Robin Stevenson
@robinstevenson.bsky.social
Author: Pride Puppy; Pride Colors; Queer History A-Z; A Hug on the Wind; Pride: The Celebration and the Struggle; Kid Activists and more. (She/her)
Coming spring 2026: The Book of Jupiter
www.robinstevenson.com
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Coming spring 2026: The Book of Jupiter
www.robinstevenson.com
https://linktr.ee/pridepuppy
🏳️🌈🍁📚
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Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Last month, eight books were removed from Georgia's statewide reading book for students. It was teenagers who brought this censorship to the spotlight–even though it's not their job to clean up grown-up messes.
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Get to know 3 of those teens here.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
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New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
November 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
New: The Supreme Court DENIES Kim Davis' request to overturn Obergefell, the marriage equality decision. No noted dissents. www.supremecourt.gov/orders/court...
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So much love to my Quirk crew. Proud of my pals there who fought so hard. ❤️
A final update from Quirk Books Union ✊💔 Devastated that, in the three months since we unionized, management never met the union at the bargaining table -- and now the remaining four union members have all been laid off.
November 9, 2025 at 9:44 PM
So much love to my Quirk crew. Proud of my pals there who fought so hard. ❤️
My sixth and last book with Quirk comes out this week. Huge thanks to my fantastic editor @jamteayang.bsky.social and to all the Quirk Books Union members I have worked with over the past six years. I hope you all land in good places, and I'm so sad and disappointed about...well, all of this.
A final update from Quirk Books Union ✊💔 Devastated that, in the three months since we unionized, management never met the union at the bargaining table -- and now the remaining four union members have all been laid off.
November 9, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My sixth and last book with Quirk comes out this week. Huge thanks to my fantastic editor @jamteayang.bsky.social and to all the Quirk Books Union members I have worked with over the past six years. I hope you all land in good places, and I'm so sad and disappointed about...well, all of this.
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!!!! This is a DISGRACE and so deeply disturbing.
Support Luke! Support Press Progress! Support journalism!!!
Support Luke! Support Press Progress! Support journalism!!!
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 8, 2025 at 4:17 AM
!!!! This is a DISGRACE and so deeply disturbing.
Support Luke! Support Press Progress! Support journalism!!!
Support Luke! Support Press Progress! Support journalism!!!
Important story for those interested in Canadian journalism and issues around media and free expression... and for anyone who doesn't think people should be sued for accurately reporting words politicians say.
Hi Bluesky 👋
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
Small life update: I’m at the centre of a multimillion dollar lawsuit in Alberta launched by a failed candidate for Jason Kenney’s UCP
It may be the longest and most expensive media trial in Canadian history
I’m ready to go public about it and I want to share more details with you 🧵
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Important story for those interested in Canadian journalism and issues around media and free expression... and for anyone who doesn't think people should be sued for accurately reporting words politicians say.
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This point seems important: "Students should not carry the responsibility of overturning book bans. This isn’t a mess they’ve created; it’s one created by adults who fail to recognize children & teenagers are autonomous individuals with their own rights."
Last month, it was teenagers who got 8 books banned in a statewide Georgia reading bowl back into the competition. These literary heroes deserve recognition–get to meet three of these rad book-loving intellectual freedom champions.
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
bookriot.com/teens-who-ov...
Meet the High Schoolers Who Overturned a State Reading Bowl Book Ban: Book Censorship News, November 7, 2025
A Georgia statewide reading bowl banned eight books. These students led the charge to get the bans overturned and succeeded.
bookriot.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
This point seems important: "Students should not carry the responsibility of overturning book bans. This isn’t a mess they’ve created; it’s one created by adults who fail to recognize children & teenagers are autonomous individuals with their own rights."
What an incredibly satisfying way to finish this (insert multiple swear-y adjectives here) year.
November 6, 2025 at 8:34 PM
What an incredibly satisfying way to finish this (insert multiple swear-y adjectives here) year.
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there’s gonna be double the pups!! and some kitties too! 🎉💜🏳️🌈🐶🏳️⚧️💜🎉
also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who’s supported us through this wild, wild ride!!
also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who’s supported us through this wild, wild ride!!
