Lexie 🌈📚
@readingqueerly.bsky.social
🏳️🌈 26 | she/they | queer and nonbinary
📝 Reader, writer, and bookseller in love with LGBTQ+ book recs
✨ Future physicist (or librarian)
📚 2025 Reading Goal: 15/50
📖 Currently Reading: Lavender House
📝 Reader, writer, and bookseller in love with LGBTQ+ book recs
✨ Future physicist (or librarian)
📚 2025 Reading Goal: 15/50
📖 Currently Reading: Lavender House
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Lexie 🌈📚
@readingqueerly.bsky.social
· Jan 25
I'm a queer and nonbinary reader, writer, and bookseller looking for other book content creators! I'll be posting book reviews, recommendations, and lists, as well as general book-related aesthetic. Give me a like or follow if I should check out your profile! #booksky #lgbtqbooks #books
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🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
June 7, 2025 at 8:41 PM
🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:
Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate
LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...
Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...
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Congress is feeling the heat and we must keep up the pressure before Medicaid cuts wreak havoc on our communities.
Contact your representative now and tell them: NO cuts to Medicaid.
Contact your representative now and tell them: NO cuts to Medicaid.
Congress: Save Medicaid Now
Politicians are attempting to pass devastating cuts to Medicaid right now and we must act fast. Send a message telling your member of Congress to fight back now.
https://action.aclu.org/send-message/congress-save-medicaid-now?initms_aff=nat&initm[…]han=soc&ms=adv-na-bsky-na-nat-na-disabilityrights-medicaid-na
May 13, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Congress is feeling the heat and we must keep up the pressure before Medicaid cuts wreak havoc on our communities.
Contact your representative now and tell them: NO cuts to Medicaid.
Contact your representative now and tell them: NO cuts to Medicaid.
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Worth remembering that libro.fm exists -- human narrators, independent experience, supports indie bookstores.
Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores
Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.
libro.fm
May 13, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Worth remembering that libro.fm exists -- human narrators, independent experience, supports indie bookstores.
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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another intro post! I’m Makana, a hapa haole māhū lesbian from Maui! I write sci-fi about AAPI lesbians being messy in space. my adult cyberpunk lesbian space heist debut HAMMAJANG LUCK is out NOW in the UK and North America!!! shoots! 🤙
February 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
another intro post! I’m Makana, a hapa haole māhū lesbian from Maui! I write sci-fi about AAPI lesbians being messy in space. my adult cyberpunk lesbian space heist debut HAMMAJANG LUCK is out NOW in the UK and North America!!! shoots! 🤙
Me: *working at an indie bookstore and telling customers that we can order books we don’t have in stock for no extra fee and that orders will arrive in 3-5 days, if not earlier*
Them: “that’s alright, I think I’ll just get it from Am*zon” 🫤
Me: *screams into the void*
Them: “that’s alright, I think I’ll just get it from Am*zon” 🫤
Me: *screams into the void*
May 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Me: *working at an indie bookstore and telling customers that we can order books we don’t have in stock for no extra fee and that orders will arrive in 3-5 days, if not earlier*
Them: “that’s alright, I think I’ll just get it from Am*zon” 🫤
Me: *screams into the void*
Them: “that’s alright, I think I’ll just get it from Am*zon” 🫤
Me: *screams into the void*
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“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
April 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“And I’m like, what do you mean, you ‘do your own research’? You running a double-blind study in your living room, dawg?”
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
- A guy walking ahead of me with his friends on a NYC sidewalk in 2021, also my favorite overheard dialogue of the entire pandemic
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i'm lamby👋 the pkmn world will inspire me forever !! i'll never forget those memories & always want to share that magic ^_^
April 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
i'm lamby👋 the pkmn world will inspire me forever !! i'll never forget those memories & always want to share that magic ^_^
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PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.
An online bookstore that financially supports local independent bookstores and gives back to the book community.
bookshop.org
April 23, 2025 at 1:36 PM
PLEASE don’t buy into Amazon’s booksale this week.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
They are intentionally trying to eat into profits from Indie Bookstore Day this weekend, a really important annual event for our important community institutions.
Check out your local fave or bookshop.org.
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If you are a marginalized author writing books about characters from marginalized groups. I need you to know that it may look hopeless right now, but your books are needed now more than ever.
April 23, 2025 at 2:24 PM
If you are a marginalized author writing books about characters from marginalized groups. I need you to know that it may look hopeless right now, but your books are needed now more than ever.
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creation as an act of love. love as an act of creation
April 12, 2025 at 2:47 PM
creation as an act of love. love as an act of creation
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Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
April 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
Do not post photos of protesters' faces.
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This EPA employee asked me not to show his face for fear he’d be targeted, a sad statement in itself that testifies to who we’ve become as a nation:
April 5, 2025 at 7:01 PM
This EPA employee asked me not to show his face for fear he’d be targeted, a sad statement in itself that testifies to who we’ve become as a nation:
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We see you all! Incredible turnout so far across the country — current estimates put participation at around 750,000 and counting! More accurate numbers are still coming in, with many events yet to begin.
April 5, 2025 at 5:56 PM
We see you all! Incredible turnout so far across the country — current estimates put participation at around 750,000 and counting! More accurate numbers are still coming in, with many events yet to begin.
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Erasing books, libraries, museums is but a step in the erasure of people.
Protect these institutions at all costs to protect people.
Protect these institutions at all costs to protect people.
April 5, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Erasing books, libraries, museums is but a step in the erasure of people.
Protect these institutions at all costs to protect people.
Protect these institutions at all costs to protect people.
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One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
March 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
One of many moments in Omar El Akkad’s new book, “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This,” that will stop you in your tracks.
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i love @kalynnbayron.bsky.social as a person, but her books are also unmatched. the way they elevate and celebrate black women! the covers ALONE!!!
anyway, do yourself a favor and buy a kalynn bayron book today: bookshop.org/contributors...
anyway, do yourself a favor and buy a kalynn bayron book today: bookshop.org/contributors...
March 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
i love @kalynnbayron.bsky.social as a person, but her books are also unmatched. the way they elevate and celebrate black women! the covers ALONE!!!
anyway, do yourself a favor and buy a kalynn bayron book today: bookshop.org/contributors...
anyway, do yourself a favor and buy a kalynn bayron book today: bookshop.org/contributors...
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When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
March 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
When Amazon launched in 1995, there were 5,500 indie bookshops in the U.S., with 7,000 locations. By May of 2023, that number had decreased to 2,185 indies & 2,599 locations.
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
When you purchase audiobooks via Libro.fm vs. Audible, you directly support indie bookshops. Let's make that number grow ❤️
So being late to my appointment saved me from having to evacuate a building with a gas leak while in the middle of a pap smear. Truly a horrible possibility I had never faced until today
February 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
So being late to my appointment saved me from having to evacuate a building with a gas leak while in the middle of a pap smear. Truly a horrible possibility I had never faced until today
Guess who took the very first opportunity I had while working at the bookstore today to make a banned book display 🤭
February 24, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Guess who took the very first opportunity I had while working at the bookstore today to make a banned book display 🤭
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Clubs and bars are out. Let's open a late night Bookstore where you can silently mingle, drink tea, and read into all hours of the night.
February 23, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Clubs and bars are out. Let's open a late night Bookstore where you can silently mingle, drink tea, and read into all hours of the night.
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This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op
February 18, 2025 at 2:12 AM
This is my “daughter of a Black Panther breakfast program volunteer” coming out but anyone who tells you that you have to be public about all your resistance activity should immediately be under suspicion for being an op, or being under the influence of an op