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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 2d

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 2d

Aw thank you so much! This is so nice!

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Bella🐈📖 @bellavictoria.bsky.social · 2d

5⭐️ this book reminded me of myself in so many ways just I went through it in college, not hs. I would do anything for these characters😭 there were some actual jaw dropping moments I did not expect. and there's so much hope in this book. a true coming of age. go read it.
@aaronhaceves.bsky.social

my right hand holding This Is Why They Hate Us by Aaron H. Aceves in front of my bookshelf

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 2d

In honor of #BannedBooksWeek I’d like to share this request for reconsideration form for This Is Why They Hate Us. Even I gotta admit the guy who filled it out summarized it succinctly and accurately

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 4d

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Young Adult: Icarus by K. Ancrum! @kaylaancrum.bsky.social @epicreads.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Travis @someforeignfield.bsky.social · 4d

Reminder that an IDF prison guard is on on camera raping a Palestinian man to death, and when arrested, masked armed soldiers raided the base where he was detained and forced his release. He then went on TV and became a celebrity.

Jordan Uhl @jordanuhl.com · 4d

Absolutely heinous.

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 4d

Greta Thunberg was just assaulted by the terrorist state of Israel and forced to kiss their fake ass flag because she chooses to care about people other than herself while Taylor Swift can’t post an insta story. Stan the right white woman

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you!

Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 5d

And while this award was for my literary short stories, I’d be remiss if I didn’t plug my young adult novel, This Is Why They Hate Us, which is about a bi Mexican growing up in East LA who tries to get over his crush on his best friend by getting under someone else

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 5d

Aw thank you

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 6d

I mean she isn't *now*

Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 6d

screaming

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 6d

Aw thank you friend

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 6d

Proud to announce I received one of this year’s Judith A. Markowitz Awards for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writer from @lambdaliterary.org!

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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 6d

🎉 Congratulations to the winners of the Judith A. Markowitz Award for Exceptional New LGBTQ Writers, Emet North (@emnorth.bsky.social) and Aaron H. Aceves (@aaronhaceves.bsky.social)! 🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 9d

LA Peeps! Come hang out with me and some other really cool people this Sunday!

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 9d

LA Peeps! Come hang out with me and some other really cool people this Sunday!

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 9d

Pursuing publication is so masochistic, like why am I excited about a tiered rejection from The New Yorker 😭

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 12d

If I had a nickel for every romance novel I’ve read that was written by a white author that featured a Latino character who served as a mouth piece for pro military sentiment, I’d have two nickels. Which isn’t a lot but it’s weird that it happened twice in one month.

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 14d

I hit 150 subscribers on YouTube from just posting shorts! So cute

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 15d

Today I am at my most powerful because it's #BiVisibilityDay and #LatineHeritageMonth. Please consider checking out my novel, This Is Why They Hate Us, which is about a bi Mexican teen growing up in East LA who tries to get over his crush on his best friend by getting under someone else!

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 16d

Found out earlier today that This Is Why They Hate Us was rejected by yet another UK publisher. Thought we had a chance with this one because it was a small progressive indie & I did a sensitivity read for them. At least I helped one of their white authors write a Mexican character from East LA 🙃

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Daniel Tarik 🇵🇸 @danieltarik.bsky.social · 18d

So after almost two years of genocide and after ignoring the Palestinian led boycott initiative, all it took for people to start boycotting was a rich white guy getting fired 🤡

Don't get me wrong it's a net positive but wow that really is liberal politics in a nutshell

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Andrew 🇨🇳🇺🇸🇵🇸🍉 @llyaol.bsky.social · 19d

40535/100k - NO CHANGE

Please continue supporting Whitney! They’re on the brink of homelessness and need funds for bills, food, housing, and other necessities following cancer remission.

gofund.me/6b64a9ac0
P(ayPal)/V(enmo): nubulagalaxie

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Aaron H. Aceves @aaronhaceves.bsky.social · 21d

Honestly yeah. Only other contender is G because you get soul food, Mexican, and Caribbean