BIG NEWS! Utah's chapter of the ACLU has filed a lawsuit against the state for its banning of 22 books from all public school students. This case could have massive implications nationwide. bookriot.com/utah-sued-ov...

Do you hear that? It’s the sound of #freadom coming back to Utah. Let’s do this thing!!!

Let me try that again. It's January 5, and the state of Utah just banned three more books from every single public school in the state. Utah now has more state-sanctioned book bans than any other state in the US. This comes nearly entirely from only *2* districts. bookriot.com/utah-bans-20...

I am a hobbit. I prefer my house and value my routine. I do not willingly go on adventures. And yet…

2025 in books! Favorites are highlighted in blue. I reread a fair amount and tried to catch up on books that came out during my lost decade of reading (RIP 2010–2020). Our family's favorite audiobook of the year was THE EYES AND THE IMPOSSIBLE by Dave Eggers. Bite for justice!

Fun 😐

Christmas cheesecake 😋

The cat throwing up in the clean laundry feels like a metaphor for something.

I let a family member use my laptop and they closed All. Of. My. Browser. Tabs. 😭😭😭

My sewing machine died (RIP little brother), so I’m using this time to do all the other craft projects my kids gifted me last year. Yesterday’s group project features Ham’s face.

“It’s not a “Florida” thing. It’s not a “Texas” thing. It’s a 21 states out of 50 thing. The government wants to dictate to half of this country's states what they can read & what they can think. They want public institutions of democracy & civic engagement to be mouthpieces of government beliefs.”

This week, we learned 21 states are eager to dismantle your First Amendment Rights. It should be bigger news. Here's the story, and here's what you can be doing about it. These are YOUR RIGHTS that the states want to steal from you. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Please read this whole thread and (whether you live in one of these 21 states or not), please write your members of Congress and tell them you want the Right to Read bill passed. The right to access speech without the government viewpoint-limiting our taxpayer-funded libraries is on the line.

Are you in Mesa County, Colorado? Your public library board is about to be overtaken with extremists. Get to the board meeting TOMORROW to speak up and out about what's going to come if these two get appointed. annelandmanblog.com/2025/12/maga...

The 3yo was telling us about her stuffed animal’s “tiptoe mom” and “tiptoe dad.” After lots of careful questions, we learned she meant “stepmom and stepdad.”

I finally finished one of my favorite quilts this year. I used up scraps from a different project and am very pleased with how it came together 🥰

My theory about AI is that corporate overlords who think it can Do All the Things haven’t had to engage with the actual output. Instead, they feed things into AI and ask a subordinate to review it, who then cleans it up so that it’s actually useable. They never see or deal with the slop.

The best boy admiring the best sunset.

***IMPORTANT THREAD***** If you are anywhere near York County, South Carolina, PLEASE show up to their board meeting tomorrow. It is, of course and intentionally, at NOON tomorrow at For Mill Library. Here's York County Library's background, yes, still ongoing: bookriot.com/whats-happen...

All of this, literally over one LGBTQ+ children's picture book. ONE. PICTURE. BOOK. They dismantled the fucking public library for the whole county. They hate gay people this much. If you have a library that functions, get in their inboxes or meetings now to tell them that they're great.

Charcuterie boards are fancy Lunchables for millennials.

Here's where "parental rights" arguments fall apart. These parents are pissed their kid borrowed a book for adults, available in the adult section of the public library. Their rights were *never ever* violated. Their ability to parent, however, was lacking. kiwaradio.com/local-news/s...

sometimes at night when I’m trying to sleep, I’ll close my human eyes & look through bird eyes birds can see the electromagnetic field of the earth so as wind hits my feathers in shivers, ribbons explode from the east, from the west, one way to food, another to water, another to my wife, to home

What Is The National Book Rating Index?: Another "New" Review Tool Attempting to Legitimize Bias in Book Evaluation. The National Book Rating Index is a convenient answer to public institutions asking how to subscribe to right-wing review guides. buttondown.com/wellsourced/...

Darcie Little Badger, a member of the Lipan Apache Tribe, said she was “taken aback” by the prohibitions under HB261 and calls it censorship.

Utah’s signature-gathering industry isn’t “democracy in action.” It’s a gig economy built on workers sleeping in cars, wearing diapers to avoid losing pay, and hustling to meet quotas for million-dollar campaigns. Utah doesn’t have a ballot-initiative problem — it has an exploitation problem.

