“Storytelling can be more than a blog post, essay, or book. It can be an emoji, a meme, a selfie, or a tweet. It can become a movement for social change.” —Alice Wong (1974–2025)

Small actions snowball and eventually become avalanches. And, above all, please support the voices you want to be heard. Big names aren't necessarily facing financial ruin when they are targeted, but smaller ones are.

Padilla is speaking now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJKS...

Senator Brian Schatz (@schatz.bsky.social) is calling out what happened to Padilla right now on the Senate floor: "This is the stuff of dictatorships. It is actually happening." www.senate.gov/legislative/...

BEYOND SEVEN FORESTS is now on #Goodreads! Would love it if you added it to your TBR! www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...

You can cry. It doesn’t make you weak. It just means you are hydrated.

Fellow Californians: I'm going to draft some scripts and will be back shortly. If you don't live in California? Please call your electeds. Don't stop. You don't want this happening in your state either.

There are over 10,000+ banned books in the US, nearly half of them are banned for LGBTQ content. Share and help spread awareness. Make sure to sign up for our newsletter to stay updated. authorsguild.org/newsletter-s...

Sharing again. Pretty sure I shared it before somewhere around 2017.

Do not be distracted. What's happening in LA and in other parts of our country, yes, not good, not good at all. And as bad and in many ways much worse is this ugly bill being pushed through congress. Stay steady, determined, strong. Urge your Senators of every stripe to vote no.

Just tuning into the news.Not good. I am going to be out of commission for a while, but, friends, humbly I ask you to keep your practice steady, truly be of benefit to others, stand in your values of care, + do whatever you can to end the violence in our country and in our world.

Also, ICYMI: Trump and Hegseth have both threatened to deploy the Marines. Everyone, if you're not in CA and looking for a way to help? Demand your electeds call this out. Call them. Do it now. I'll defer to the lawyers, but deploying Marines => using the Insurrection Act.

Kudos to the ABC7 anchor for calling the administration's tactics as being "war-like tactics" + stressing people are upset that members of their community are being taken away.

My dad, who has lived under a dictatorship, knows one when he sees one. His first text this morning is that we are now officially in a dictatorship. It is all pretty grim.

They keep saying they’re implementing martial law because of violence by protesters provoking them — “insurrection.” It’s a lie. They’re doing this to create terror, like they’re doing now by coming to Pasadena & hijacking a hotel. There’s no violence happening in Pasadena.

Here's the official release from the White House, and apparently, we're in a state "of rebellion". 😒 Fellow Californians, you know the drill. Every one of us should be speed dialing: - Our federal electeds - Our state electeds - Newsom - And Bonta right now.

(PEPPER'S RULES FOR SECRET SLEUTHING, also by Briana McDonald, includes a very sensitively-written trans character, too. I'm just out of agent copies on that one. But put it on your list if you know a kid who needs to see themselves in media. Or if you love Nancy Drew.)

For those of you in SF (especially teachers and school librarians, but also parents and allies!), if you would like copies of MG books with queer joy, I have lots of copies of Briana McDonald's GALAXY JONES AND THE SPACE PIRATES/SECRETS OF STONE CREEK. I'd be thrilled to see them go to good homes!

Along 20+ organizations, The Authors Guild urges Congress to reject proposed cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. As news deserts expand—206 counties have NO local news source!—we can't afford to lose these vital community voices. rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-a...

First, a baseline step: Know that autocratic leaders can be successfully challenged. @chenoweth.bsky.social has found that when at least 3.5 per cent of the population participated in nonviolent opposition, movements were largely successful.

“Let people thank you for your art, when they say thank you they want to dance with you, that connection means something Say, “You’re welcome.” @rykaaoki @pcclancer

CORY HAS PASSED THE STROM THURMAN MARK! History has been made.

I can’t believe this is real! It’s like the worst caricature of how the right says Soros does politics.

DOGE Furloughs the Entire Staff of the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences For 90 Days lunch.publishersmarketplace.com/2025/03/doge...

Hey, fellow kidlit authors? We should be paying close attention to this + calling our reps. NASA's pulled graphic novels about female astronauts from their website.

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Adding a journalist to a top secret government group chat about dropping bombs *IS* the kind of thing people who aren’t super politically literate can understand and find shocking/notable/disqualifying. Dems should seize on this and never ever let it go. I hope to hear about it in a decade

An insane response. Don’t let up on this story.

AOC: If you are an LGBTQ kid or family, we cannot throw you under the bus in order to win an election. In this house, we stand together

Tomorrow at Hastings Ranch branch of Pasadena Public Library. A joint evening with SF JAZZ exploring Octavia E. Butler’s relationship to public libraries.

One of my fav shirts to wear to my speaking events! #kidlit💜📚💜

closing in on six months of this personal daily drawing challenge

I'm leading the charge demanding USDA reverse its cancellation of $1 billion in food purchases for local schools, food banks, & child care centers. As people struggle with rising grocery prices, these purchases help them keep food on the table – & support the California farmers who feed our nation.

So Romania, Serbia, Hungary. People rising up against authoritarianism. Clearly, we’re up soon.

Octavia E. Butler celebrated, protected and donated her time to public libraries. As part of an initiative sponsored by SF JAZZ we’ll be discussing the influence of libraries in Butler’s creative journey.

It went too far four weeks ago — oh wait, no 8 years ago. Not sure how this can go on for another 4 years. Call, write, protest. Thanks to @womensmarch.bsky.social for organizing.

Had a meeting today with veterans who were fired by the Trump Administration with no notice. This is not how we should treat veterans, federal employees, or any American.

I mean, it’s not great that only 5 of 9 Supreme Court justices believe in the Constitution, but a win is a win.

Doing a fun blogging challenge for March! It’s called Slice of Life or SOL25 started by TwoWritingTeachers.org and you can find my blogs at kirstenrevolution.weebly.com

my favorite writer is writing

No Elon. But what’s it like working for a president who betrayed Ukraine and our NATO allies, and is sucking up to Putin?

Okay, I need to pause for a sec for work stuff, brb. But trust me: there's no point in watching this. It's psychic damage. Instead, please understand what we're seeing is the failure of our democracy in real time. Please take five minutes to write down 5 actions you can take this week.

Protect your peace.

Rep. Al Green is a goddamn hero.

“He has no mandate to cut Medicaid!” Rep. Green gets kicked out after interrupting Kennedy Center chairman Trump’s speech. Thank you for saying what we’re all thinking, Rep. @algreen.house.gov.

Age yourself with your first Gateway Horror! #FilmSky #HorrorSky #HorrorMovies #GatewayHorror

We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org