Deborah Bailey
@fourgreensquares.bsky.social
YA writer. Former WriteMentor YA mentor and Write Team mentor in residence. Clarion UCSD and Tin House YA grad. She/her.
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ICYMI: Authors Jeannette Ng and Lauren Beukes have established The Genre Creators for Trans Rights auction with all proceeds going to The Good Law Project and The Triangle Project 👇 #BookSky
Authors Jeannette Ng and Lauren Beukes establish The Genre Creators for Trans Rights auction
www.thebookseller.com
April 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICYMI: Authors Jeannette Ng and Lauren Beukes have established The Genre Creators for Trans Rights auction with all proceeds going to The Good Law Project and The Triangle Project 👇 #BookSky
Me, looking for an Irish potato bread recipe I saw the other day:
Go to the app
Search "Potato"
Not there
Search "Bread"
Not there
Search "Irish"
Not there
Me: it only had a few ingredients, so maybe...
Tap "Under 5 ingredients" tag
Top listing
Name: Irish Potato Bread
7 ingredients
Go to the app
Search "Potato"
Not there
Search "Bread"
Not there
Search "Irish"
Not there
Me: it only had a few ingredients, so maybe...
Tap "Under 5 ingredients" tag
Top listing
Name: Irish Potato Bread
7 ingredients
April 28, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Me, looking for an Irish potato bread recipe I saw the other day:
Go to the app
Search "Potato"
Not there
Search "Bread"
Not there
Search "Irish"
Not there
Me: it only had a few ingredients, so maybe...
Tap "Under 5 ingredients" tag
Top listing
Name: Irish Potato Bread
7 ingredients
Go to the app
Search "Potato"
Not there
Search "Bread"
Not there
Search "Irish"
Not there
Me: it only had a few ingredients, so maybe...
Tap "Under 5 ingredients" tag
Top listing
Name: Irish Potato Bread
7 ingredients
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"Not a single trans person was allowed to speak before the Court."
"Now is the moment to work in solidarity with other marginalised groups, and resist an establishment which wants to force us into ever smaller boxes."
Analysis of the Supreme Court ruling that has changed Trans rights in the UK from @jessothomson.co.uk 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
Analysis of the Supreme Court ruling that has changed Trans rights in the UK from @jessothomson.co.uk 👇
www.wearequeeraf.com/uk-supreme-c...
UK Supreme Court Rules That Trans Women Aren’t Women under the Equality Act 2010
The legal definition of a woman in the UK now excludes trans people: This is what it means for Trans+ rights in the country
www.wearequeeraf.com
April 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"Not a single trans person was allowed to speak before the Court."
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It's officially #TakeActionForLibraries Day!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
April 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
It's officially #TakeActionForLibraries Day!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
To celebrate and advocate for libraries and library funding, we want every library lover to make their voice heard today.
Head to ala.org/showup to take action by calling or emailing Congress, writing a letter to your local newspaper, and more!
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It's Neurodiversity Celebration Week! Join SinC in celebrating all Neurodivergent readers and writers for all they bring to our community!
March 17, 2025 at 11:00 PM
It's Neurodiversity Celebration Week! Join SinC in celebrating all Neurodivergent readers and writers for all they bring to our community!
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It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week so I’ve compiled a list of books written for children that I’ve read & reviewed which feature neurodivergent characters or themes.
#UkKidLit #KidLitUk
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#UkKidLit #KidLitUk
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Children’s Books on the subject of neurodiversity or featuring neurodivergent characters
This post contains my selection of books, published for children, that I have read and reviewed, which have a neurodiversity theme or neurodivergent main protagonist. Several of the included titles…
vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog
March 17, 2025 at 6:20 AM
It’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week so I’ve compiled a list of books written for children that I’ve read & reviewed which feature neurodivergent characters or themes.
#UkKidLit #KidLitUk
vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/03/17/c...
#UkKidLit #KidLitUk
vsviewfromthebookshelves.home.blog/2025/03/17/c...
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1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
2025 Trans Girl Scouts To Order Cookies From!
This year, consider ordering your Girl Scout cookies from a trans girl scout to make their day!
www.erininthemorning.com
January 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
1. Did you know that Girl Scouts has, for a long time, accepted trans girls and nonbinary scouts?
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
Trans kids are under attack. Every year, I make a thread of trans and nonbinary girl scouts you can get your cookies from.
Lets get our cookies from them this year in solidarity!
I was watching the film Contact last weekend with my Gen Z.
Gen Z: Is this an old film?
Me, remembering watching when it first came out: Not *that* old. Late 1990s.
Gen Z: Yup, knew it had to be old because everyone still hated the Nazis.
Me: Can I cry now?
Gen Z: Welcome to my world.
Gen Z: Is this an old film?
Me, remembering watching when it first came out: Not *that* old. Late 1990s.
Gen Z: Yup, knew it had to be old because everyone still hated the Nazis.
Me: Can I cry now?
Gen Z: Welcome to my world.
December 6, 2024 at 3:20 PM
I was watching the film Contact last weekend with my Gen Z.
Gen Z: Is this an old film?
Me, remembering watching when it first came out: Not *that* old. Late 1990s.
Gen Z: Yup, knew it had to be old because everyone still hated the Nazis.
Me: Can I cry now?
Gen Z: Welcome to my world.
Gen Z: Is this an old film?
Me, remembering watching when it first came out: Not *that* old. Late 1990s.
Gen Z: Yup, knew it had to be old because everyone still hated the Nazis.
Me: Can I cry now?