November 6, 2025 at 3:03 AM
there’s gonna be double the pups!! and some kitties too! 🎉💜🏳️🌈🐶🏳️⚧️💜🎉
also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who’s supported us through this wild, wild ride!!
also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who’s supported us through this wild, wild ride!!
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Why are children’s books so important? Co-author of the “The 1619 Project: Born on the Water” Renée Watson has the answer. “Reading is a form of listening” and listening to others’ stories is crucial #Velshi #VelshiBannedBookClub
Velshi Banned Book Club: “The 1619 Project: Born on the Water” co-authored by Renée Watson & illustrated by Nikkolas Smith
By reframing U.S. history by placing the realities of slavery at the center of it, Nikole Hannah-Jones’ landmark initiative “The 1619 Project” offers answers to questions of identity, belonging, and origin for Black Americans. But what about for Black children? Today’s Velshi Banned Book Club meeting will examine the children’s adaptation called “The 1619 Project: Born on the Water”. Lyrically written with beautiful illustrations, “Born on the Water” tells the story of a young girl who receives a family tree assignment in school. The rest, as they say, is history. Co-author Renée Watson & illustrator by Nikkolas Smith join the Velshi Banned Book Club.
www.msnbc.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Why are children’s books so important? Co-author of the “The 1619 Project: Born on the Water” Renée Watson has the answer. “Reading is a form of listening” and listening to others’ stories is crucial #Velshi #VelshiBannedBookClub
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heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 8:54 PM
heads up to anyone who holds trans kids near: amy harmon from the nyt is searching for and having a hard time finding people to interview to find out exactly what trans kids are doing when their care is limited or cut off, and for purposes of community safety, please shut the fuck up around her.
November 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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As ever... the vast, vast majority of people don't want the hellscape the right is forcing on us. they really are the minority viewpoint. vocal? yes. powerful? unfortunately, yes. But there are so many more people who don't want to live in the world they're trying to make.
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
As ever... the vast, vast majority of people don't want the hellscape the right is forcing on us. they really are the minority viewpoint. vocal? yes. powerful? unfortunately, yes. But there are so many more people who don't want to live in the world they're trying to make.
THIS. So much!
if you ever see a video of me on the internet where I am talking directly to the camera I want you to know making it nearly killed me, I hate it, please don't ask me to do this
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
THIS. So much!
Two more days left in our online fundraising auction. Who wants their own custom pet portrait from PRIDE PUPPY illustrator @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social ? Or kaleidoscopes, or sequinned shoes, or a truly amazing green apple suit with zero bids on it so far?
PRIDE PUPPY illustrator Julie McLaughlin is helping me raise money to sponsor a Ugandan refugee friend to resettle in BC. Want her to create a portrait of your dog (cat, pony etc)? Our auction is here: www.facebook.com/share/1GgGAY...
(And the dogs behind our book: my Tazza and Julie's Mr Pants!)
(And the dogs behind our book: my Tazza and Julie's Mr Pants!)
November 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Two more days left in our online fundraising auction. Who wants their own custom pet portrait from PRIDE PUPPY illustrator @whatwouldjuliedraw.bsky.social ? Or kaleidoscopes, or sequinned shoes, or a truly amazing green apple suit with zero bids on it so far?
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I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
November 3, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I was laid off from Teen Vogue this week, alongside multiple other phenomenal team members.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
At our Summit, I was asked how it felt to be 1 of 2 Black women left and what that meant for representation. Now, there are no Black women at Teen Vogue and that is incredibly painful to think about.
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Thread. 😠
I am so upset.
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
Last week Time Magazine solicited a piece from me on Zohran Mamdani & anti-Muslim hate. I pitched a framing re the dehumanization of Muslims & how Mamdani’s inclusive, socialist campaign in its content resists that. They agreed. I wrote the piece. 1/
To be asked to write about racism only to be racially aggressed in the editing process is a new level unlocked I have to say.
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Thread. 😠
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this is awful. teen vogue has done such important work
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 9:08 PM
this is awful. teen vogue has done such important work
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Hold Them Accountable!
Thank you to @librarianjones.com for the courage and conviction to stand up to those who spread hateful lies about librarians and educators.
It was never about the money. It was always about the truth and integrity.
Thank you, Amanda Jones. Courage is indeed contagious.
