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Kara LaReau

@karalareau.bsky.social

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#kidlit writer, rara avis, survivor of dysfunction and malady • WITCHYCAKES chapter book series available NOW wherever books are sold! 🌙🧁🐚💙• repped by Ammi-Joan Paquette • she/her https://linktr.ee/karalareau

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Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social · Nov 11

Greetings to those who just followed me — especially those from the #kidlit sphere!

Book covers of books by Kara LaReau: Rise of ZomBert, The Jolly Regina, The Infamous Ratsos, Extra Ezra, Baby Clown, Mr. Prickles, Ugly Fish, and Good Night Little Monsters

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Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social · 2d

<Morrissey voice>

girlfriend of antifa
I know, I know
it's serious...

Schrödinger's Sneetch Belly @rtodkelly.bsky.social · 2d

"the girlfriend of one of the founders of antifa"

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violent alien @blipstress.bsky.social · 2d

An actual hot take: Too many authors are afraid of editors watering down their voice or whatever and not afraid enough of editors letting you put any old slop on the page.

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 4d

I see pieces like this a lot, often w/ a spin of lamenting cultural degeneration, but reading is a LABOR issue, it’s declined because so many people are working overtime or two jobs & employers expect after hours work. France has Earth’s highest reading rate b/c long lunch breaks & labor protections

After Dinner Conversation® @afterdinnerconversation.com · 4d

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 4d

this is the jacket's breast pocket lining pulled up to make it look like a pocket square

Stephen Miller in a gray suit, white shirt, and gray tie.

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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 7d

The ‘crazy cat lady’ label is applied to older women who feed and care for many cats (her own, other people’s, strays). But this is the correct evolution of wise women who realize, after a life of patriarchy and expectations of sacrifice, that animals are more grateful and more frequently give back.

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Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app · 9d

During recent attacks against diverse books in libraries and schools, very few experts on children's books were consulted.

It's the same with AI and writing: scholars of composition and rhetoric have spent decades thinking about these matters!

How about consulting high school English teachers?

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 10d

"no more superficial individual expression"

Pete Hegseth wearing USA flag pocket square, USA lining, contrast stitching, and "America First" embroidery.

Pete Hegseth wearing a USA belt buckle. monogrammed shirt cuff, contrast buttonhole, contrast buttons, and USA flag lining.

Pete Hegseth in tailored clothing. They are full of cheap "personalization" options common in low-end made-to-measure tailoring.

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10d

AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance

However, they are weaker than they look…

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 11d

Here's Michael Knowles a month ago once again calling for the "eradication of transgenderism" and here is a man who threatened to shoot up a gay bar because he wanted to "eradicate transgenderism." This was retweeted by prominent conservatives such as Chris Rufo.

This is stochastic terrorism.

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Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social · 11d

MAGIC is happening this fall — hope to see you at one of these events!🌙🧁🐚💙

#kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians

An announcement about three upcoming WITCHYCAKES book events: Saturday, 10/18 11am – 4pm New England Witches Guild Fall Festival at Crescent Park, Riverside, RI; Sunday, 10/19 1pm – 3pm Warren Walkabout at Inkfish Books, Warren, RI (with author Jamie Michalak!); and Sunday, 10/26 11am – 12pm Halloween Costume Party at Barrington Books, Barrington, RI (with author/illustrator Jannie Ho!)

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Dave Jorgenson @davejorgenson.bsky.social · 11d

“But they’re all criminals for coming here illegally.”

Being undocumented in the United States is a civil infraction. If someone is undocumented, without having committed any other crimes, they’re not a criminal.

Here's important facts to combat ICE talking points:
lni.media/p/how-to-tal...

How to talk to your neighbor about ICE

Uncover the conversation around ICE, federal workers, and social media commentary with Dave Jorgenson's provocative take on controversial recruitment tactics and viral content.

lni.media

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Schooley @schooley.bsky.social · 14d

A new Knives Out where the universally loathed “Secretary of War” gathers every high ranking officer in one room and they’re all suspects in his mysterious demise would be fun.

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Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social · 17d

Thank you! 🐈‍⬛

Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social · 17d

Thanks, @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social! 🙀

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Children's Bookshelf @pwkidsbookshelf.bsky.social · 17d

Coming soon: new projects from @bshum79.bsky.social @melissacmarquez.bsky.social @karalareau.bsky.social @tzippymfa.bsky.social + more buff.ly/P2CIlp8

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Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social · 17d

Cat’s out of the bag! It’s my first stand-alone novel, and I’m so thrilled to bring it out into the world with Scholastic AND the brilliant Kelly Murphy! 🙀

#kidlit #booksky #parents #teachers #librarians

A Publishers Weekly announcement for the publication of Licorice, a middle grade novel written by me and illustrated by Kelly Murphy, to be published by Scholastic in Fall 2026.

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Carrie Finison @carriefinison.bsky.social · 18d

If you're an author, you're probably fretting over your next bookstore event. Will anyone show up? Will anyone buy the book? Will the floor helpfully open up and swallow you whole so you don't have to face a sea of empty chairs?

But even if no one shows up to your event, it will be OK because 🧵

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Chise @sailorrooscout.bsky.social · 18d

Just a reminder before the “big announcement” today.

Autism was discovered in 1911 and the modern definition of Autism came in 1943.

Tylenol wasn’t widely used until the 1950s.

Anyone trying to tell you that Tylenol causes Autism isn’t someone that should be taken seriously.

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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 20d

Disney now has a 5 step process to cancel their account. I walk you through it because it shouldn't be this annoying.

Also, after you cancel, invest in people *actually* committed to free speech. Welcome your support to my daily human rights newsletter ❤️✊🏽
www.qasimrashid.com/subscribe

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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 18d

Let’s be clear: Every year the retirement age is raised is a 7% benefit cut.

Instead of cuts, Social Security can afford to INCREASE benefits if millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share!

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 18d

The @washingtonpost.com story on Tylenol & autism leaves out a MAJOR 2.5M sibling-controlled study of children in Denmark, which "found no evidence that acetaminophen use during pregnancy was associated with children’s risk of autism, ADHD or intellectual disability." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability

This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.

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Katelyn Boo-urns @katelynburns.com · 19d

Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum.

This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.

The Economist @economist.com · 20d

A recent study found that children who transitioned young retained stable gender identities over time. But the fact that nearly a fifth of those in the group did not ought to give advocates of irreversible medical interventions pause

How stable are the gender identities of younger children?

A study finds that one in five who switch gender change their mind

econ.st

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Kara LaReau @karalareau.bsky.social · 19d

also some cranberry chutney or cranberry mustard

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Dana Simpson’s Treehouse of Horror 🎃 @danacorn.bsky.social · 19d

Also?

Trans people are not confusing to children.

Every child I’ve ever mentioned it to nodded like I’d just told them my shoe size. Being trans is a very simple concept. Children grasp it easily.

What adults like this are really saying is “it’s become harder to teach them to be bigots.”

Kinto (and Astor) @kinto-m.bsky.social · 19d

Yes, heaven forbid politics ever be disturbing or confusing. The world is famously always comfortable and comprehensible and unchanging.
This says a lot about the Conservative mindset.

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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 19d

Vivian Wilson talks about how accessing gender affirming care as a teen was lifesaving at the Teen Vogue Summit.

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