Gen Z: Welcome to my world.
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Eff these pathetic "disrupters". Absolutely stupid stuff. Rot in the purgatory of coming anonymity. www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
New publisher Spines aims to 'disrupt' industry by using AI to publish 8,000 books in 2025 alone
A new publisher has claimed it aims to “disrupt” the books industry by publishing 8,000 books in 2025 alone using artificial intelligence.
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November 25, 2024 at 1:25 PM
Eff these pathetic "disrupters". Absolutely stupid stuff. Rot in the purgatory of coming anonymity. www.thebookseller.com/news/new-pub...
Being a parent to Gen Z in a nutshell
November 25, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Being a parent to Gen Z in a nutshell
So... turns out the weather *wasn't* wrong about early snow
November 19, 2024 at 6:43 AM
So... turns out the weather *wasn't* wrong about early snow
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Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
November 6, 2024 at 5:42 AM
Always 💖
Don't make me tap the sign
Don't make me tap the sign
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For those who live in the USA‼️📣
Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860
Crisis lifeline: text START to 741-741
The LGBT youth line: (800)246-7743
Mental health support in general: 988
Blackline hotline (black, black lgbtqia+, brown, native, and muslim communities): 1-800-604-5841 ⚠️
Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860
Crisis lifeline: text START to 741-741
The LGBT youth line: (800)246-7743
Mental health support in general: 988
Blackline hotline (black, black lgbtqia+, brown, native, and muslim communities): 1-800-604-5841 ⚠️
November 6, 2024 at 4:31 PM
For those who live in the USA‼️📣
Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860
Crisis lifeline: text START to 741-741
The LGBT youth line: (800)246-7743
Mental health support in general: 988
Blackline hotline (black, black lgbtqia+, brown, native, and muslim communities): 1-800-604-5841 ⚠️
Trans Lifeline: (877) 565-8860
Crisis lifeline: text START to 741-741
The LGBT youth line: (800)246-7743
Mental health support in general: 988
Blackline hotline (black, black lgbtqia+, brown, native, and muslim communities): 1-800-604-5841 ⚠️
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #849,073!
October 1, 2024 at 1:55 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #849,073!
One of my favorite moments of writing a book: when all the scribbled notebooks and dog-eared sticky notes and half-asleep 3 a.m phone memos become an actual, tangible thing.
January 16, 2024 at 7:38 PM
One of my favorite moments of writing a book: when all the scribbled notebooks and dog-eared sticky notes and half-asleep 3 a.m phone memos become an actual, tangible thing.
That perennial post-convention dilemma....
November 13, 2023 at 2:43 PM
That perennial post-convention dilemma....
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Did you know October is Dyslexia Awareness Month?
If you're looking for YA books featuring dyslexic characters, check these out!
💙📚👀
#teachers #libraries
If you're looking for YA books featuring dyslexic characters, check these out!
💙📚👀
#teachers #libraries
October 17, 2023 at 1:37 PM
Did you know October is Dyslexia Awareness Month?
If you're looking for YA books featuring dyslexic characters, check these out!
💙📚👀
#teachers #libraries
If you're looking for YA books featuring dyslexic characters, check these out!
💙📚👀
#teachers #libraries
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We've heard from adults on the matter of book banning, but what about kids? They have voices too! Hear what some kids have to say about book bans in this piece from @npr.org. 📚
www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1...
www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1...
www.npr.org
October 19, 2023 at 3:44 PM
We've heard from adults on the matter of book banning, but what about kids? They have voices too! Hear what some kids have to say about book bans in this piece from @npr.org. 📚
www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1...
www.npr.org/2023/10/04/1...
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Thanks to @amandamacgregor.bsky.social for sharing this deep dive into the current trends in MG/YA publishing by teen librarian Karen Jensen
teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2023/10/18/a...
teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2023/10/18/a...
A Treatise on the State of Middle Grade and Young Adult Publishing Today
Teen Librarian Karen Jensen discusses the current issues in middle grade and young adult publishing and their impact on reading and libraries
teenlibrariantoolbox.com
October 19, 2023 at 5:53 PM
Thanks to @amandamacgregor.bsky.social for sharing this deep dive into the current trends in MG/YA publishing by teen librarian Karen Jensen
teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2023/10/18/a...
teenlibrariantoolbox.com/2023/10/18/a...
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Looking for kidlit/YA book recommendations? Feel free to browse this Book Boosters custom feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Skyfeed seems to be working again. Thanks @kellienicely.bsky.social & @boringstories.bsky.social for their help!
To be added to my Book Boosters list, pls see below.
Skyfeed seems to be working again. Thanks @kellienicely.bsky.social & @boringstories.bsky.social for their help!
To be added to my Book Boosters list, pls see below.
*New* Custom feed of book bloggers, booktokkers, booktubers etc would help boost other people's books. Feed will show only posts that include 📚👍🏼 emojis. Custom feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Before replying to be added to my feed, PLEASE READ entire thread below, thanks 👇🏼
Before replying to be added to my feed, PLEASE READ entire thread below, thanks 👇🏼
October 16, 2023 at 11:43 AM
Looking for kidlit/YA book recommendations? Feel free to browse this Book Boosters custom feed: bsky.app/profile/did:...
Skyfeed seems to be working again. Thanks @kellienicely.bsky.social & @boringstories.bsky.social for their help!
To be added to my Book Boosters list, pls see below.
Skyfeed seems to be working again. Thanks @kellienicely.bsky.social & @boringstories.bsky.social for their help!
To be added to my Book Boosters list, pls see below.