Thank you to @librarianjones.com for the courage and conviction to stand up to those who spread hateful lies about librarians and educators.
It was never about the money. It was always about the truth and integrity.
Thank you, Amanda Jones. Courage is indeed contagious.
November 2, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Hold Them Accountable!
Thank you to @librarianjones.com for the courage and conviction to stand up to those who spread hateful lies about librarians and educators.
It was never about the money. It was always about the truth and integrity.
Thank you, Amanda Jones. Courage is indeed contagious.
Thank you to @librarianjones.com for the courage and conviction to stand up to those who spread hateful lies about librarians and educators.
It was never about the money. It was always about the truth and integrity.
Thank you, Amanda Jones. Courage is indeed contagious.
My sixth and final Kid Legends book is out in 10 days! Thanks to fabulous agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social and my great editors at Quirk- Jhanteigh, Alex and @jamteayang.bsky.social - I so enjoyed working with you on these books. Hoping this new one will find its way to lots of young readers!
11/11/25 — KID OLYMPIANS: WINTER by @robinstevenson.bsky.social with illustration by Allison Steinfeld
The latest in the Kid Legends illustrated biography series shares relatable stories from the childhoods of a diverse group of international athletes.
www.quirkbooks.com/978168369393...
The latest in the Kid Legends illustrated biography series shares relatable stories from the childhoods of a diverse group of international athletes.
www.quirkbooks.com/978168369393...
Kid Olympians: Winter
Triumphant, relatable, and totally true biographies tell the childhood stories of a diverse group of international athletes who have captured the world’s a...
www.quirkbooks.com
November 2, 2025 at 4:26 AM
My sixth and final Kid Legends book is out in 10 days! Thanks to fabulous agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social and my great editors at Quirk- Jhanteigh, Alex and @jamteayang.bsky.social - I so enjoyed working with you on these books. Hoping this new one will find its way to lots of young readers!
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A hallmark of this year's Banned Books Week? The censoring of Banned Books Week.
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
The Banning of Banned Books Week: Book Censorship News, October 31, 2025
Banned Books Week is being quietly banned in public libraries across the US. This is a political choice in an era where libraries continue to claim being "not political."
bookriot.com
November 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
A hallmark of this year's Banned Books Week? The censoring of Banned Books Week.
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
That, plus this week's extensive roundup of book censorship news: bookriot.com/banning-bann...
Except the article says Trump CLAIMED that Carney apologized, which is not at all the same as Carney actually doing so. Do better, @thestar.com - Trump lies constantly and this headline is bullshit.
Mark Carney apologized to Donald Trump for Ontario’s anti-tariff ad during Asia trip
Mark Carney apologized to Donald Trump for Ontario’s anti-tariff ad during Asia trip
However, when he was asked whether he would resume trade talks with Canada, Trump replied emphatically, “No.”
www.thestar.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Except the article says Trump CLAIMED that Carney apologized, which is not at all the same as Carney actually doing so. Do better, @thestar.com - Trump lies constantly and this headline is bullshit.
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Just spitballing here, but maybe neither Christians nor Muslims should get taxpayer dollars to push religion — and instead we invest in strong, secular public schools where kids of every faith (and none) can actually learn together.
For years, Florida Republicans funneled billions in public money to private Christian schools.
Now that some Islamic schools are accepting vouchers, those Republicans are screaming about preventing "Sharia law."
Hypocrisy, meet reality.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/florida-re...
Now that some Islamic schools are accepting vouchers, those Republicans are screaming about preventing "Sharia law."
Hypocrisy, meet reality.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/florida-re...
Florida Republicans are furious that Muslims are using a voucher program meant to boost Christianity
The same lawmakers who voted to send taxpayer funds to private Christian schools are panicking now that Muslim schools are participating in the program
www.friendlyatheist.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Just spitballing here, but maybe neither Christians nor Muslims should get taxpayer dollars to push religion — and instead we invest in strong, secular public schools where kids of every faith (and none) can actually learn together.
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I’m moderating a panel of TB experts on the vlogbrothers youtube channel! Tune in on November 13th at 9 am EST.
October 31, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I’m moderating a panel of TB experts on the vlogbrothers youtube channel! Tune in on November 13th at 9 am EST.