This sparks joy 🥹💙 #TARBIS

I took pics of my bags outside!! They're available for guaranteed preorder for another week! They're convertible bags that can be worn as a backpack, crossbody bag & waist bag. And can also be attached to mobility aids or plushies or water bottles. Store details & pics below!

This looks dope!

Have you watched Iyanu yet?? 👀 @tatianaking.com interviews Roye Okupe about Iyanu, an animated fantasy and superhero series inspired by Yoruba history, culture, and mythology 🇳🇬 @lionforgeent.bsky.social 🎧: www.spreaker.com/episode/excl... 📺: youtu.be/yxEEiDkjgZ8?...

The Black femme has the box...

See y'all soon 💙

That said, I’ve really enjoyed cultivating our nerdy little community here and on Twitch and am excited to continue to do so post transition 💜 bsky.app/profile/blac...

Bayana and Robyn had a few books and a dream and created something beautiful. I’m so grateful to have been a part these last six years. I’m also proud of us for being honest with ourselves and one another about our capacity in this moment. It’s time to REST and create in new ways. 💛

A Birthday Announcement from the team!

1) Yes 😭 2) Love the extended idea that writing groups are spaces where we share and help nurture pieces of the soul

machop is bowling

Our May read, Blues for Mister Charlie, is a play dedicated to the memory of Medgar Evers and the children of the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. Join us and follow along on Storygraph! app.thestorygraph.com/reading_chal...

It's #WizardTeam Wednesday and we're wrapping up our discussion of Amari and the Despicable Wonders! We're playing games, talking theories, and finding out who won MVP and benched for the whole book - listen now on a podcast app near you.

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It's #WizardTeam Wednesday and we're discussing the final two chapters of Amari and the Despicable Wonders! There's action, there's big decisions, there's EMOTIONAL DAMAGE 😭 Listen now on a podcast app near you!

Another Wednesday, another episode of #WizardTeam! We discuss chapters 28-30 of Amari and the Despicable Wonders on a podcast app near you!

Let's stop letting people who have very little to lose—and those who have everything to gain under this regime—tell us not to worry and that everything will be okay by hoping and praying. Fascism isn't coming. It's here, even if you're not the one rotting in a detention center. It's here.

Oooh this is a good question. Who y’all got?

The easier question to pose to a group of nerds is what would be difficult to talk about for 24 hours 😂 But we’ve been know to babble - Black fantasy and sci-fi novels - Doctor Who - Lord of the Rings - Pokemon - Naruto - Sailor Moon - Zelda - Beyoncé - Black TV shows - Critical Fandom 💜

This is the only April Fools content we will accept today 😂🤣

One simply has to spend five minutes with the online community we’ve cultivated to understand folks can be fine, free, and smart. Let’s wrap this convo up!

The Women’s final four is set! Who is gonna take the crown in our #MarchMadness challenge? Only a few points stand between @adventuresinpages.bsky.social and @robynrambles.bsky.social, @talespinningdj.bsky.social is close behind.

“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.” ― bell hooks

Watching the first episode that introduces the new doctors has been so interesting. The stories they choose to put them in and the choices the new actor makes with the character, the costume design choices!

There’s definitely Black Whovian community here - let’s connect and build, y’all! #TARBIS

It's time for a new episode of #WizardTeam! Amari and friends escape NightWalkers, traverse Director Van Helsing's lax security, and find themselves in the Sightless Depths. We discuss that & more on a podcast app near you!

The BNC community on the first day with no games waiting for the Sweet Sixteen to start #MarchMadness

The community looking at @robynrambles.bsky.social about to crash out #MarchMadness

The BNC Brackets for the men are all over the place but with the women’s tourney…sure, it’s day one but we are all fighting for the top spot! #MarchMadness We have one member who chose SF Austin so, I feel confident they’re not in the running 🤣

Tomorrow the madness continues but will the women’s tourney continue in this spirit of love and chaos or will we really get competitive? We will see! #MarchMadness

The BNC men’s bracket challenge was mostly done purely on vibes. This resulted in @maggeth.bsky.social busting her bracket in the first round, @adventuresinpages.bsky.social leading by picking schools that physically made her ill and @talespinningdj.bsky.social having the community say whoo pig

It's time for a new episode of #WizardTeam! Amari and her friends make new discoveries and are back on the run from the Bureau in chapters 22-24 of AMARI AND THE DESPICABLE WONDERS. Listen now: buff.ly/okIMlnX

It's #WizardTeam Wednesday! Amari deals with disappointments, betrayals, and a little enabling in chapters 19-21 of Amari and the Despicable Wonders. Listen now 🔗 buff.ly/xaoDz8f

Now this is a link up we stan! 🥹🥰

I got the @blacknerdscreate.com curious about #ATEEZ now. AAAHH! I could talk about them for days. I will need to do a run down on the fellas - BUT FIRST!!! Food 😋

If @tracydeonn.bsky.social and #Oathbound have you in the mood to dive into real historical archives and Black family histories, this memoir, The Trouble of Color by historian @marthasjones.bsky.social should be next up on the TBR!

Community Mods trying to figure out if they fucked something up before confirming Discord is indeed down too 😭😂

A recovery plan for surviving @tracydeonn.bsky.social and Oathbound…and then reading it again

Was just thinking folks move on from Nosebleeds a lil too fast for me 😤🙌🏾

Good morning ☀️ What are we creating this week?

It's #WizardTeam Wednesday! The gala is very much NOT victorious, Amari comes out of hiding, and we head to the Department of Spies and Secrets on this episode covering chapters 16-18 of AMARI AND THE DESPICABLE WONDERS. Listen now 🔗 buff.ly/4f6fgFh

my ig is filled with oathbound id never thought id see a day like this😭

It’s me. I am buzzing 🐝

We’re on it!

When the Oathbound drop got the whole community buzzing 😂

Thank you for making this #BlackMagicalHistory such a fun time. We will be back at it next year but the magic doesn’t stop here. Stay connected to find out how to celebrate and invest in Black creatives year round!

For the last day of #BlackMagicalHistory we celebrate the incomparable Missy Elliott. What is your favorite Missy song?

New #WizardTeam bonus episode dropped! This time we spoke with the author of the fun, fantasy-filled graphic novel DRAGONFORGED: SWORD OF THE CHAMPION, Eric Lide. Listen now on your favorite podcast app 🔗

On the penultimate day of #BlackMagicalHistory we celebrate James Baldwin. Join us in our discord this evening to discuss his play The Amen Corner. Which is your favorite of Baldwin's work?