Summer Pennell (she/her)
@summerpennell.bsky.social
Queer & critical education researcher; cross stitch fanatic; member of the MotherScholar Collective; blogger at Vermont Moms. Find my cross stitch patterns on Etsy https://gayborhoodstitches.etsy.com
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I am SO EXCITED to read the final Witchlands book and thankful Susan Dennard has this before I dive in
November 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
I am SO EXCITED to read the final Witchlands book and thankful Susan Dennard has this before I dive in
Today my gaybor and I accidentally matched on campus 🎉🏳️⚧️
November 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Today my gaybor and I accidentally matched on campus 🎉🏳️⚧️
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Happy pub day to my 19th book, ARE YOU A FRIEND OF DOROTHY, ill. Levi Hastings. It's about the distant past when queer people came up with creative ways to talk about and express ourselves in order to avoid street violence and state surveillance. May it become irrelevant speedily and within our days
April 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Happy pub day to my 19th book, ARE YOU A FRIEND OF DOROTHY, ill. Levi Hastings. It's about the distant past when queer people came up with creative ways to talk about and express ourselves in order to avoid street violence and state surveillance. May it become irrelevant speedily and within our days
Pride Puppy is a fabulous book! I read it to my kids kindergarten class because it is 100% appropriate for that age & they (& the teacher, & principal) loved it!
As the author of Pride Puppy, I'm used to misinformation- but I didn't expect to hear these lies at SCOTUS. (Also- bondage? Was Gorsuch referring to the family's dog being on a leash? Who knows?!) Anyway, please read this to see what's actually in the book! www.whatwouldjuliedraw.com/pridepuppy
pride puppy & SCOTUS — what would julie draw?
take a look at what's really in Pride Puppy!
www.whatwouldjuliedraw.com
April 23, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Pride Puppy is a fabulous book! I read it to my kids kindergarten class because it is 100% appropriate for that age & they (& the teacher, & principal) loved it!
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I’m not saying someone’s so pressed I was on the cover of Teen Vogue that they started posting a bunch of misinformation about trans ppl- no wait, I am. I am saying that
March 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
I’m not saying someone’s so pressed I was on the cover of Teen Vogue that they started posting a bunch of misinformation about trans ppl- no wait, I am. I am saying that
One of many examples of why it’s a terrifying and infuriating time to be in teacher education.
In related news who outside of the US wants to hire me?
In related news who outside of the US wants to hire me?
It’s not the biggest EO, and unlike some it won’t kill or imprison people, and yet in its explicit appeal to white supremacy, and noting thr unease I feel now writing that publicly, I find this one of the most chilling. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1.
www.whitehouse.gov
March 28, 2025 at 2:45 AM
One of many examples of why it’s a terrifying and infuriating time to be in teacher education.
In related news who outside of the US wants to hire me?
In related news who outside of the US wants to hire me?
Need some pro-trans anti 🍊🍕💩art? You can order one here! 🏳️⚧️🐭🪡🎉 gayborhoodstitches.etsy.com/listing/1886...
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March 16, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Need some pro-trans anti 🍊🍕💩art? You can order one here! 🏳️⚧️🐭🪡🎉 gayborhoodstitches.etsy.com/listing/1886...
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Judge temporarily blocks effort to deport Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests
ICE arrests Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests, attorney says | CNN
Mahmoud Khalil, a prominent Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia University’s student protest movement demanding a ceasefire in Gaza, was arrested Saturday night by federal immigration author...
www.cnn.com
March 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Judge temporarily blocks effort to deport Palestinian activist who helped lead Columbia student protests
I made this last weekend in response to 🍊🍕💩recent remarks. 🐭🪡🏳️⚧️ if anyone wants the pattern DM me your email address
#crossstitch #transmice #transrights
#crossstitch #transmice #transrights
March 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
I made this last weekend in response to 🍊🍕💩recent remarks. 🐭🪡🏳️⚧️ if anyone wants the pattern DM me your email address
#crossstitch #transmice #transrights
#crossstitch #transmice #transrights
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When I moved to Canada from the U.S., I took it for granted that I could get back relatively easily. Because I'm trans, Trump is making it more difficult to see my friends and family. Please take 10 minutes to speak out against his anti-trans passport policy here: transequality.org/news/freedom...
FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access | A4TE
The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.
transequality.org
March 7, 2025 at 3:31 AM
When I moved to Canada from the U.S., I took it for granted that I could get back relatively easily. Because I'm trans, Trump is making it more difficult to see my friends and family. Please take 10 minutes to speak out against his anti-trans passport policy here: transequality.org/news/freedom...
Any educators or education students need a summer course? Registration now open! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🎉
March 7, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Any educators or education students need a summer course? Registration now open! 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🎉
My latest cross stitch- doily found at a local 2nd hand craft store
March 2, 2025 at 6:16 PM
My latest cross stitch- doily found at a local 2nd hand craft store
Who is ready to discuss episodes 1 & 2 of @yellowjackets96.bsky.social 👀👀
February 15, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Who is ready to discuss episodes 1 & 2 of @yellowjackets96.bsky.social 👀👀
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ICYMI 28 republicans introduced HR 899 to eliminate the Dept of Ed
on 01.31.2025 #BlackEduSky #EduSky #iteach
Staying informed www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
on 01.31.2025 #BlackEduSky #EduSky #iteach
Staying informed www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
www.congress.gov
February 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
ICYMI 28 republicans introduced HR 899 to eliminate the Dept of Ed
on 01.31.2025 #BlackEduSky #EduSky #iteach
Staying informed www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
on 01.31.2025 #BlackEduSky #EduSky #iteach
Staying informed www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...
@ncte.org why is @hcodymiller.bsky.social post about censorship and project 2025 missing from the website? Thanks to @wargojon.bsky.social for the heads up
February 3, 2025 at 5:25 PM
@ncte.org why is @hcodymiller.bsky.social post about censorship and project 2025 missing from the website? Thanks to @wargojon.bsky.social for the heads up
Trying snow dying fabric today. When the revolution needs a crafter, I am ready to report for duty! #crossstitch #fabricdying #crafting #trumpacolypse
February 2, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Trying snow dying fabric today. When the revolution needs a crafter, I am ready to report for duty! #crossstitch #fabricdying #crafting #trumpacolypse
February 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.
This is how you refuse to comply.
This is how you refuse to comply.
January 30, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students.
This is how you refuse to comply.
This is how you refuse to comply.
Some of my latest #stitchtherapy is test stitching my Camels Hump pattern, to be gifted to my work wife.
#crossstitch #vermont #stabituntilyoufeelbetter
#crossstitch #vermont #stabituntilyoufeelbetter
January 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Some of my latest #stitchtherapy is test stitching my Camels Hump pattern, to be gifted to my work wife.
#crossstitch #vermont #stabituntilyoufeelbetter
#crossstitch #vermont #stabituntilyoufeelbetter
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It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
January 31, 2025 at 3:16 AM
It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.”
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.
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i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country
January 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country