EC from DC
@notkarlsson.bsky.social
She/her in DC. History teacher, reading, writing, languages, drawing, activism, tarot cards. Recent VCFA graduate. 💚🤍🩶🖤
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As a queer author, thank you for buying our gay books in response to the challenges and bans and court decisions, but I implore you to go stand up for your public libraries and schools—they’re our greatest advocates, and they’re kind of the main target of this whole effort.
June 27, 2025 at 3:34 PM
As a queer author, thank you for buying our gay books in response to the challenges and bans and court decisions, but I implore you to go stand up for your public libraries and schools—they’re our greatest advocates, and they’re kind of the main target of this whole effort.
I know we’re all subject to the whims of the nostalgia cycle and recycled franchises, but did we really have to reboot the freaking Taney Court?
June 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I know we’re all subject to the whims of the nostalgia cycle and recycled franchises, but did we really have to reboot the freaking Taney Court?
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If you need a reminder of what we're fighting for, here are a bunch of authors reading short excerpts of letters sent to them by grateful readers. Recommend having tissues handy.
June 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
If you need a reminder of what we're fighting for, here are a bunch of authors reading short excerpts of letters sent to them by grateful readers. Recommend having tissues handy.
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I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏
June 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
I pass out early because of a week of newborn related insomnia, and I wake up to a blessed TL 🙏
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I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
June 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I need everyone on Normal People internet to know that American Girl Doll Instagram is doing doll protests today. There are tiny t-shirts and signs. AND THEN I realized it's a joint protest with the Barbie ppl, where there are EVEN TINIER SIGNS.
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Happy Pride to queer people who are just damned tired.
June 14, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Happy Pride to queer people who are just damned tired.
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The whole "the curtain is blue!" discourse has convinced half the population that artists have no themes or questions their work explores. People, this is not an English teacher conspiracy. Artists do include symbolism and subtext!
June 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The whole "the curtain is blue!" discourse has convinced half the population that artists have no themes or questions their work explores. People, this is not an English teacher conspiracy. Artists do include symbolism and subtext!
DC has enough to deal with this week (and I’m not ignoring it) and also FYI: www.popville.com/2025/06/brea...
BREAKING: “DC Water Issues Precautionary Boil Water Advisory for Upper Northwest Neighborhoods” - PoPville
From DC Water: "DC Water Issues Precautionary Boil Water Advisory for Upper Northwest Neighborhoods Impacted neighborhoods include areas of Chevy Chase DC, Friendship Heights, Tenleytown, AU Park, Spr...
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June 12, 2025 at 9:22 PM
DC has enough to deal with this week (and I’m not ignoring it) and also FYI: www.popville.com/2025/06/brea...
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Huge news! The Oregon House just voted to pass SB 1098, our state's Freedom to Read bill!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
The bill is now off to the governor's desk for a signature. Thank you to everyone who testified, contacted reps, and helped to spread the word about the bill! We did it!
@authorsabb.bsky.social
The bill is now off to the governor's desk for a signature. Thank you to everyone who testified, contacted reps, and helped to spread the word about the bill! We did it!
@authorsabb.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Huge news! The Oregon House just voted to pass SB 1098, our state's Freedom to Read bill!!!! 🎉🎉🎉
The bill is now off to the governor's desk for a signature. Thank you to everyone who testified, contacted reps, and helped to spread the word about the bill! We did it!
@authorsabb.bsky.social
The bill is now off to the governor's desk for a signature. Thank you to everyone who testified, contacted reps, and helped to spread the word about the bill! We did it!
@authorsabb.bsky.social
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Friendly reminder! If you want to support the right to read by purchasing a banned book or taking it out from the library your impact will be much greater if you choose a living author. Orwell is great and all, but he's not doing much with your money.
June 9, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Friendly reminder! If you want to support the right to read by purchasing a banned book or taking it out from the library your impact will be much greater if you choose a living author. Orwell is great and all, but he's not doing much with your money.
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there are powers that will do everything they can to convince you otherwise, but it should be said loudly that protest proves love. community is a conduit for love and oppression seeks to crush community. standing up to say no is an act of love
June 8, 2025 at 2:13 PM
there are powers that will do everything they can to convince you otherwise, but it should be said loudly that protest proves love. community is a conduit for love and oppression seeks to crush community. standing up to say no is an act of love
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Teacher who takes public transit here. I WANT MY COVID BOOSTER. You just want mass death.
