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Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 1d

This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/

Cover of The princess in black and the prince in pink by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, and LeUyen Pham. It shows a young girl in black mask and superhero outfit dancing with a young boy in pink mask and pink hero outfit. Bands of words stripe the cover, saying "all kids have a right to exist" and "please let's show love for all kinds of kids"

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kelly jensen @heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when the book banners said it was "only" school libraries? That kids could get the book at the public library or buy it?

We knew they were fucking liars and moving the goal post again and again.

Not the first bookstore that caved to their bigotry and it won't be the last.

America.

Shannon Hale @shannonhale.bsky.social · 1d

This has been a really rough few days. I recently learned of a controversy around our book THE PRINCESS IN BLACK AND THE PRINCE IN PINK. Some were outraged that Deseret Book carried it (a chain of bookstores in the west). Deseret Book appears to have complied to their demands and removed it. 1/

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · 3d

looks like I need approximately 50% more leg to be proportional haha

Photoshop-adjusted photo from prior post compared to screenshot of Nozzo from Old Skies

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · 3d

Fran "Nozzie" Nozzarelli

(still needs some tweaks before MAGFest-ready)

#oldskies

middling selfie in costume as Frank "Nozzo" Nozzarelli from Old Skies

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · 11d

tempted to make this

Mastodon post:
OG_zuul
@zuul@pdx.social

media: Portland is a war zone and the city is on fire...

meanwhile in Portland:

Photos: free library-style box labelled "Toy Car Exchange: take a car, leave a car"
inside: three shelves with parking spaces painted on, different types of toy cars parked in the spaces

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · 17d

want to say, you might see a mouth artist working on the strip, check them out
@lenoresoleil.bsky.social

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · 17d

okay, I give up

anybody recognise what this is from? I've been trying to figure it out for two weeks and somehow nothing useful is showing up in internet search

(arm starts with 不死 but doesn't appear to be 不死身)

back of a black hoodie with white and yellow print: an anime character close-up (basically eyes only); blurry, unreadable kanji below that; "STRENGTH IN POWER" below that; a pattern below that; unreadable text below that; and something that looks like a bar code; kanji on arm reads 不死 followed by another unreadable character

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · 27d

tempted to get this lionmungus

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Taka Hanazawa's Restaurant Masacree 🦃 @takahanazawa.bsky.social · Oct 5

LMFAOOOOO STOP

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · Oct 1

been told this was out of print and expensive to find, but library has it!

...had... and will get it back in a week

The Last Unicorn (graphic novel) library book, surrounded by other graphic novel library books

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · Oct 1

@smallredsledpup.bsky.social @tailsyyy.bsky.social
at Five Below

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · Sep 30

thenib.com/gender-divis...

Image: woman holding a skeet rifle
Text: Games are segregated after a woman beats a man, even when it seems there would be no physical reason to do so.
At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Zhang Shan defeated her male competitors and took gold in the skeet competition with a new world record. At the following Atlanta games, shooting events were men's or women's.

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uosdɯᴉS ɐuɐꓷ 🦄 @danacorn.bsky.social · Sep 29

It is apparently so important that no trans girl ever be allowed to play sports with her friends, that we don’t care if tons of cis girls also don’t get to play sports with their friends.

Transphobia is cancerous.

Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · Sep 18

Fewer girls are playing sports after govt erected barriers for girls to play sports.
edmontonjournal.com/news/local-n...

Early dropoff in girls' school sports linked to new gender confirmation forms

Province's new requirements are already having impacts on girls' sports in junior high

edmontonjournal.com

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · Sep 28

My cartoon for this week’s @theguardian.com books

Title: Why do you want the book to be banned?

