Isabel Millán
@imillan.bsky.social
Author of Coloring into Existence: Queer of Color Worldmaking in Children's Literature (2023, NYU Press) & Chabelita's Heart (2022, Reflection Press). Associate Professor, WGSS, U of Oregon 🌈 🍉 www.isabelmillan.com
Pinned
Isabel Millán
@imillan.bsky.social
· Feb 22
NOW AVAILABLE: Updated edition of When a Bully is President by Maya Gonzalez (Reflection Press). 🍉 🏳️🌈 🏳️⚧️
And if you are thinking of teaching this book, see Maya's Reader's Guide or read my analysis of the original in Feminist Formations 36, no. 2 (2024).
And if you are thinking of teaching this book, see Maya's Reader's Guide or read my analysis of the original in Feminist Formations 36, no. 2 (2024).
Reposted by Isabel Millán
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
Reposted by Isabel Millán
We are OVERJOYED to announce that award-winning librarian and ‘Reading Rainbow’ host @mychal3ts.bsky.social will serve as our 2026 National Library Week honorary chair!
#NationalLibraryWeek will be held April 19-25 with the theme "Find Your Joy."
Read our full announcement: https://bit.ly/4rDSagx
#NationalLibraryWeek will be held April 19-25 with the theme "Find Your Joy."
Read our full announcement: https://bit.ly/4rDSagx
December 4, 2025 at 4:11 PM
We are OVERJOYED to announce that award-winning librarian and ‘Reading Rainbow’ host @mychal3ts.bsky.social will serve as our 2026 National Library Week honorary chair!
#NationalLibraryWeek will be held April 19-25 with the theme "Find Your Joy."
Read our full announcement: https://bit.ly/4rDSagx
#NationalLibraryWeek will be held April 19-25 with the theme "Find Your Joy."
Read our full announcement: https://bit.ly/4rDSagx
Reposted by Isabel Millán
My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. "Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders should fortify and defend at all costs, especially in this moment. Instead, libraries in Chicago are being hollowed out, while the police budget remains sacrosanct."
In the Fight Against Fascism, Libraries Should Be Defended — Not Defunded
Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders must fortify at all costs, especially in this moment.
truthout.org
December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
My latest reprinted in @truthout.org. "Libraries represent the kind of infrastructure progressive leaders should fortify and defend at all costs, especially in this moment. Instead, libraries in Chicago are being hollowed out, while the police budget remains sacrosanct."
Reposted by Isabel Millán
I realize I've been posting about my book a lot and want to share why 🧵
1. It's fucking hard to write a book and getting this one to the finish line with everything happening in my life has been a huge accomplishment for me. I'm excited.
2. Now is a hard time to get a book into circulation. Because
1. It's fucking hard to write a book and getting this one to the finish line with everything happening in my life has been a huge accomplishment for me. I'm excited.
2. Now is a hard time to get a book into circulation. Because
It tried to kill me but I have finished the book. Second pass pages read through, final copy and line edits done.
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
Please read my book. I worked very hard on it. 😭 (Also read Legendborn, as you can see from the background, I’m a fan)
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/746817...
December 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
I realize I've been posting about my book a lot and want to share why 🧵
1. It's fucking hard to write a book and getting this one to the finish line with everything happening in my life has been a huge accomplishment for me. I'm excited.
2. Now is a hard time to get a book into circulation. Because
1. It's fucking hard to write a book and getting this one to the finish line with everything happening in my life has been a huge accomplishment for me. I'm excited.
2. Now is a hard time to get a book into circulation. Because
Reposted by Isabel Millán
Book banning may seem like the new normal. But at PEN America, we're fighting back—partnering with students, parents, teachers, librarians and like-minded organizations to protect the freedom to read. This #GivingTuesday, help us keep books where they belong: in the hands of students: pen.org/GT25BS
December 2, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Book banning may seem like the new normal. But at PEN America, we're fighting back—partnering with students, parents, teachers, librarians and like-minded organizations to protect the freedom to read. This #GivingTuesday, help us keep books where they belong: in the hands of students: pen.org/GT25BS
Reposted by Isabel Millán
Yes exactly! Don't feel bad like you're not supporting authors if you use the library. You totally are & we're grateful!
