Vashti Harrison
@vashtiharrison.bsky.social
Author-Illustrator based in Brooklyn
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Hey, I’m Vashti. Primarily author and illustrator of children’s books, but I miss posting about all of my random crafts and doodles!
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i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count
Join me for a signing at #alaac25 on Monday! @lbschool.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Join me for a signing at #alaac25 on Monday! @lbschool.bsky.social
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The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
June 13, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The neighborhood is getting ready for tomorrow
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Incredibly talented author & illustrator @vashtiharrison.bsky.social will be joining us this week to talk about her Caldecott Medal winning book, Big. We can't wait!! This powerful picture book is a must read. On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you? We are off the charts at 11!
April 27, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Incredibly talented author & illustrator @vashtiharrison.bsky.social will be joining us this week to talk about her Caldecott Medal winning book, Big. We can't wait!! This powerful picture book is a must read. On a scale of 1-10, how excited are you? We are off the charts at 11!
What a huge honor! Big was included in Kirkus Reviews list of Best Books of the 21st Century (so far) www.kirkusreviews.com/fiction/best...
April 2, 2025 at 5:31 PM
What a huge honor! Big was included in Kirkus Reviews list of Best Books of the 21st Century (so far) www.kirkusreviews.com/fiction/best...
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didn’t we used to have a word for this
A sheriff in Mississippi, the highest paid and most powerful public figure in his county, staffed his mother’s commercial chicken farm with inmates from the local jail and used taxpayer-purchased equipment to improve it, an investigation by The New York Times and Mississippi Today found.
Mississippi Sheriff Used Inmate Labor for Family Farm
In Mississippi, incarcerated trusties cleaned chicken houses, fixed cars and installed flooring for the benefit of a local sheriff and his associates, a new investigation found.
www.nytimes.com
March 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
didn’t we used to have a word for this
Starting at 10:30!
Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
March 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Starting at 10:30!
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Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
March 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
March 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Join me for a free virtual event Tomorrow! I’ll be part of The Society of Illustrators Virtual Saturday Stories! I’ll do a live reading and drawing workshop! Register here: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
Join me for a virtual storytime and art workshop this Saturday with the Society of Illustrators! Free to register: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
March 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Join me for a virtual storytime and art workshop this Saturday with the Society of Illustrators! Free to register: societyillustrators.org/event/virtua...
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Hey #kidlit, friendly reminder that tomorrow is #kidlitartpostcard! Last month we set a record on Bluesky with 413 posts.
Take care to use the right hashtag so your work can be found.
I’m planning to scroll the hashtag with @flashes.blue this time around!
💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙
Take care to use the right hashtag so your work can be found.
I’m planning to scroll the hashtag with @flashes.blue this time around!
💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙
March 5, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Hey #kidlit, friendly reminder that tomorrow is #kidlitartpostcard! Last month we set a record on Bluesky with 413 posts.
Take care to use the right hashtag so your work can be found.
I’m planning to scroll the hashtag with @flashes.blue this time around!
💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙
Take care to use the right hashtag so your work can be found.
I’m planning to scroll the hashtag with @flashes.blue this time around!
💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙❤️💙
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Cancelling @joyannreid.bsky.social means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Value of Joy
By canceling Joy Reid’s cable news show, MSNBC has not only silenced a brilliant host: It’s silenced the next Black voice you haven’t yet heard.
www.thenation.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Cancelling @joyannreid.bsky.social means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Heart. Hair. Hands. #bhm days 4,5 and 6.
Black History Month might need to last all year for me to do these posts, but I’m ok w/that. We’re gonna need some timeline cleanses over the next couple months. Take a break from doomscrolling and look at these cuties inspired by my recent school visits.
Black History Month might need to last all year for me to do these posts, but I’m ok w/that. We’re gonna need some timeline cleanses over the next couple months. Take a break from doomscrolling and look at these cuties inspired by my recent school visits.
February 26, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Heart. Hair. Hands. #bhm days 4,5 and 6.
Black History Month might need to last all year for me to do these posts, but I’m ok w/that. We’re gonna need some timeline cleanses over the next couple months. Take a break from doomscrolling and look at these cuties inspired by my recent school visits.
Black History Month might need to last all year for me to do these posts, but I’m ok w/that. We’re gonna need some timeline cleanses over the next couple months. Take a break from doomscrolling and look at these cuties inspired by my recent school visits.
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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
February 23, 2025 at 6:01 PM
El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.
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New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
Jonathan Capehart, Katie Phang, and Ayman Mohyeldin have all lost their shows.
www.thedailybeast.com
February 24, 2025 at 10:50 PM
New MSNBC Bloodbath of Non-White Anchors After Joy Reid Forced Out
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2/19: MSNBC celebrates its NAACP Image Award and Joy Reid’s book Medgar & Myrlie.
2/22: Trump calls MSNBC a “threat to democracy” after NBCUniversal’s lawsuit settlement.
2/23: Joy Reid ( @joyannreid.bsky.social ) canceled.
When Trump sent the heat, @MSNBC.com bent the knee—AGAIN!
2/22: Trump calls MSNBC a “threat to democracy” after NBCUniversal’s lawsuit settlement.
2/23: Joy Reid ( @joyannreid.bsky.social ) canceled.
When Trump sent the heat, @MSNBC.com bent the knee—AGAIN!
February 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
2/19: MSNBC celebrates its NAACP Image Award and Joy Reid’s book Medgar & Myrlie.
2/22: Trump calls MSNBC a “threat to democracy” after NBCUniversal’s lawsuit settlement.
2/23: Joy Reid ( @joyannreid.bsky.social ) canceled.
When Trump sent the heat, @MSNBC.com bent the knee—AGAIN!
2/22: Trump calls MSNBC a “threat to democracy” after NBCUniversal’s lawsuit settlement.
2/23: Joy Reid ( @joyannreid.bsky.social ) canceled.
When Trump sent the heat, @MSNBC.com bent the knee—AGAIN!
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Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Putin is full out celebrating our idiocy.
Hope Island #bhm day 2
#hope #blackhistorymonth
Still working on updating the list, thank you for your suggestions!
#hope #blackhistorymonth
Still working on updating the list, thank you for your suggestions!
February 3, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Hope Island #bhm day 2
#hope #blackhistorymonth
Still working on updating the list, thank you for your suggestions!
#hope #blackhistorymonth
Still working on updating the list, thank you for your suggestions!
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
Today I discovered you can connect any Bluetooth keyboard to the iPad to utilize hot keys in procreate 😭😮💨
January 30, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Today I discovered you can connect any Bluetooth keyboard to the iPad to utilize hot keys in procreate 😭😮💨
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Today and in the coming days, remember
January 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today and in the coming days, remember