Val
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Val
@valvalc.bsky.social
Pâtissière and American expat living in France and following her cozy dreams - Writer - Witch
Lunch view, pas mal 😊
March 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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I feel like this paragraph from my book is pretty appropriate for today.

www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/shann...
February 5, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Figure out what grounds you and anchor yourself to that.
February 5, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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Good morning. You are still here. Do something kind for someone you love today--and if you can, for someone else in your community, even if they're a stranger. We're in this together. ❤️
January 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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The purpose of yesterday was to frighten us to submitting in advance. I have my freedom of speech and I will use it here and everywhere else I exist online to make my voice heard. No oligarch, no president will silence me. So, be prepared for more Latinx books just as soon as my mourning ends, okay?
January 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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If you're discriminated against or arrested for being trans in Illinois, I can represent you pro bono. Email me at [email protected].
January 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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If you live in LA are looking to volunteer, fire relief is ongoing. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
LA Fires | IN PERSON Volunteer Opps
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January 21, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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My loves, if you find today or any day difficult for you, I find there can be comfort in Tolkien’s words.
While some times may be terrifying, infuriating, or devastating, it is never hopeless.
January 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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My fiercest belief is also a theme that informs all of my writing and can be an act of rebellion in dark times: they may try, but nobody, and I mean nobody, can tell you who or what you really are.
January 21, 2025 at 3:53 AM
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Even though most of us will probably never lead the charge, we all have a vital role to play in this battle before us.

"Be a bush if you can't be a tree. If you can't be a highway, just be a trail. If you can't be a sun, be a star." ~ MLK
January 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
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Today and in the coming days, remember
January 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Just so we’re clear:
1. Audiobooks count
2. Reading is political
3. The orange man is a piece of 💩

Thanks for stopping by 💃
January 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
We just got back from Thanksgiving dinner and my sister immediately got out her Christmas lights and is listening to the Glee Christmas album 😭😂
November 29, 2024 at 3:41 AM
Trust yourself and the world is yours
November 26, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I went to a throwback party event in Brooklyn where the DJ had the nerve to play Glorilla and Megan.

Don’t get me wrong, I love BOTH, but they weren’t rapping in the 80s and 90s?! 😭

#musicsky
November 24, 2024 at 6:11 AM
I feel like, as a collective, we skated over the whole « Kendrick getting a whole ass GRAMMY nomination for being a hater » entirely too quickly.

#musicsky
November 24, 2024 at 4:56 AM
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November 19, 2024 at 11:39 AM
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH MY BOOK IS OUT TODAY!!!!!!!!!

THE LAST HOUR BETWEEN WORLDS releases today in the US (and Italy)!!! I have waited SO LONG to share this book with everyone and I'm so excited that it's finally out in the world!!!!!!!!!
November 19, 2024 at 1:22 PM
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Books 📚
For the next two weeks, we’re offering ten free ebooks for getting free

Another world is possible if we fight for it

www.haymarketbooks.org/blogs/517-te...
November 18, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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Goodreads is owned by Jeff Bezos. A better alternative is StoryGraph, a Black woman-owned platform. And before y’all start, you can transfer all your Goodreads data to Storygraph so you literally have no excuse.
November 16, 2024 at 11:38 PM