Freedom is not something that should only be available to some, to those privileged enough to be seen as worthy of it by those in power...none of us are truly free until we all are. ✌🏻 (12/12)

We are a country that is filled with hatred and greed, that is how our society was built and it is how it flourishes...but it is NOT how it has to be. How it SHOULD be. We can, and we should, do better. (11/12)

No matter how equal they claim we were created, the government of the United States has spent 249 years setting up and prospering from a system that guarantees we do not remain so. (10/12)

Happiness, despite our government being insistent on ensuring that the only ones who have the time or money to pursue it are the rich. (9/12)

Liberty, despite our government attempting to oppress anyone whose existence or way of life differs from their own. (8/12)

Life, despite just yesterday our government voting in favor of 17 million people losing their health care and women dying from lack of access to it. (7/12)

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness... (6/12)

Oh, also, 249 years ago today a bunch of slave owning white dudes declared "independence" and gained so-called freedom for us (aka themselves, not black people or indigenous people or women or gay people, etc) while stating: (5/12)

Just some fun little definitions for everyone to enjoy as our government officials joke about feeding people to alligators, make the rich richer, make the poor poorer, continue to fund a genocide, etc. (4/12)

A symbol of freedom. Freedom: absence of subjection to foreign domination or despotic government. Despotic: of or typical of a despot; tyrannical. Tyrannical: exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way. (3/12)

Oh, and 141 years ago in Paris, the Statue of Liberty was presented to us. A symbol of liberty. Liberty: the state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one's way of life, behavior, or political views. (2/12)

Ah, hi! Villains & Virtues was such an insanely fun time, as was The Elven Days of Christmas...can't wait to read more from you in the future! Also looking forward to the SE of V&V coming out! 😍

Oh, hello, few things:
1. All of your books made me cry.
2. Please, please never stop writing.
3. Congrats on Peaches & Honey duet getting trad published!