Ooh, I feel that. But! The more that we use our libraries, the better funded they become, and they *do* pay for their books (including e-books!), so the author is still being paid for their work and you're supporting the librarians and excellent people who work right there in your community <3
November 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Yes exactly! Don't feel bad like you're not supporting authors if you use the library. You totally are & we're grateful!
Reposted by Isabel Millán
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.
Reposted by Isabel Millán
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
‘Northern Exposure’ actor gave ICE agents in Redmond her tribal ID. They called it ‘fake,’ she says
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
www.seattletimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Miles, an Indigenous actor best known for her roles in “Northern Exposure,” “Smoke Signals,” “Wyvern” and “The Last of Us,” handed them her tribal ID from the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon.
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Yet, Miles recalled one agent calling it “fake.”
Reposted by Isabel Millán
Target's diversity, equity and inclusion programs won customer loyalty among Black and Latino shoppers—until they abandoned those policies due to political pressure. This holiday season, AFT has joined a renewed Target boycott that is gaining momentum.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
We ain’t buying it: Why we boycott Target
For a long time, Target—that popular mega store that seemed to hit just the right combination of low prices and of-the-moment swagger—was everyone’s darling, the go-to spot for everything from groceri...
www.aft.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Target's diversity, equity and inclusion programs won customer loyalty among Black and Latino shoppers—until they abandoned those policies due to political pressure. This holiday season, AFT has joined a renewed Target boycott that is gaining momentum.
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
www.aft.org/news/we-aint...
Reposted by Isabel Millán
AFT is joining the "We Ain't Buying It" boycott of Amazon, Home Depot and Target for enabling the Trump administration’s attacks on working families.
@rweingarten.bsky.social talked to @jenrubin.bsky.social about using consumer power to preserve democracy ⬇️
contrarian.substack.com/p/a-call-to-...
@rweingarten.bsky.social talked to @jenrubin.bsky.social about using consumer power to preserve democracy ⬇️
contrarian.substack.com/p/a-call-to-...
A call to action
‘We Ain’t Buying It’
contrarian.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:07 PM
AFT is joining the "We Ain't Buying It" boycott of Amazon, Home Depot and Target for enabling the Trump administration’s attacks on working families.
@rweingarten.bsky.social talked to @jenrubin.bsky.social about using consumer power to preserve democracy ⬇️
contrarian.substack.com/p/a-call-to-...
@rweingarten.bsky.social talked to @jenrubin.bsky.social about using consumer power to preserve democracy ⬇️
contrarian.substack.com/p/a-call-to-...
Reposted by Isabel Millán
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Immigrant rights group placing 'ICE stole someone here' signs in Ontario
A citizens group in Ontario is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving ICE agents detaining and arresting undocumented immigrants.
abc7.com
November 16, 2025 at 2:38 AM
"A citizens group in Ontario, California is spearheading an effort to make the community aware of incidents involving federal immigration agents.
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
They're placing signs at the locations that read, 'ICE stole someone here'..."
abc7.com/post/ontario...
Reposted by Isabel Millán
She was extraordinary, and extraordinarily generous. Alice Wong: I am so grateful to have been alive in her lifetime. She was one of our species' best. She deserved better. My her legacy be for a blessing.
November 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
She was extraordinary, and extraordinarily generous. Alice Wong: I am so grateful to have been alive in her lifetime. She was one of our species' best. She deserved better. My her legacy be for a blessing.
Reposted by Isabel Millán
Reposted by Isabel Millán
Reposted by Isabel Millán
The federal government shutdown will stop food aid Nov. 1 for some 42 million Americans, the latest blow for low-income families already struggling with rising costs and shrinking federal benefits.
Food banks brace for 42 million without SNAP
The gap will be impossible to fill, those working to feed the nation's neediest said.
www.axios.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The federal government shutdown will stop food aid Nov. 1 for some 42 million Americans, the latest blow for low-income families already struggling with rising costs and shrinking federal benefits.
