Miranda 🍉
@miranda-biblio.bsky.social
she/her | 🏳️🌈 | librarian | queer tv and women’s sports fan
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From YA books being rewritten for adult audiences to descriptions talking about how horny everyone in the story is, what is going on in YA literature right now?
I don't have answers, but I have a lot of questions, concerns, and sadness for today's teen readers.
bookriot.com/whats-happen...
I don't have answers, but I have a lot of questions, concerns, and sadness for today's teen readers.
bookriot.com/whats-happen...
YA Has Entered Its Awkward Adolescence and It's Teens Who Are Losing Out
What is going on with young adult literature right now? Characters are older, stories are steamier, and there are fewer books reaching actual teens.
bookriot.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:37 PM
From YA books being rewritten for adult audiences to descriptions talking about how horny everyone in the story is, what is going on in YA literature right now?
I don't have answers, but I have a lot of questions, concerns, and sadness for today's teen readers.
bookriot.com/whats-happen...
I don't have answers, but I have a lot of questions, concerns, and sadness for today's teen readers.
bookriot.com/whats-happen...
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 7, 2025 at 10:59 PM
OVER A MILLION USERS
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
DISCUSS SUICIDE WITH CHATGPT
EVERY *WEEK*
what the fuck are we DOING here
An AZ rep!
Rep. Yassamin Ansari has set up a table and this sign outside Speaker Johnson’s office.
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An AZ rep!
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Read this post on the Young Adult Library Services blog for a just about perfect articulation of what libraries can create safe spaces and how book bans threaten them
The Check Please Moment: Why Censorship is a Threat to Safe Spaces
We fight censorship not just for intellectual freedom, but for the young person who spends their fall break quietly finding themselves on our shelves.
www.yalsa.ala.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Read this post on the Young Adult Library Services blog for a just about perfect articulation of what libraries can create safe spaces and how book bans threaten them
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Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
Libraries Scramble for Books After Giant Distributor Shuts Down
Why it might have been and may continue to be harder to get new releases from your local library.
www.404media.co
October 30, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Private equity destroys 200-year-old book distribution company that libraries around the country rely on and now libraries are having trouble getting new books:
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
www.404media.co/libraries-sc...
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Baker AND Taylor? In this economy?
October 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Baker AND Taylor? In this economy?
“Establishing an invisible “security perimeter” then shooting civilians who cross it has become common practice in Gaza”
IDF sniper from Chicago who says he killed Gazan teenager just for trying to retrieve his brother's corpse: “They’re thinking, ‘Oh I don’t think [I’ll get shot] because I’m wearing civilian clothes and I am not carrying a weapon' and all that, but they were wrong. That’s what you have snipers for.”
The Gaza family torn apart by IDF snipers from Chicago and Munich
Five-month investigation reveals how four members of one family were shot and killed in a single day and highlights a pattern in which Israeli troops target unarmed civilians
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 10:22 PM
“Establishing an invisible “security perimeter” then shooting civilians who cross it has become common practice in Gaza”
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At least 50 Texas Democratic state legislators fled the state on Sunday in protest to block a vote on proposed congressional redistricting pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott and Donald Trump. State Rep. and union organizer Lauren Ashley Simmons is one of them. She spoke with Teen Vogue about the move:
This Texas Democrat Fled the State to Block Trump and Greg Abbott's Redistricting Effort
"It's one thing to fight against my community and try to silence us. It's a whole ‘nother thing if we just lay down and take it."
www.teenvogue.com
August 8, 2025 at 5:21 PM
At least 50 Texas Democratic state legislators fled the state on Sunday in protest to block a vote on proposed congressional redistricting pushed by Gov. Greg Abbott and Donald Trump. State Rep. and union organizer Lauren Ashley Simmons is one of them. She spoke with Teen Vogue about the move:
“But the actions of J.K. Rowling may have rendered that equilibrium impossible. What remains to be seen is whether truly balancing art and commerce as it relates to Harry Potter at this fraught moment is the most magical thinking of all.”
“I want to have a way to be able to love both [the trans community and Harry Potter], and to counterbalance [Rowling].” Well, Breanna, maybe you just can’t have both! Glad @emilyadler.bsky.social asked her about the ongoing Harry Potter collab for @thenext.bsky.social
Breanna Stewart loves Harry Potter while opposing J.K. Rowling
“I want to have a way to be able to love both [the trans community and Harry Potter], and to counterbalance [J. K. Rowling]”, Breanna Stewart said.
www.thenexthoops.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“But the actions of J.K. Rowling may have rendered that equilibrium impossible. What remains to be seen is whether truly balancing art and commerce as it relates to Harry Potter at this fraught moment is the most magical thinking of all.”
The way this is so close to a Legends of Tomorrow plot lol
Dave Bautista will finally star in his own rom-com ‘THE ROMANTIC’ after wishing to star in one for years.
The film follows a man who is secretly a romance author named Francine, but he must hire a woman to pose as him at a convention to avoid scrutiny.
