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Jen F. (she/her) says Black Lives Matter
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Michif/white, auntie, feminist & accomplice w/ a PhD. Kickass demi. THE SUMMER OF BITTER AND SWEET (2022), THOSE PINK MOUNTAIN NIGHTS (Sept 12, 2023).

https://linktr.ee/JdotFerg
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early copies of #MOFL are here!!!!
December 21, 2023 at 12:56 AM
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nearing the end of the year and I want to read some novellas! Recommend me some!

(I have already read murderbot, wayward children, silver in the wood, time war, psalm for the wild built...)
December 21, 2023 at 12:14 AM
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Time to be loud about awards-eligible work again, so 2023, I had Mammoths at the Gates, a novella about grief, stories, and of course mammoths!

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Mammoths at the Gates
The Crawford and Hugo Award-Winning Series Shortlisted for the Lambda Literary Award, the Locus Award, the Ignyte Award; One of Book Riot's Best Fantasy Debu...
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December 15, 2023 at 9:50 PM
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humiliating! but thank god!!!
💥BANNED BOOKS NEWS 💥

Penguin Random House sues Iowa in an effort to halt censorship in America.

Learn more here: bit.ly/3uvWB3R

#BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks
November 30, 2023 at 7:31 PM
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💥BANNED BOOKS NEWS 💥

Penguin Random House sues Iowa in an effort to halt censorship in America.

Learn more here: bit.ly/3uvWB3R

#BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks
November 30, 2023 at 6:38 PM
Social media break until Monday! Later gators.
November 22, 2023 at 11:47 PM
Want to add a little extra something if you are gifting someone one of my books?

Follow my Linktree in my bio to the Bookplate Request Form!
November 22, 2023 at 8:11 PM
Haha. It’s best books season. And my debut was on so many of them last year that statistically I’ll never be on another list until like book 20. And that’s totally okay.
November 22, 2023 at 3:47 AM
A teacher asking me point blank what in my book would get her fired.

Me: Ugh, I mean this character is queer & kisses this character. Both characters are cis girls.

The teacher: Oh yeah, that could get me fired. But I have a bunch of queer books in my classroom library. What admin doesn’t know…
November 20, 2023 at 4:05 AM
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Anne Boyer has resigned as the poetry editor of the New York Times magazine: “Because our status quo is self-expression, sometimes all artists have left is to refuse. So I refuse.”
November 16, 2023 at 3:57 PM
This weekend anti-LGBTQIA+ hate speech incidents occurred in a number of buildings on campus.

Tomorrow, I’m having hard conversations with my students about the words they use, the words they listen to their friends use and how a slur has become frequent on campus.

I am furious and sad.
November 14, 2023 at 5:10 AM
Bid on a signed copy of Those Pink Mountain Nights w/ original swag including a special pizza-themed enamel pin in support of Books For Palestine!

If the item goes over $300, you can also name a character in a future Jen F. YA book.
Signed Copy of THOSE PINK MOUNTAIN NIGHTS + Swag
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November 10, 2023 at 3:16 AM
Had a really interesting conversation about people writing novels that are “inspired by” video games or anime that literally stick way too close to the original.

And since I teach adaptations and retellings I have thoughts.

But also where is the line?
November 9, 2023 at 5:49 AM
If you’re more of a summer vibes human, this Roxy hat in a green colour-way with beading by me is up for bid at the @books_palestine auction.

The green beads on this hat are pre-1939 vintage beads. I have so few left but this hat called out for them.

Bid high and bid often.
Roxy Hat with Beadwork by Jen Ferguson
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November 8, 2023 at 4:56 PM
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Moms for Liberty getting CREAMED in school board races in Iowa - beaten in every race in Cedar Rapids, Linn-Marr, Ankeny, Johnston, Urbandale, Waukee and West Des Moines.
MORE good news from school board races:

- Dems flip the school board in Central York (PA), which has been a major source of book bans
- Con candidates swept in Shawnee Heights, Kansas
- 1776 Project-endorsed candidates in Spotsylvania (VA) both lose
Some strong results from the school board races:

- conservatives swept in Central Bucks (PA)
- cons lose control of North Allegheny (PA)
- Antonin Scalia's M4L daughter loses her race om Albemarle (VA)
- Dems poised to control boards in Loudon and Fairfax Counties (VA)
November 8, 2023 at 5:18 AM
Okay, you can support Books For Palestine 🇵🇸 and also be super fashion by bidding on this item.

Beading done by me.

I love the asymmetrical vibes here and the pink and gunmetal grey beadwork.

I will ship this anywhere.

Bid high and bid often.

I promise you’ll get compliments like crazy!!!
Custom Beaded Snapback
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November 7, 2023 at 9:19 PM
Who the eff is this?
November 4, 2023 at 5:05 PM
The bar I’ve spend the most time in didn’t even have the 1/2 wall privacy divider! 🤣🤣🤣 Just toilet next to toilet.
Trying to wrap my head around this dual toilet stall at a pub I went to today. It’s one of many stalls, all the rest normal, looks like an accessible stall, but then you open the door and find…
October 29, 2023 at 3:51 AM
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I invite you to say "Palestine" and "Palestinian." Don't let my people be erased.
October 27, 2023 at 9:35 PM
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Jews calling for a cease fire have taken over Grand Central ✊

Tell me again how they’re marginal. Absolute nonsense.
October 27, 2023 at 10:16 PM
What is happening in Gaza is a genocide.

A group that was persecuted and faced horrid violence, and genocide, cannot repeat the actions and claim justified. Being hurt does not offer license to hurt back.

These are fundamental truths in my heart.
October 27, 2023 at 10:56 PM
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Some of my best writing happens when @andrewkarre.bsky.social says, "Go further." Sometimes it had occurred to me that I could go further, but I didn't, and he sees it and calls it out. Sometimes I really thought I had. Always, it gets better.
October 26, 2023 at 6:17 PM
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BIG thanks to the organizers of this letter who circulated it so others could add our names to strengthen the pressure and overturn a very bad decision.
Scholastic Book Fairs is ending their segregated book program. We made ourselves heard.
October 25, 2023 at 3:32 AM