Reposted by Isabel Millán
When Trump invited 9 elite universities to exchange blind loyalty for favoritism and federal funding, the AFT, the @aaup.org and academics across the nation called it out for what it was: a blatant attempt to control higher education. @afthighered.bsky.social
Universities roundly reject Trump’s loyalty oath
When the Trump administration invited nine elite universities to exchange blind loyalty for favoritism and federal funding, the AFT, the American Association of University Professors and academics acr...
www.aft.org
October 23, 2025 at 2:22 PM
When Trump invited 9 elite universities to exchange blind loyalty for favoritism and federal funding, the AFT, the @aaup.org and academics across the nation called it out for what it was: a blatant attempt to control higher education. @afthighered.bsky.social
Look up events in your cities: www.nokings.org#map
October 15, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Look up events in your cities: www.nokings.org#map
Reposted by Isabel Millán
SANA SANA! My latest for CALÓ News! Please support my work at calonews.com/donate #portland
October 15, 2025 at 4:53 PM
SANA SANA! My latest for CALÓ News! Please support my work at calonews.com/donate #portland
Reposted by Isabel Millán
"The book is called, Read This When Things Fall Apart. I read it when things fell apart. It cradled me when I fell apart ... This book will have wisdom for you. May it hold you the way it held me."
I Read This When Things Fell Apart and You Should, Too
You don’t have to be an organizer or activist to read this book. It will have wisdom for you.
whogivesafocal.ghost.io
October 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
"The book is called, Read This When Things Fall Apart. I read it when things fell apart. It cradled me when I fell apart ... This book will have wisdom for you. May it hold you the way it held me."
Reposted by Isabel Millán
Now is the Time to Speak up for Justice
YouTube video by Justice Connection
www.youtube.com
October 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Reposted by Isabel Millán
That’s a wrap. Thank you for fighting censorship with us! Let's keep this momentum going until we gather again October 4-10, 2026, because every week is #BannedBooksWeek and we are stronger TOGETHER!
#CensorshipIsSo1984
#CensorshipIsSo1984
October 12, 2025 at 3:26 PM
That’s a wrap. Thank you for fighting censorship with us! Let's keep this momentum going until we gather again October 4-10, 2026, because every week is #BannedBooksWeek and we are stronger TOGETHER!
#CensorshipIsSo1984
#CensorshipIsSo1984
Reposted by Isabel Millán
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
October 10, 2025 at 9:11 PM
after millions of views and shares of my Portland Frog art. (thank you all🙏🏾) I got requests to highlight priests, and chickens, and Chicagoans, and T-Rexes, and more… all of us who refuse to bend the knee. so this is for US.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚃𝚊𝚕𝚕.
𝚆𝚎 𝚆𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚆𝚒𝚗.
Reposted by Isabel Millán
"Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours.
'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"
'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"
Massive immigration raid on Chicago apartment building leaves residents reeling: 'I feel defeated'
The Department of Homeland Security said federal agents with Border Patrol, the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives arrested 37 people in the raid.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 2, 2025 at 8:31 PM
"Johnson said he was left tied up outside the building for nearly three hours.
'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"
'I asked [agents] why they were holding me if I was an American citizen, and they said I had to wait until they looked me up. I asked if they had a warrant and I asked for a lawyer. They never brought one.'"
Reposted by Isabel Millán
We're just a month away from this year's Banned Books Week, October 5-11! Join us to remind the world that Censorship Is So 1984! www.ala.org/news/2025/09...
September 4, 2025 at 1:56 PM
We're just a month away from this year's Banned Books Week, October 5-11! Join us to remind the world that Censorship Is So 1984! www.ala.org/news/2025/09...
🤩 Just a few days left to receive 60% off of Coloring into Existence or other books from NYU Press. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎 Use code NYU60 at checkout (expires 8/31/25). Link: nyupress.org/978147981698...
August 27, 2025 at 11:34 PM
🤩 Just a few days left to receive 60% off of Coloring into Existence or other books from NYU Press. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎 Use code NYU60 at checkout (expires 8/31/25). Link: nyupress.org/978147981698...