Excited to be moderating a panel at #DallasLiteraryFestival with @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social Renee Simms and Latoya Watkins. Also already fangirling to catch festival headliner @tomiadeyemi.bsky.social #BlackBookSky #blacksky #bvm #blackwriters #blackwomen #booksky

Ava DuVernay #AskAnAuthor #bvm #blacksky #booksky #writingcommunity

Don’t buy stuff on February 28. Money’s the only thing these dicks understand. #resist

Don’t lose hope. Remember, Watergate took over two years to fully unravel from the initial break-in to Nixon’s resignation. Just like then and now, Americans are losing faith in their government. We are documenting every illegal action and will hold this administration and Elon Musk accountable.

“The Maryland National Guard must decline events which celebrates individuals based all or in part on immutable characteristics,” the memo said. Douglass was an abolitionist, suffragist, orator and author. That’s what we celebrate him. Let’s be clear: This bars celebrating him because he was Black.

Join 50501 in a National Day of Action on Monday, February 17th. We are reclaiming President's Day - a day that is supposed to be celebrating the Presidency. Unite to limit executive overreach. Find your protest at https://buff.ly/417VjtT, or create one.

The 50501 Movement has planned protests at all 50 state capitols and the U.S. Capitol on Presidents’ Day at noon. While mainstream media isn’t covering it, many YouTubers have stepped up to provide coverage.

Simply Beautiful by Al Green but I'll listen to any rendition.

Tuberculosis killed 1/4th of Europe not too long ago. We are now in the largest TB outbreak in U.S. history. A man who doesnt believe in vaccines is now the head of our country’s public health. The U.S. ERADICATED measles 25 years ago. It’s now surging. RFK Jr. called it fake.

My wife & I are currently entering the foster/adoption process. As two Black queer women in the south, private adoption wasn't an option. Many agencies don't work with same-sex couples. There's many more adoption consultants, high price marketing firms. This is how they purchase Black babies.

One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!

I don't trash other authors. I do trash folk who talk reckless about Black women. If that person also happens to have written some books...🤷🏾‍♀️ "College educated Black women read more than all other groups." #blacksky #bvm #blackskyover40 #authors #writers #writingcommunity #blackwomen

So your Word & Google docs can be scraped to train AI? I've been using Living Writer (pricey) for my writing but all my teaching notes, lectures, etc are housed in Google. I even use Classroom as my main platform. Guess part of my sabbatical will be to disengage Google. #writingcommunity

Omar Tyree saying Black women don't swim because they don't wanna mess up hair and nails... But not knowing the history of racist policies around public swimming pools is ignorant AF. Pictured: the author and her swimming pool on her Arkansas homestead #blacksky #bvm #booksky #authors #writers

When negotiating my publishing contract I insisted on: 1)A Black woman editor 2)A Black woman's art as cover design 3)A Black woman as audiobook narrator. This is how we hold the door open. My book got work for 3 Black women. #bvm #booksky #authors #blacksky #writers

"Hello, little enemy." @nkjemisin.bsky.social gone Parable of the Sower prophecy on us.

It's like Whitney Houston and Luther made singing look effortless. But then you pick up that karaoke mic... I like the analogy cause it doesn't mean don't sing. It just means recognize the skill & work it takes to make it a profession. #writers #bvm #booksky #authors

This is one of the main functions of art. Sustaining life especially in dismal times. It's also why art by the disenfranchised (i.e. Black, queer ME) is inherently political. My fiction tells the stories of people this current administration is fervently trying to erase.

Because in the United States, it’s legal to feed chicken shit to cattle. That’s why. That’s literally the reason www.telegraph.co.uk/global-healt...

Definitely why we purchased our 15 acre homestead back in 2020. Here is where we live self-sustainably and build generational security.

Fight #dystopiaUSA

The Treasury Department right now. People are turning out against Musk and DOGE staging a takeover of the Treasury’s payment system. This crowd is big. The whole block is packed. “Lock him up,” everyone yells.

Daily Beast reports Gavin Kliger's father is an attorney for Experian (I presume in-house attorney) www.yahoo.com/news/doge-mu...

so y'all still don't think we need to whoop ass yet or

Happy Black Hypervisibility Month! I celebrate blackness daily but if this is your month to recognize our history & humanity...you can do so by purchasing my historical fiction novel from your usual booksellers or an indie one. In hardcover, paperback, ebook & audiobook. #bvm #blacksky #booksky

MORE OF THIS FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

Them grants hit different when those 1099s arrive. "But it was a GIFT!"

It's been since before Christmas that I checked on our fish pond. They've gotten bigger but still too thin. I'll be feeding them daily. Dug pond 1 year ago and stocked last spring. Follow @ConnerHomestead on FB, IB, YT, TT for more homesteading content. #blackskyover40 #homesteadsky #blackLGBTQ

He ran on a platform of white supremacy which appeals to the white majority.

Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.

My desire to be famous is completely separate from my goal of writing success. I've wanted fame as a vehicle for 3 things: 1)to be on Oprah (discontinued) 2)to be on Drunk History (canceled) 3)to be on Hot Ones A girl can still dream. #bvm #booksky #authors #blackskyover40

Who TF is "we?" Not my black ass.

You're on the wrong page. I suggest you see yourself out. #blacksky #BHM #blackskyover40 #ALLBLACK #BLACKBLACKBLACK

We built mom a cottage #ShadyPines on our homestead & she's been in it for a year. Her house is selling in Chicago so we had to retrieve her things. I've inherited her extensive #vinylsky including jazz, blues, R&B, gospel and speeches, plays and poetry. Think I'll feature them here #blacksky

Welcome, New Followers! I write books & things, drink bourbon, teach at a PWI in the Bible belt south, cook, and homestead all as a #BlackLGBTQ. #bvm #booksky #authors Although it informs most content on my socials, everything i do is about surviving & thriving #dystopiaUSA #blacksky

I see it's February again. #bvm #booksky #blacksky #blackLGBTQ #blackskyover40 #authors #academicsky

We got cucumbers! #blacksky #blackskyover40 #gardensky #homesteadsky

Lookit these cucumbers! #gardensky #homesteadsky #blackskyover40 #blacksky

In about 2 months, we'll be grocery store free for lettuce, cherry tomatoes and cucumbers. Our programming we're developing for our 501c3 nonprofit Rooted Earth Arts and Learning will show you how in whatever space you're working with. #gardensky #homesteadsky #blacksky

Untold Stories of L.A. Fires: Incarcerated Firefighters, Black Altadena & Octavia Butler’s Warning www.democracynow.org/2025/1/13/pa...

It's true. www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...

Checked out this telescope from my local library! #centralArkansas

The Fellowship Deck is one space where we'll host conversations & workshops for #blackwriters in our "Living & Writing Sustainably" series at #ConnerHomestead with Rooted Earth Arts & Learning nonprofit. #writingcommunity #bvm #booksky #homesteadWriter #lgbtqwriter

Agreed.

How y'all holding up during finals? I got 1 of 4 classes graded. But my novel writing workshop is a beast of reading material (15 students). #blacksky #blackacademics #academicsky #writingcommunity #bvm #blackwriters

Absolutely. Also if you haven't been, melanatedcampout.com is wonderful. #blackskyover40 #blackskyover30 #blacksky

I appreciate a series that doesn't overstay its welcome. It frees the writer to continue to create innovative stories. And keeps us from getting those "worst tv finales of all time."

Last "teaching" day of the semester! Still got finals week & grading but my alarm doesn't need to be set til Jan 2025. #academicsky