sadder about Diane Keaton if she had not decided to spend all the capital of her legacy on defending a dude who married his own kid 🤷

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 3d

The thing about Diane Keaton is that it should have been Woody Allen.

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 3d

There's a guy at Daiso with a Pomeranian in a baby carrier and honestly, the dream.

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · 3d

Just a reminder that Banned Books Week isn’t about selling more copies of 1984. It’s about keeping authors and teachers and librarians safe and making sure all of us have the freedom to read widely. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Children’s Authors on the Real-World Cost of Book Banning

Authors discuss how having their work targeted by censors has directly affected their livelihood and their well-being.

www.publishersweekly.com

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 3d

Happy 3 year anniversary to my first book coming out on National Coming Out Day. I love you, Season of Love. I still think you should have been called My First Noelle.

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 5d

Usually the line that sticks with me (and the reason I put the soundtrack on, because I'm noodling on a book idea) is "you have to go on living so one of us is living."

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 5d

Ah-ha but my kid is home with strep so I can cry in peace! (Yay??)

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 5d

I didn't even know I'm was sad until Spike started to sing and I started to cry! My body was just like yeah we've reached max capacity.

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 5d

Interested acquaintance: how are you holding up with everything?
Me: This morning on the way to work I cried alone in the car because of Rest in Peace from the Buffy musical. So.

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Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 6d

But also I knew that friend who told me to write Season of Love from library twitter way back in the day. That's also how I met one of my closest writer friends, who pushed me to stick out the querying process.

All my careers and friends are from Twitter 😭

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 6d

I tweeted about a book plot + a friend encouraged me to write it. That book got me an agent via dvpit on Twitter. That series made me a USA Today Bestseller.

Also a group of colleagues + I created a training for storytime librarians that's been used around the world. RIP Twitter.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 6d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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actively hostile to bigots @starfishknits.bsky.social · 6d

This is an EXCELLENT book.

Helena Greer @blumagaincurios.bsky.social · 6d

If you're celebrating International Lesbian Day, can I recommend doing so with Noelle Northwood, the fat dapper butch dreamboat from Season of Love?
Bonus! The book starts right after Sukkot. It's seasonal!
bookshop.org/p/books/seas...

Season of Love

Check out Season of Love - An Entertainment Weekly Best Holiday Romance of 2022 A BookPage Best Holiday Romance of 2022 A PopSugar Best Holiday Romance of 2022</...

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