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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 10h

no one is sitting straight

bless us

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 10h

Someone straight-up explained to me that their father was alive and reading when the WoT books first came out and 💀 💀 💀.

Also, if you see this, do not worry, you are *lovely* but also...

💀 💀 💀

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 10h

I love talking about stories.
I love talking about stories.
I love talking about stories...

Thank you SO much, fellow writers and Ban This Book Fest. I had such a good time. #BanThisBookFest #FerndaleMI #IAmFerndalePride #Detroit

Emily and three other people sitting at a table on a stage, with another author on a video screen behind.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 11h

Ban This Book Fest was so *awesome* - so so many thanks to the organizers and attendees.

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🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah I really need help with this . I’m gonna go hyperventilate into a bag but this has gone bad quickly

🇬🇾🗽Sydette The Dreaded Gorgon🗽🇬🇾 @blackamazon.bsky.social · Apr 10

Welp it’s gotten real real if you can please help. If you can’t it’s really hard out here so share

gofund.me/a5ee0064

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 14h

Awwwwww that means the world. These are my stories - you know?

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 14h

Being around book people and talking books is giving me such life. People have been so cruel to take so much of this from me but hell if I give up. I will be here whether people come around or not. And now a panel! Yay I’m so exited! I HAVE MISSED THIS SO MUCH!

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 16h

Cute publishers can’t stop being cute - out on the town for #BanThisBookFest right here in #FerndaleMI!

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Rosa Sparks @ NYCC @rosasparks.bsky.social · 18h

And if you are feeling generous and want to help an indie journalist today, please send love to my cashapp account $FabulizeMagazine

Rosa Sparks @ NYCC @rosasparks.bsky.social · 19h

And my invoice didn't hit smh. It won't be cleared until Tuesday smh. I hate traveling with low funds.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 18h

This is probably an odd comment six minutes into a pro-book fest, but um - I just realized how Trans our catalogue is.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 19h

Still getting NetGalley requests for Sexy Garlic, and here's the thing. These stories were all passed on, in one way or another. So putting them out and subjecting them to reviews is ... vulnerable. Even if they weren't really personal.

But I feel good about it. Let the reviews fall where they may.

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 21h

If you don't know about Jesse J. Holland, please do remedy that, because he is one of the coolest people in the world, a brilliant mind, brilliant writer, scholar, super nice person, all of it. How about starting here, with one simple question: Who is the Black Panther?

Who is the Black Panther?: A Novel of the Marvel Universe (Marvel Novels)

Amazon.com: Who is the Black Panther?: A Novel of the Marvel Universe (Marvel Novels): 9781785659478: Holland, Jesse J.: Books

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

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Cat Rambo @catrambo.bsky.social · 23d

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Atthis Arts @atthisarts.com · 1d

You know GDBee - you've loved her posts, her fabulous women of the magical, mystical, and cosmos. But have you read her comics? For you and all the lovers of adventure and definitely fighting monsters, get into HoverGirls by Geneva Bowers. gdbee.store/products/hov...

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

Ooh, ooh. *Or* I could tell you the things the men involved said about the people that ended up replacing me in these various venues before they were told they weren't allowed to stand with me anymore.

Nah, I'm not like that.

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

Want examples? Heh, I could give you a list of the things I really wanted to do but was removed from.

Yee haw!

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

And white men? Is there a woman you're close to that you don't properly control when commanded?

Either she'll be out or you will.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

I think one thing I really want is for white women to see how *quickly* and *without guilt or even qualms* they will be replaced with a less interesting, probably kinda' shitty, manipulative, man-lauding white woman if they fail to obey the commands of a white man or make one feel less important.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

No excuses for white women being given here.

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

In no way is that any absolution for women.

And Rowling is her own level of monster.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

At least in American genre circles, the cis women are either speaking out, or they're too dug in protecting the cwm, praising them, or attacking people on their behalf.

I'm tired of seeing absolutely no accountability for the cis men while they try and pit the other genders against each other.

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

Please reach out to platforms to see if they'll talk about this. If the answer is:

Sure: Yay!

Asking for more work from the Black woman: Tell them sorry, she's resting after being held in Israeli prison.

But Emily: Tell them not to mention me. Also, they have a grudge against *Africa*? Ask again.

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

The translations remain stalled, not because our communities haven't given or talked about it enough.

The issue is that the big voices, who could get this funded like *snap*, and have plenty of energy for takes, won't talk about this. Why? Bc it's led by a Black woman? Who's African? Anti-genocide?

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African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

Do you think those are the reasons? Then see that and choose *your* support accordingly.

And if I'm wrong? Maybe they just haven't seen it yet? Reach out. Tell them. Ask them to promote it. The project is so currently, so worthy, and this amount of money isn't so much for our whole industry.

E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

The translations remain stalled, not because our communities haven't given or talked about it enough.

The issue is that the big voices, who could get this funded like *snap*, and have plenty of energy for takes, won't talk about this. Why? Bc it's led by a Black woman? Who's African? Anti-genocide?

Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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E.D.E. Bell @edebell.com · 1d

The translations remain stalled, not because our communities haven't given or talked about it enough.

The issue is that the big voices, who could get this funded like *snap*, and have plenty of energy for takes, won't talk about this. Why? Bc it's led by a Black woman? Who's African? Anti-genocide?

Support African Translation Project

African Translation Project, Goal 4: Fully Fund Two Translations, by 31 October, still needed: $3345, 67%, If this goal is met: Translations will be fully funded for Bengithi Lizokuna and Zvinobvinza,...

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