A cartoon with ten panels showing people answering:

1. I read the book and hated it.

2. I didn't read the book, but I still hate it.

3. I hate books!

4. I love banning things!

5. I could not relate to the characters.

6. I'm not sure, but better safe than sorry?

7. My copy arrived damaged.

8. It could fall into the hands of a child.

9. It could fall on to the head of a child.

10. I didn't understand the ending.

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · Sep 28

eraserheadadult.tumblr.com/post/7931483...

eraserheadadult:
tbh the current default state of operating systems & internet browsers looks fucking indistinguishable from when i gave the family desktop one billion viruses downloading Free Neopoints Hack in 2005

eraserheadadult:
not to be a millennial but back in my day getting blasted in the eyeballs by ads on your desktop the instant you turn on your computer used to mean something was extremely wrong

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John Ryan, Cornbread Stuffing Liker @johnryanwrites.bsky.social · Sep 22

*taps sign*

A sign saying "I'm not interested in competing with anyone. I hope we all make it."

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Magneto Was Right @cinnix.bsky.social · Sep 20

I can't believe Charlie Kirk was less annoying when he was alive

Gabi 雪 @gabimccauley.bsky.social · Sep 20

It's been more than three days.
Has Charlie Kirk risen yet?

New bill filed in Oklahoma that says every public university in the state must have a "Charlie Kirk memorial plaza" with a statue of Kirk and his family.

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Zoë🦨🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🏴‍☠️⚧⚢ @zoeskunk.bsky.social · Aug 27

Authors! Want to ruin some Ai corpos? For fun, and profit even!

~ AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry. ~

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Colin: Nothing bad can happen, it can only good happen @colinniloc.bsky.social · Sep 22

If you unsubscribed from Disney+, don’t resubscribe.

Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · Sep 22

SCOOP — Part of the reason Disney/ABC may have rushed to sort things out with Kimmel is because tomorrow they have a planned price increase for Disney+ streaming, a Disney source tells me. With subscriptions hemorrhaging since last week, they couldn’t risk losing more users with this announcement.

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Lenore Soleil @lenoresoleil.bsky.social · Sep 21

It's ableism, plain and simple. It's dictating to us what aspect of our lives we are allowed to talk about. I will not be your inspiration porn cripple.

Nega @neganeon.bsky.social · Sep 21

Re: TOS changes. Only allowing mental health stories that are positive is perpetuating the gross trend of only supporting mental health issues when it's palatable & sanitized

All this does is stigmatize the ones who are still battling or don't have happy endings, that want understanding over inspo

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Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social · Sep 20

One of the FOUNDATIONAL parts of fascism is to CONTROL PEOPLE'S BODIES. My God. Bodily autonomy is ANTI-FASCIST. Begging these white men to please SIT DOWN.

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RaccoonMoose @raccoonmoose.bsky.social · Sep 19

Please help Mari survive, she deserves a break, she deserves rest and comfort

Mari-homeless soon. @wordglass.bsky.social · Sep 19

patreon.com/wordglass
paypal.me/wordglass
ko-fi.com/wordglass 
Vɘnmⓞ /CⒶshⒶpp is $wordglass

www.amazon.com/hz/wi...
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WordGlass | Posts, poetry, fiction, essays, art | Patreon

Posts, poetry, fiction, essays, art

patreon.com

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Minzoku Bokumetsu @minzokuleo.bsky.social · Sep 16

I started writing a book review, and the INSTANT I posted it live, I got a notification that somebody liked it... 12 minutes ago.

How 🤔

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Mari-homeless soon. @wordglass.bsky.social · Sep 15

Why Do So Many Americans Not Know How Their Government Works? | Civics Made Easy www.youtube.com/watc...

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Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · Sep 14

It’s futile but I guess I just want to say again that the people who are sending me dozens of YOU’RE NEXT CUNT DMs & website comments 100,000% did not actually read the Substack piece they want to murder me over because IT’S UNDER A PAYWALL & I MAKE SO LITTLE I KNOW THEY DIDN’T ACTUALLY BOTHER

Catherynne M. Valente @catvalente.bsky.social · Sep 14

Great talk, Elon, apparently the numerous death threats and violent porn sent to me because I spoke are super wonderful.

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