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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 4h

Mariners fans at the top of the 15th inning

bryonato @bryonato.bsky.social · 11h

BUSAN BLOWFISH FANS IN ABSOLUTE SHAMBLES AS THEY LOSE IN 6 GAMES TO VALENCIA!!!

side note, absolutely warms my heart to see folks having fake baseball *watch parties* !!! like that is so cool!!!!! big shoutouts to @blackheartwings.bsky.social, @lazlotus.bsky.social, @myserval.live

busan blowfish fans in despair as they lose in 6 games

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Ellsey @ellsey.bsky.social · 4h

lol i love how excited everyone gets over their sports blorbos idk what is happening but it's fun!

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 5h

Mariners fans are in the trenches I see

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bryonato @bryonato.bsky.social · 11h

BUSAN BLOWFISH FANS IN ABSOLUTE SHAMBLES AS THEY LOSE IN 6 GAMES TO VALENCIA!!!

side note, absolutely warms my heart to see folks having fake baseball *watch parties* !!! like that is so cool!!!!! big shoutouts to @blackheartwings.bsky.social, @lazlotus.bsky.social, @myserval.live

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 16h

Submissions for Speeding through the Holidays close TONIGHT!!

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#BlackJoy #blackspeedrunning @blackinaflash.bsky.social

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 16h

If I could go 20 minutes without crying today that would be swell

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

This has been my exact same experience with this book, except my class was Rhetoric of Human Rights!

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · 1d

None of us can do everything but each of us can do SOMETHING.

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

This is also not the first time I've recommended Persepolis on this page

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · Jun 12

Bonus highlight because my whole diatribe was too long to fit in a clip but Persepolis was mentioned in-game and I was Extremely Normal About It for about two and a half minutes:

www.twitch.tv/videos/24829...

(Please read Persepolis)

Twitch

Twitch is the world

www.twitch.tv

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

Please let me know what you think once you've read it!

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

I want to share some of my favorite panels from Persepolis, because I think they're incredibly important. This book is my favorite on the list - if you don't read any other rec, you should at least read this one.

An excerpt panel from Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel, Persepolis. It depicts a woman covered head to toe in black, including a veil. The text reads -
The regime had understood that one person leaving her house while asking herself: "Are my trousers ling enough?" "Is my veil in place?" "Can my makeup be seen?" "Are they going to whip me?"

An excerpt panel from Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel, Persepolis. It depicts the back of a woman covered head to toe in black, including a veil. The text continues from the previous panel -
No longer asks herself: "Where is my freedom of thought?" "Where is my freedom of speech?" "My life, is it livable?" "What's going on in the political prisons?"

An excerpt panel from Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel, Persepolis. It depicts Marjane's head and shoulders covered in black, including a veil. The text continues from the previous panel, she says: "It's only natural! When we're afraid, we lose all sense of analysis and reflection. Our fear paralyzes us. Besides, fear has always been the driving force behind all dictators' repression." "Showing your hair or putting on makeup logically became acts of rebellion."

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

4. This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
Challenged or Banned in: Florida, Minnesota, Utah
Why you should read it: You remember what it was like to be not quite a kid but not quite a teenager? This novel is an honest reflection of that awkward time in your life.

The cover to This One Summer by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki. The figures of two young girls are at the top of the cover, appearing to jump into the waiting waves at the bottom of the cover.

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

3. Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Challenged or Banned in: Chicago Public Schools, Texas, Oregon, California, and others
Why you should read it: Marjane details her childhood during the Iranian Revolution, her departure and eventual return to Iran now under the new regime. Viva la revolution.

Dual covers of the first and second part of Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. There is a red cover featuring a young Marjane titled Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood. And a blue cover, featuring a now adult Marjane titled "Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return"

The black, white, and blue cover of The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi.

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

2. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Challenged and Banned in: New Jersey, Wisconsin, South Carolina, Alberta (Canada) and others
Why you should read it: This book changed my brain chemistry. Alison explores her own sexual identity in contrast with her relationship with her father and their connection.

