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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 21h

Day 27 of #LatineHeritageMonth: GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS, a lyrical, mystical MG novel by Cuban-American author Meg Medina (with illustrations by Anna and Elena Balbusso). Graciela, a sea ghost, and Jorge, a mortal land-dweller, must save the world from an enchanted harpoon in this folkloric adventure

The cover of GRACIELA IN THE ABYSS, featuring a translucent sea ghost against the currents, flora and fauna of the sea

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Rachel Pinnelas 💭 @racheaissance.com · 14d

I’m not embarrassed and defensive about liking comics with superheroes because it means I’m a nerd, I’m embarrassed and defensive about it because in 2025 the representation of creative teams that aren’t entirely male still may take another century to accomplish anything near equality in the market

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

Louise V Durham, stained glass and driftwood sculpture, Shoreham by Sea, UK #WomensArt

Photo of a vertical driftwood sculpture inlaid with rainbow coloured stained glass, the sculpture is sited on a wet looking shoreline by the sea under a sky with silver clouds and pale blue light

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 2d

Alright I need a short story break before I dive back into another gargantuan anthology, so let's read one of the oldest transfemme books I'm aware of!

Autobiography of an Androgyne is one of the earliest "trans memoirs," published a solid 15 years before the commonly cited 'first' trans memoir.

Autobiography of an Androgyne by Jennie June

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 1d

The universe is too fucking fabulous for capitalism, y'all!

Last night's evidence:
1. North America Nebula (1 hour)
2. Andromeda (20 min)
3. Pac-Man Nebula (15 min)

The universe is basically just hydrogen, dark matter, and dark energy. Plus trillions upon trillions of perturbations lol
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North America Nebula. Lots of red because of all of the hydrogen gas.

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 1d

LET THIS RADICALIZE YOU taught us so much, fam, including how necessary it is to dream better worlds. We def need WHEN THINGS FALL APART and we bet you do too 🩷

Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · 1d

My publisher’s been very patient. I’m not doing everything I said I’d do to promote this book (out in a few weeks) because I’m an organizer in a city under federal attack. My days are full and emotionally exhausting. Any help getting the word out means a lot. It's a book people need right now.

Read This When Things Fall Apart by Kelly Hayes | Pilsen Community Books

A bundle of letters to activists and organizers on the frontlines in catastrophic times from Let This Radicalize You co-author Kelly Hayes In social movements, some heartbreaks are all but inevitable.

www.pilsencommunitybooks.com

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 1d

Hey, Queens!

Alexios Mantzarlis @mantzarlis.com · 1d

Good morning from the 7 train!

To celebrate Banned Books Week, my daughter and I are going to try and get every sticker on the @qplnyc.bsky.social list.

We’re off to 10 public libraries across Queens: Sunnyside is first.

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Alex Brown 🇵🇸 (they/them) @bookjockeyalex.bsky.social · 2d

I kinda want to play "Is this YA" but I already know that 95% of the books people will ask about will not be YA.

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Sirens @sirensconference.org · 1d

Day 26 of #LatineHeritageMonth: THE WITCH AND THE VAMPIRE, Colombian-American author Francesca Flores' lush, sapphic Rapunzel retelling. Ava and Kaye were besties--until vampires turned Ava. Now Kaye is bound to kill all vampires, but she and Ava are stuck in a dangerous forest with feeeeeeelings