(Source: Deadline)
The film follows a man who is secretly a romance author named Francine, but he must hire a woman to pose as him at a convention to avoid scrutiny.
(Source: Deadline)
June 26, 2025 at 1:58 AM
The way this is so close to a Legends of Tomorrow plot lol
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Korematsu. Plessy. Dred Scott. Lochner. Curt Flood. Bowers v. Hardwick. The law has moments in history when it has not reflected the lived experiences of people and families who want nothing more than to live healthy, full lives exactly as they are and are meant to be.
🏳️⚧️❤️🩹🫂 The U.S. Supreme Court just issued a ruling upholding Tennessee's SB1, a ban on gender-affirming healthcare for youth. There will be fuller legal analysis ahead – but right now, we want to send love to trans youth and their families. buff.ly/E5hLb5x 1/4
June 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Korematsu. Plessy. Dred Scott. Lochner. Curt Flood. Bowers v. Hardwick. The law has moments in history when it has not reflected the lived experiences of people and families who want nothing more than to live healthy, full lives exactly as they are and are meant to be.
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wrote an essay that’s up at @autostraddle.bsky.social today— it’s called The Sex of the Game & is about my queerness & sexual desire being wrapped up in basketball, in dating other ballers
www.autostraddle.com/the-sex-of-t...
www.autostraddle.com/the-sex-of-t...
The Sex of the Game
My queerness always came second to basketball.
www.autostraddle.com
May 15, 2025 at 3:30 PM
wrote an essay that’s up at @autostraddle.bsky.social today— it’s called The Sex of the Game & is about my queerness & sexual desire being wrapped up in basketball, in dating other ballers
www.autostraddle.com/the-sex-of-t...
www.autostraddle.com/the-sex-of-t...
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Wrote about the Trump administration’s attacks on federal funding for libraries
“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
Librarians Are Mad As Hell At The Trump Administration. They Think You Should Be, Too.
"The public needs to wake up before our libraries are gone," one "livid" librarian said.
www.huffpost.com
April 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Wrote about the Trump administration’s attacks on federal funding for libraries
“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
“Make no mistake about it, the elimination of funding for libraries is a political assault on First Amendment rights, access to information, and the freedom to read,” one librarian said www.huffpost.com/entry/librar...
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Cory Booker is 23 hours in and somehow seems to be gaining strength
April 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Cory Booker is 23 hours in and somehow seems to be gaining strength
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BREAKING: IMLS staff were just placed on admin leave!
IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries.
This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work.
Take action today!
www.everylibrary.org/statement_im...
IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries.
This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work.
Take action today!
www.everylibrary.org/statement_im...
Statement on IMLS Staff Administrative Leave
IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries.
This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work. We cannot allow IMLS to be dismantled by executive action.
www.everylibrary.org
March 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
BREAKING: IMLS staff were just placed on admin leave!
IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries.
This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work.
Take action today!
www.everylibrary.org/statement_im...
IMLS is responsible for distributing Federal Funding for libraries.
This action will interrupt IMLS's vital, congressionally funded work.
Take action today!
www.everylibrary.org/statement_im...
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There is a LOT of reporting on IMLS right now, but it's being done by people who know what it is. The DOE being dismantled is overshadowing this and that's being done INTENTIONALLY.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
March 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
There is a LOT of reporting on IMLS right now, but it's being done by people who know what it is. The DOE being dismantled is overshadowing this and that's being done INTENTIONALLY.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
But anyway, DOGE is in the IMLS offices right now destroying it.
Say goodbye to interlibrary loans + more.
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“New data suggests that graphic novels actually do help cultivate lifelong readers of prose.“
February 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
“New data suggests that graphic novels actually do help cultivate lifelong readers of prose.“
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It’s time to organize: “The internet has conditioned us to constantly seek new information, as if becoming a sponge of bad news will eventually yield the final piece of a puzzle. But there is also such a thing as having enough information.”
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
You Can’t Post Your Way Out of Fascism
Authoritarians and tech CEOs now share the same goal: to keep us locked in an eternal doomscroll instead of organizing against them, Janus Rose writes.
www.404media.co
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
It’s time to organize: “The internet has conditioned us to constantly seek new information, as if becoming a sponge of bad news will eventually yield the final piece of a puzzle. But there is also such a thing as having enough information.”
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
www.404media.co/you-cant-pos...
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Because it's National Girls and Women in Sports Day, instead of playing a part into the crusade on trans athletes, leagues and governing bodies need to focus on the well documented (!!!) threat to girls and women in sports: abuse. Athletes must be protected and abusers need to be kicked out
February 5, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Because it's National Girls and Women in Sports Day, instead of playing a part into the crusade on trans athletes, leagues and governing bodies need to focus on the well documented (!!!) threat to girls and women in sports: abuse. Athletes must be protected and abusers need to be kicked out
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unrivaled is fun as hell
February 4, 2025 at 1:32 AM
unrivaled is fun as hell
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Mister Rogers never misses
January 2, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Mister Rogers never misses