The book cover of Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic with its iconic black, white, and teal coloring.

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

1. Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe
Challenged and Banned in: Massachusetts, Indiana, Alabama, South Carolina, and others.
Why you should read it: This book granted me insight to my own experiences and understanding of gender. It's heartfelt, genuine, and an honest reflection of the self.

Book cover for Gender Queer a memoir by Maia Kobabe. The cover depicts an older version of Maia looking at a reflection of eir younger self while standing in a lake.

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

So, this thread is going to be a list of challenged and banned graphic novels that I highly recommend, along with where they were banned and why you should read them. If you decide to pick one of these books up, let me know!~

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

Hi it's your favorite internet librarian here to talk to you more about banned books - more specifically, banned graphic novels!

They are increasingly present on banned and challenged lists, due to the visual nature of the medium. From 2021-2023 a graphic memoir was the #1 banned book in the US. 🧵

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Alexandra Gallant-Lee @alexandragallant.com · 1d

MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) needs volunteers! If you're around Boston and love comics and want to help out in December, you can get more info here (and sign up to volunteer!) www.micexpo.org/volunteer

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Sable @sabledragonrook.bsky.social · 1d

I'm going to be showing off TLG Snuggle% at Sancho's Bits-4-Bytes event, but stick around for the whole thing to support a charity that helps families who don't have access to the food they need!

www.twitch.tv/sanchopanda

SanchoPanda - Twitch

BITS4BITES Marathon Stream! !donate to help us power up to fight hunger!

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 2d

✨ It's Banned Books Week ✨
This annual event, supported by the American Library Association, aims to shed light on censorship across the country, and was fundamental to my choosing to become a librarian, so let's talk about it.

A thread 🧵

A graphic for Banned Books Week 2025, running from October 5-11. This year's theme is "Censorship is so 1984" which is featured on the bottom quarter of the graphic, with the word "censorship" crossed out in pink. On the right side it reads "Read for your rights" and on the bottom there is a URL (ala.org/bbooks) for anyone who is interested in learning more.

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Gaby @ Hispanic Heritage Month @blackheartwings.bsky.social · 1d

LET'S GO FLOOR BURGERS YEAAAAAAAAH

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Etchy @etchy.bsky.social · 1d

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Games Done Quick @gamesdonequick.com · 1d

Our FIRST-EVER #GDQueer schedule is OUT NOW!! 🌈🎉

Congratulations to our amazing runners, and a tremendous "thank you" to anyone and everyone who submitted a run for this brand-new event!!

gamesdonequick.com/schedule/61

A graphic reading "Games Done Queer SCHEDULE IS LIVE!!" Our GDQueer mascot, Byte, is in the corner with some pink hearts surrounding them.

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Bruno Dias @brunodias.bsky.social · 2d

Six years ago, I wrote most of the Tragedian dialogue for Pathologic 2 in iambic pentameter. I'm back now doing the same for Pathologic 3. I figured it was helpful to write a guide on *how* I did it – in case I get hit by a bus and the team has to carry on without me.

azhdarchid.com/so-you-want-...

So You Want to Write Iambic Pentameter

In which I share the dirty secrets of the world's least useful skill

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Ashley C. Ford @smashfizzle.bsky.social · 2d

Listen. ONE of the reasons I rock with Dolly (Capricorn Gang) is because she’s always proven to me that integrity may cause you pain, but it will never be the reason you suffer. Which is not to say that suffering won’t come, but it’ll never be because you abandoned yourself. That’ll keep you going.

PJR23 @stixx23.bsky.social · 2d

I hear she has supported school bands as well: www.thepinknews.com/2022/10/10/d...

Dolly Parton quietly funded Black school bands: 'The woman is a national treasure'

Dolly Parton paid for band uniforms and instruments for kids at majority Black high schools with zero publicity, a writer has revealed.

www.thepinknews.com

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