Keep shouting it. Only SOME parents' rights are included in "parental rights," and it's the bigots.

You don’t want to miss these! My Ida bowl is my very most favorite—I use it exclusively for my “post getting kids to bed/I survived another day” yogurt (with dark chocolate, of course), and I swear it makes everything taste better.

Well this year we CAN participate in the #GivingTuesday flood so we probably SHOULD. With your support we can do even more to protect, celebrate, & elevate the right to read.

Text to my husband on this day before Thanksgiving on which my children still expect to be fed even though I am knee-deep in stuffing.

Finally got to see The Librarians last night! Thanks to @letutahread.bsky.social and @txfreedomread.bsky.social for an amazing event. I don't have any pictures, but I'm grateful to have been in community with so many kind people who've inspired my work fighting book bans in Davis School District.

I had a stress dream last night in which I realized I never actually graduated college and had to go back to take more classes. But lucky for me, I got to take a poetry seminar from @theferocity.bsky.social. As someone who was traumatized by my college poetry class, the very thought is healing.

“Mama, when will you teach me to COOK?” groused the three year old, as if she’s already asked me a thousand times. (This is the first time she’s asked me this question.)

Both male and female horses have eyelashes. Unicorns don't exist so this can't be scientifically verified. Valiant use of taxpayer money to micromanage the acceptable eyelash representation of fictional animals.

Hooray! @authorsabb.bsky.social is *OFFICIALLY* a nonprofit, and is now open for donations! For the last two years we've been doing all this w free tools, or paying out of pocket, & we were STILL able to get SO MUCH DONE. Imagine what we could do with $$$ www.authorsagainstbookbans.com/donate/

What is Take Back The Classroom? A deep dive into the project making its way into right-wing circles, aiding in book bans nationwide. Who is behind it? How does it work? How are they recruiting new cult members? Know before it reaches your library. bookriot.com/what-is-take...

Happy Friday! In order to continue fighting on behalf of all books, all authors, & all readers Authors Against Book Bans is fundraising. No donation is too small & all are tax deductible!

I know it's really about control, but the way these evil monsters talk about banning books to save the children out of one side of their mouths, and downplay an actual pedophile out of the other is rage inducing

Want to speak out against book censorship in your district? Emailing your school board is a powerful place to start! Here are some quick tips (below). Your voice matters. Let them hear it. #FreedomToRead #LetKidsRead #AntiCensorship

The MA Senate will be voting on An Act Regarding Free Expression on Thursday 11/13. This Boston Globe article touts this as a positive development, but while the protections for libraries are welcome, this version of the bill strips all protections from authors. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/08/m...

“The current proliferation of AI that we see particularly in the library and education spaces would not be possible at the speed and scale that is happening without the precedent of book bans leading into it.” — @maggietokudahall.bsky.social www.404media.co/ai-is-superc...

I went to the park to write this morning and encountered a pack of mini velociraptors. Turns out wild turkeys are a Utah thing, too. @theferocity.bsky.social

I gave birth to my first child nearly 10 years ago. I had just graduated law school, taken the bar, and was clerking for a federal district court judge. I naively thought I’d get maternity leave. I didn’t.

Viral posts about how Moms For Liberty had zero wins on election night...aren't true. They're misinformation, even dis-info. M4L did have a number of school board candidates win. You can verify that information pretty easily. They had *A LOT* of losses and their power isn't what it once was.

I gave birth to my first child nearly 10 years ago. I had just graduated law school, taken the bar, and was clerking for a federal district court judge. I naively thought I’d get maternity leave. I didn’t.

Why yes, I will partake of this hopium. Thanks to all the incredible organizers and voters who showed up to make these victories possible!

Local dog finds reason to smile despite cone of shame.

If you’re in Utah, resist the urge to pat yourself on the back after stocking your little free library with this book (which I adore). There is still more work to do! You can buy the book AND join @letutahread.bsky.social to help us fight more book bans this upcoming legislative session.

Hi readers!! November's banned book club is coming up!! Join us over Zoom in discussing What Girls Are Made Of by Elana K. Arnold on Nov. 18 at 6:30 pm. RSVP: www.fightforthefirst.org/events/novem...

“This is more than a facility,” he said. “It is a statement of who we are as a state.” Governor Cox is telling on himself here. So much for being a compassionate conservative.