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Linnea Peterson

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Queer, #ActuallyAutistic writer and freelance editor. My queer YA debut, THE GIRLS WILL BE OKAY, is forthcoming. My site: https://linneapeterson.com/. They/them

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 27d

So honored to have been nominated for Genrepunk's Wildcard Award! Thank you so much to @kellyesparza.bsky.social at @flaremagazine.bsky.social for the nomination!

FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 27d

Announcing our Genrepunk Awards nominees through @genrepunkmag!
flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/nominations/

Our nominees are (1/2):
sarahmchen.bsky.social
Katie Larson
jbtrans.bsky.social
msmarquartpoetry.bsky.social
kancollan.bsky.social
nicolezelniker.bsky.social
Brady Alexander

Genrepunk Editors' Choice Award: "Taking Space" by Sarah M. Chen, issue 1, "THIS SHIMMERING NOTHING" by Katie Larson, issue 2, "Fifty Shades of Grief," by JB Polk, issue 2
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Genrepunk Award for Disabled Creatives: "Love Letter to My ME/CFS, Long Covid Body" by M. S. Marquart, special Valentine's Day issue, "Perception" by Katie Collan, "Sliding Scale" by Nicole Zelniker, issue 2
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Genrepunk Haunting Award: "Front Porch at 4:48" by S.R. Azazel, issue 1, "Asking the Body" by Dawn Levitt, special Valentine's Day issue, "Personalization" by Paula Macena, issue 2
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Thomas Zimmer @thomaszimmer.bsky.social · 7h

Sunday reading:

I wrote about the aggrieved extremist who is currently firing thousands of federal workers and ravaging state capacity based on conspiratorial nonsense - and about mainstream media’s infuriating tendency to sanitize Russell Vought and the regime he serves.

This week’s piece:

We need to talk about Russell Vought – But Properly

Why certain mainstream outlets insist on sanitizing Vought as a devout “small government” conservative – and what actually animates his war against pluralistic democracy

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 23h

Unconstitutionally taking money that the law says must be spent on one purpose & using it for something else—when it's to establish personalist control over the FUCKING MILITARY—is about as dangerous a constitutional crisis/failure as you can imagine

Via: www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

The Office of Management and Budget sent a notification to Congress about their intent to use research and development funds to pay members of the military, two sources with direct knowledge tell NBC News.

A spokesperson for the OMB confirmed to NBC News that it plans to use the research and development funds and that there are two years' worth of funds available within the Department of Defense.

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 16h

32, which is more than last year!

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Samantha Puc 🍉 @theverbalthing.com · 23h

If you don't care about disabled and chronically ill people, you're an asshole.

And furthermore, no one is immune from becoming disabled or chronically ill, especially if they catch COVID. That includes you.

WEAR A MASK & GET YOUR VAX.

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Samantha Puc 🍉 @theverbalthing.com · 23h

Masking in public, especially when you're indoors or around a lot of people outdoors (such as at a concert/protest or other crowded event), is a really easy way to 1) show solidarity with disabled and chronically ill people and 2) not get anyone sick.

COVID is still here and still dangerous.

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much!

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

To wrap up #BannedBooksWeek, here are banned books that are in my apartment right now! These books have shaped me as a person and as a writer, and I'm so sad that students in some places are being denied access to them.

A photo of two stacks of books, including Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins, Isla and the Happily Ever After by Stephanie Perkins, Red White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston, The Fault in Our Stars by John Green, Päpperstäder by John Green, Will Grayson Will Grayson by John Green, Looking for Alaska by John Green, Turtles All the Way Down by John Green, Bloodhound by Tamera Pierce, Mastiff by Tamora Pierce, Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa, May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor, Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert, Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates, Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi, Check Please by Ngozi Ukazu, Circe by Madeline Miller, Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith, What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli, The Demon's Surrender by Sarah Rees Brennan, Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo, Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell, Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell, and Carry On by Rainbow Rowell.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Dragonfly Books changed my life! I won a gift certificate to Dragonfly for coming in second at an open mic in Decorah, and I used that gift certificate to buy the book that got me back into fandom and made me love writing again.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

I love Decorah!

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

This is so good!

turntap @ngoobles.bsky.social · 2d

Chapter 3 of John Rich & The Big Picture—in which John, a consummate professional, must deal with a man flirting with him.
Somehow his worst nightmare?

www.okjohnrich.site/chapter-3-ti...

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

Very excited to have an essay accepted into this issue!

FLARE Magazine (SUBS CLOSED) @flaremagazine.bsky.social · 2d

It's the LAST DAY to submit for special mini issue 2: Health Scares. You have until 11:59 p.m. Pacific Standard Time! Get those subs in: flaremagazinecom.wordpress.com/submission-g...
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#halloweenissue #submit #callforsubs

dotted bordered background with pumpkin and leaves images: LAST DAY to submit for Health Scares mini issue (By 11:59 p.m. PST)! Issue Release: Halloween!

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Paisley Rose @paisley-rose.bsky.social · 2d

LEVEL UP comes out next Friday, October 17th!

If a cozy gamer romcom sounds like your thing, then maybe read it, I guess?

books2read.com/lvlup

Photograph of the paperback version of my novel, Level Up, in front of a colourful abstract painting.

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

You're allowed to take care of yourself, and I'm glad you're aware of that! Both because you won't be able to do stuff in the future if you don't take care of yourself now, and also because you're a human being deserving of care, full stop.

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 1d

This reminds me of John Darnielle's "hell yes, I have five potatoes" New Year's benediction.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Boyfriend Material by Alexis Hall
The King of Attolia by Megan Whalen Turner

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

This is the kind of book that can help kids connect with the literary canon and see themselves in the classics. Banning it won't stop kids from being gay or trans but will make them feel more alone.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Another book I love for #BannedBooksWeek: Most Ardently by @thegabecole.bsky.social! It's a fantastic take on Pride and Prejudice, featuring a transmasc Bennet sibling, gay autistic Darcy, and secret queer clubs!

A photo of my hand holding a copy of the book Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

Diverse books are often diverse in more than one way, and banning books with trans rep can take all sort of other rep with it when authors are writing intersectionally.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 2d

It's still #BannedBooksWeek, and today I'm grateful for May the Best Man Win by @zrellor.bsky.social. It was the first book I ever read with good #ActuallyAutistic rep, and it made me feel SO seen.

A photo of my hand holding the book May the Best Man Win by ZR Ellor.

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 4d

Censoring queer books makes queer kids feel more alone, but it can't make them stop being queer.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 4d

It's still #BannedBooksWeek, and today I'd like to celebrate the book Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi. It's a great story about two girls from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds overcoming their negative first impressions of each other and falling in love.

A photo of my hand holding the book Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 5d

It's #BannedBooksWeek, and I think banning nonfiction like this really gives away the game: book banning is a campaign to try to limit people's access to facts and perspectives that don't fit a narrow narrative that people in power can control.

A photo of my hand holding the book Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 5d

Banning books that depict things that teenagers are really going through does not protect them; it leaves them without resources and role models.

Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 5d

This #BannedBookWeek, I'm grateful for Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert, which offers an unflinching look at teenage mental health issues and the costs of keeping each other’s secrets. Yesterday was the 15th anniversary of the first time I talked someone out of suicide, so this book means a lot.

A photo of my hand holding the book Little and Lion by Brandy Colbert

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Linnea Peterson @lpetersonwrites.bsky.social · 5d

People are not trends! Well said!