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shaelit:

For the full breakdown of what’s been going on since November, read here.

January 20, 2023

It’s been over FIFTY days. The strike is still ongoing. Harper has yet to even speak to the union.

Union members are still scraping on their second and third hustles (which most entry-level publishing people have) and donations to the strike fund. The union has set up a hardship fund (here’s the post about it on their official Instagram, for verification) so no more fiddling with checks or Venmo.

If you can donate, please do.

And whether you can or can’t, please do still share.

Reminder that big publishers have seen record profits in the last few years. None of these have trickled down the the editors, marketing, design, legal, and more that are essential to getting a book published.

The strikers are asking for three main things - better pay, a bigger commitment to diversity, and more security for the union. That they’ve been striking for this long and can’t even get that shows widespread problems in the traditional publishing industry.

Please support and boost where you can. Everyone involved in getting you your favorite books deserves a fair wage and better job security.

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This video of me talking about book bans was flagged by TikTok and removed for violating community guidelines. Since I didn’t say anything that should have triggered removal my only thought is that someone complained. I don’t know you tell me. I’m including the video here.

The mere fact that there are parents who don’t want kids to learn history or learn about the lives of marginalized communities speaks volumes to what is behind all the book bans. Control, fear, racism, prejudice, hate.

Book bans are incredibly harmful. They DO NOT increase sales for most books. Especially for marginalized creators. What they do is take away access and visibility to those books and they just stop getting printed and those authors can’t get published anymore. Publishers will then go back to that old myth that diverse books don’t sell. And that is what the other side wants to happen. Help fight back!

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dogposts:

Pup has been accepted as part of the herd (via)

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mintamenapie:

Shout out to all your internet friends who are gone.

Those messenger screen names that haven’t logged on in ages, some before detailed profiles were a thing on those services.

Those emails that are long since abandoned, some with domains that no longer exist.

Those online friends you knew years ago and who then helped shaped you in some way, who you just can’t FIND anymore.

Those people who once were, and hopefully still exist IRL, that seem to have no known internet life anymore.

And those who have actually passed on, and their online lives are now a memorial to them.

I miss you all. I hope life is/was kind to you, and maybe one day, we’ll somehow connect again.

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On the one hand I would prefer a functional government, but on the other, the sheer comedy and Schadenfreude of the House Republicans descending into petty, humiliating chaos while the Dem folks are showing up with literal popcorn and chanting for their own Speaker nominee like this is a high school sports game is filling me with manic glee.

This is the current state of American politics

I’m gonna lose it

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