Mae McCall
@maemccall.bsky.social
Book nerd. PitchWars Class of '21. She/Her
Well, it happened. A library that I love has suffered a catastrophic blow.
-Adult complained about ONE kid book
-Board of trustees reviewed & unanimously voted to keep it
-So the county commissioners just abolished the entire board. Everyone got the boot. Now begins a "thorough audit" & purge.😭 😭😭
-Adult complained about ONE kid book
-Board of trustees reviewed & unanimously voted to keep it
-So the county commissioners just abolished the entire board. Everyone got the boot. Now begins a "thorough audit" & purge.😭 😭😭
a close up of a woman 's face with tears running down her face
Alt: a close up of a woman 's face with tears running down her face
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December 11, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Well, it happened. A library that I love has suffered a catastrophic blow.
-Adult complained about ONE kid book
-Board of trustees reviewed & unanimously voted to keep it
-So the county commissioners just abolished the entire board. Everyone got the boot. Now begins a "thorough audit" & purge.😭 😭😭
-Adult complained about ONE kid book
-Board of trustees reviewed & unanimously voted to keep it
-So the county commissioners just abolished the entire board. Everyone got the boot. Now begins a "thorough audit" & purge.😭 😭😭
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UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
October 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion.
As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.
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People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
August 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
People posting about how they’ve never seen em dashes used before the rise of ChatGPT are really great at telling folks they’ve never read a book before.
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If you are at World Con, please consider masking in public in the days after as covid takes about 3-5 days on average to appear on a test.
If you consider yourself someone who cares about disabled people, children, and just your fellow human, mask up to protect others just in case.
If you consider yourself someone who cares about disabled people, children, and just your fellow human, mask up to protect others just in case.
August 16, 2025 at 11:13 PM
If you are at World Con, please consider masking in public in the days after as covid takes about 3-5 days on average to appear on a test.
If you consider yourself someone who cares about disabled people, children, and just your fellow human, mask up to protect others just in case.
If you consider yourself someone who cares about disabled people, children, and just your fellow human, mask up to protect others just in case.
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I’m gonna repost this every time a new person tries to say em dashes are a tell for ai
AI CANNOT HAVE THE EM DASH I LOVE THE EM DASH
July 7, 2025 at 1:46 AM
I’m gonna repost this every time a new person tries to say em dashes are a tell for ai
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I hate, with everything that is in me, exactly how little I can do to protect people I care about in this current world.
I wish you all safe, cared for, supported and loved.
I wish you all safe, cared for, supported and loved.
June 22, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I hate, with everything that is in me, exactly how little I can do to protect people I care about in this current world.
I wish you all safe, cared for, supported and loved.
I wish you all safe, cared for, supported and loved.
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June 14, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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This searchable map of No Kings marches to join on Saturday is impressively crowded:
www.nokings.org#map
www.nokings.org#map
June 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
This searchable map of No Kings marches to join on Saturday is impressively crowded:
www.nokings.org#map
www.nokings.org#map
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some quick met gala doodles
May 6, 2025 at 2:30 PM
some quick met gala doodles
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Hey, who wants something nice?
So I was on tour this month, and when I was doing my event for the Princeton University Library and the Princeton Public Library, I ended up at the graveyard, where I found this gravestone:
So I was on tour this month, and when I was doing my event for the Princeton University Library and the Princeton Public Library, I ended up at the graveyard, where I found this gravestone:
May 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Hey, who wants something nice?
So I was on tour this month, and when I was doing my event for the Princeton University Library and the Princeton Public Library, I ended up at the graveyard, where I found this gravestone:
So I was on tour this month, and when I was doing my event for the Princeton University Library and the Princeton Public Library, I ended up at the graveyard, where I found this gravestone:
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i can't fix the world but i CAN put on a grown-up book fair that raises money to help fight book bans across the US, so that's what i'm doing.
if you're in the hudson valley on friday, may 2 and want to come to a beautiful farm with food trucks... i got you: www.oblongbooks.com/event/book-f...
if you're in the hudson valley on friday, may 2 and want to come to a beautiful farm with food trucks... i got you: www.oblongbooks.com/event/book-f...
April 18, 2025 at 2:04 PM
i can't fix the world but i CAN put on a grown-up book fair that raises money to help fight book bans across the US, so that's what i'm doing.
if you're in the hudson valley on friday, may 2 and want to come to a beautiful farm with food trucks... i got you: www.oblongbooks.com/event/book-f...
if you're in the hudson valley on friday, may 2 and want to come to a beautiful farm with food trucks... i got you: www.oblongbooks.com/event/book-f...