FDA Commissioner Makary: "By the way, America doesn't want covid boosters."
May 23, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Teacher who takes public transit here. I WANT MY COVID BOOSTER. You just want mass death.
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Please join NOPE (Neighbors Defending Democracy) Democracy Online and love ❤️, share and comment on this post! We all need to do our part, raise our voices and amplify these messages.
May 22, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Please join NOPE (Neighbors Defending Democracy) Democracy Online and love ❤️, share and comment on this post! We all need to do our part, raise our voices and amplify these messages.
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We devote musicals, miniseries, and documentaries to the founders of our first republic and not to those of our second, who saw this country with clear eyes.
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
Which founders? The founders of our second founding, those who drafted and ratified the 14th Amendment did.
That’s why they drafted Sec. 2 that would punish states that engaged in voter suppression and Sec. 3 that bars insurrectionists from serving in state or federal govt.
That’s why they drafted Sec. 2 that would punish states that engaged in voter suppression and Sec. 3 that bars insurrectionists from serving in state or federal govt.
the founders never imagined a country destroyed by such a proud lack of public virtue
May 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
We devote musicals, miniseries, and documentaries to the founders of our first republic and not to those of our second, who saw this country with clear eyes.
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
We need fewer encomiums for Jefferson, Madison, and Lafayette. More respect for Sumner, Stevens, Bingham and Douglass (Frederick).
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Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
December 29, 2024 at 8:36 AM
Stop Forcing A.I. Into Every Fucking Thing!
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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Huge news out of Nebraska: Democrat John Ewing just flipped the mayor's office in Omaha, the state's biggest city.
He successfully tied the GOP incumbent to Trump. She responded by claiming Ewing "stands with radicals" on "boys in girls' bathrooms and sports." It didn't work.
Our full writeup -->
He successfully tied the GOP incumbent to Trump. She responded by claiming Ewing "stands with radicals" on "boys in girls' bathrooms and sports." It didn't work.
Our full writeup -->
Democrats just flipped Nebraska's biggest city
And it should make GOP Rep. Don Bacon nervous about next year
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May 14, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Huge news out of Nebraska: Democrat John Ewing just flipped the mayor's office in Omaha, the state's biggest city.
He successfully tied the GOP incumbent to Trump. She responded by claiming Ewing "stands with radicals" on "boys in girls' bathrooms and sports." It didn't work.
Our full writeup -->
He successfully tied the GOP incumbent to Trump. She responded by claiming Ewing "stands with radicals" on "boys in girls' bathrooms and sports." It didn't work.
Our full writeup -->
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Selah is BACK! So excited for you to get to hang out with Selah at writer's camp next summer, and even getting to see a new side to Ezra from Pebblecreek... :)
May 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Selah is BACK! So excited for you to get to hang out with Selah at writer's camp next summer, and even getting to see a new side to Ezra from Pebblecreek... :)
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Authors talk about their experiences having their books banned. www.theheadlightreview.com/highbeams/ba...
What About the Little Guys? “Banned” Books from the Authors’ Perspective — The Headlight Review
Many think that for an author, getting their book banned is a badge of honor. That their sales will skyrocket with the free publicity. But this is only true for “celebrity” authors, or authors who are...
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May 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Authors talk about their experiences having their books banned. www.theheadlightreview.com/highbeams/ba...
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Just having a good time with this while we can.
A Chicago Pope implies the existence of an MLA Pope and APA Pope
May 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Just having a good time with this while we can.
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I had a school visit cancelled. Read on to learn why, and what I did about it. 🐌
A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contracts and standing up to book and author challenges.
www.slj.com/story/My-Sch...
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My School Visit was Cancelled. I Fought Back and Won. | Opinion
A parent complaint about a nonbinary snail led a Virginia elementary school principal to cancel a visit by author Erica S. Perl. A former trial attorney, Perl offers a lesson in smart booking contract...
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May 6, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I had a school visit cancelled. Read on to learn why, and what I did about it. 🐌