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Olivia

@oagennaro.bsky.social

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I write things and teach young people • Literacy, Mental Health Advocate • Book/TV/Music/Theatre nerd • she/they 🏳️‍🌈 Check out books from my fiancée @tayberryjelly.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/oliviaannegennaro

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Apr 22

Update from me: There is more benefit to being a paid Patreon now! Throw me a couple bucks to write about music and books!

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Patreon update | Olivia Anne Gennaro

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway, read my fiancée’s super queer and award honored middle grade books because schools are probably not buying them in some places:

www.taylorismyfirstname.com/books

Books — Taylor Tracy | Middle Grade & YA Author

www.taylorismyfirstname.com

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · 3d

The thing about Banned Books Week is that so many books are being soft censored, too, and we may never know. Schools in whole states are just not buying queer books and books about race, etc

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · 4d

I can’t stop watching this

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 4d

Watch this Titans TD, TRUST ME. You cannot predict ball.

Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · 5d

Help out a friend!

Izolde Fishman @izolde.bsky.social · 7d

hi, sorry, but we are still behind the curve on rent and i need to have a check in the box on the 5th so i have shifted tracks to a ko-fi goal for immediate-access-to-funds reasons. very urgent. please help if you can

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Support Izolde Fishman

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · 10d

It never ends!!

Some kids still flip water bottles 😂

Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · 14d

Thanks!

Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · 14d

Are there steps yet on where to submit for authors? My dad’s work was likely impacted

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Mattslew Batberg-Mothfit (any/all) @mbrobergmoffitt.bsky.social · Aug 1

I’m an Autistic classically trained chef and I wrote a food aversion acceptance cookbook and guide titled COLOR TASTE TEXTURE, that’s all about finding out what works for specific sensory needs and how to customize food for them. It’s useful for all ages, no cooking experience necessary.

Color Taste Texture by Matthew Broberg-Moffitt: 9780593538593 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books

An accessible family cookbook that offers solutions rather than tricks to empower the food-averse, autistic, and picky eater, with 46 recipes. This much-needed cookbook combines tips and techniques.....

www.penguinrandomhouse.com

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Crispy Hanako @crispyhanako.bsky.social · 18d

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Katherine Applegate @kaaauthor.bsky.social · 18d

#Animorphs fans, I'm very happy to share that the first three books in the series are being rereleased next May with brand new covers. 🧊🦎

You can learn more here: thenerddaily.com/animorphs-by...

Cover artist: @creepcaptain.bsky.social
Book design: Cassy Price and Christopher Stengel at Scholastic

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Julia Serano @juliaserano.bsky.social · 27d

this timeline is very clarifying, showing 1) right-wingers immediately promoted the idea the shooter was trans before any evidence, 2) someone within (or claiming to be in) ATF leaked false info to right-wing outlets reinforcing that claim. all of these ppl are evil and the leaker should be fired.

Schuyler Mitchell @schuylermitchell.bsky.social · 27d

NEW: A timeline of how false “transgender ideology” claims spread in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing. By @hencarnell.bsky.social, @msjpauly.bsky.social, and me:

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

It's never too soon for the right to blame trans people

A timeline of false "gender ideology" claims about the Charlie Kirk shooting.

www.motherjones.com

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 29d

sad about future

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · 29d

Idk, over here just being chilled that we had a lockdown drill today while kids across the country experienced the real thing

Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Sep 8

Here is today’s newsletter of updates and some book recs!

oliviaannegennaro.beehiiv.com/p/back-to-sc...

Back to school!

plus another poem!

oliviaannegennaro.beehiiv.com

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Sep 8

So @tayberryjelly.bsky.social and I are trying to watch all the Disney theatrical animated movies in order and we have entered the weird bit of the 40s which means…Saludos Amigos

Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Sep 7

Guys threads is supposed to be for book discourse that is warmed up

Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Sep 7

Got a newsletter scheduled for tomorrow with lots of book recs and updates! Sign up if you haven’t!

oliviaannegennaro.beehiiv.com

Quarter Life Crisis

Trying to stay creative in the midst of...everything. By Olivia Anne Gennaro

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Artologica aka Michele Banks @artologica.net · Sep 5

There's HEEEEEERE artologica.etsy.com

Original watercolors that reject AI. One of each, unique.

blue watercolor with brain and text: NO AI ONLY BRAIN

rainbow watercolor with brain and text: USE YOUR OWN BRAIN

purple and blue watercolor with brain and text: NO AI ONLY BRAIN

pink watercolor with brain and text: NO AI ONLY BRAIN

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Sep 3

I heard someone in a coffee shop in Ocean Grove repeat the “Kamala is for they/them, he’s for you” line from that one commercial that ran non stop during the World Series

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · Sep 2

We tried so hard to explain that the anti-trans panic wasn't just going to hurt trans people.

Whether through recklessness or intent it resulted in extremely weird, broad, harmful laws.

I'm not mad, but I'm telling you, we really tried.

Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Last year, Idaho passed a strict law that forbids anyone from providing to a minor any service that could be construed as medical or psychological in nature without parental consent.

Now, minors calling the state's suicide hotline are being forced to have a parent speak for them or hang up

More than 1,500 Idahoans between the ages of 5 and 17 contacted the hotline between when the parental consent law went into effect on July 1, 2024, and June 30, 2025, according to data provided by the Idaho Crisis and Suicide Hotline.

Some of those young people can’t move forward in their call without a parent giving permission.

Sometimes, a parent or guardian can get on the phone, according to Idaho 988 Director Lee Flinn, “but in most situations, the minor hangs up because they tell us they feel like they can’t do that.”

“We really do want and hope that minors have a parent or two parents that support them, but one of the things that we hear sometimes is that they don’t have a parent they can talk to,” Flinn said.

She emphasized that the hotline still accepts calls from anyone, and encourages people of any age to call, text or chat online if they are in crisis.

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Sep 3

Oh great, NJ governor’s race ad already bringing up “they care more about pronouns”

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Sep 1

This Labor Day I am a proud member of a teacher’s union!

Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Aug 31

“You can use AI, just be sure to factcheck it!” Okay sorry how about I just skip to the factchecking aka RESEARCH

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social · Aug 29

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

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Olivia @oagennaro.bsky.social · Aug 31

God I still need to finish it I didn’t want it to end and life got in the way