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It’s National Library Week.
Consider volunteering, advocating for, or visiting and using its resources, ensuring this vital community hub continues to thrive!
#nationallibraryweek
#library #books #read #love
Consider volunteering, advocating for, or visiting and using its resources, ensuring this vital community hub continues to thrive!
#nationallibraryweek
#library #books #read #love
April 8, 2025 at 6:15 PM
It’s National Library Week.
Consider volunteering, advocating for, or visiting and using its resources, ensuring this vital community hub continues to thrive!
#nationallibraryweek
#library #books #read #love
Consider volunteering, advocating for, or visiting and using its resources, ensuring this vital community hub continues to thrive!
#nationallibraryweek
#library #books #read #love
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Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Please share!!! This is getting ridiculous—they just can’t accept a loss. Please help spread the word to North Carolina. The North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled in a 2-1 decision that over 60,000 votes cast in last year’s closely contested state Supreme Court race must be verified and recounted.
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The very FIRST amendment? The first one you swear to preserve, protect, and defend when you take the oath of office? Here it is:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
March 11, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The very FIRST amendment? The first one you swear to preserve, protect, and defend when you take the oath of office? Here it is:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;
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As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address:
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
March 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
As a professor of English, allow me to try, humbly and with the proper respect, to offer an appropriate response to the President’s address:
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
Fuck you, you fucked-up fuck, and fuck all the fuckers who willingly fuck with you, especially. You can all fuck all the way off, and then fuck off some more.
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Go wild, friends.
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
(thanks @david-jenkins.bsky.social!)
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
(thanks @david-jenkins.bsky.social!)
February 24, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Go wild, friends.
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
(thanks @david-jenkins.bsky.social!)
www.32auctions.com/organization...
www.32auctions.com/organization...
(thanks @david-jenkins.bsky.social!)
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From a puddle of happy tears, I am honored to share that THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG is officially a Bram Stoker Award finalist!!!!!! Truly, truly, I cannot overstate how much this means to me. Thank you to everyone who has supported my weird little bog girls <3
February 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
From a puddle of happy tears, I am honored to share that THE CURSE OF EELGRASS BOG is officially a Bram Stoker Award finalist!!!!!! Truly, truly, I cannot overstate how much this means to me. Thank you to everyone who has supported my weird little bog girls <3
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Headed into the weekend, a gentle reminder that this whirlwind is specifically designed to make us feel exhausted, overwhelmed, resigned, & sapped of energy, and that it is more important now than ever to connect with your community. Hug your family, check on your friends, walk in your neighborhood.
February 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Headed into the weekend, a gentle reminder that this whirlwind is specifically designed to make us feel exhausted, overwhelmed, resigned, & sapped of energy, and that it is more important now than ever to connect with your community. Hug your family, check on your friends, walk in your neighborhood.
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Look who’s updating her website because she’s just days away from a cover reveal…
Wanna be the first to see the gorgeous cover of THE TREASURE OF OCEAN PARKWAY? Subscribe to my newsletter and it’ll get delivered straight to your inbox next week! sarvenaz.substack.com/p/coming-soo...
Wanna be the first to see the gorgeous cover of THE TREASURE OF OCEAN PARKWAY? Subscribe to my newsletter and it’ll get delivered straight to your inbox next week! sarvenaz.substack.com/p/coming-soo...
February 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Look who’s updating her website because she’s just days away from a cover reveal…
Wanna be the first to see the gorgeous cover of THE TREASURE OF OCEAN PARKWAY? Subscribe to my newsletter and it’ll get delivered straight to your inbox next week! sarvenaz.substack.com/p/coming-soo...
Wanna be the first to see the gorgeous cover of THE TREASURE OF OCEAN PARKWAY? Subscribe to my newsletter and it’ll get delivered straight to your inbox next week! sarvenaz.substack.com/p/coming-soo...
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Your mental health is paramount. Protect it. Remove yourself from negative stimulus if you're having trouble coping. It's completely reasonable to be outraged, freaked out, and anxious, but take a break. Take care of yourself.
January 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Your mental health is paramount. Protect it. Remove yourself from negative stimulus if you're having trouble coping. It's completely reasonable to be outraged, freaked out, and anxious, but take a break. Take care of yourself.
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Resist and persist.
January 19, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Resist and persist.