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Karlyn Borysenko

DrKarlynB

Ok here’s the thing about #Cuties: I can absolutely understand how they can argue that the point was to comment on the dangers of sexualizing children. I get it. There

Dr Amussen: end patriarchy & white supremacy

susandamussen

I was going to reply to this thread, but realized I would be hijacking someone It seems to me that if you are ‘plugging in” history you are already assuming

Kingfisher & Wombat

UrsulaV

Okay, the bit where they said reluctant readers are just looking at the pictures...godDAMN but that makes me angry.https://twitter.com/veronikellymars/status/1281747557643886598 I spent a good decade of my life writing and illustrating

Joanne Harris

Joannechocolat

Thread alert: I spend a good deal of my time nowadays trying to raise awareness about writers, how poorly paid most writers are, and why any of us should care.

Mason 🏃‍♂️✂️𐃏

webdevMason

With regard to almost any topic, you're 3-5 books away from having a productive conversation with a foremost expert and quite possibly teaching him or her something new. And this

Mike Lee

SenMikeLee

1/4 This is the spending bill under consideration in Congress today. I received it just moments ago, and will likely be asked to vote on it late tonight. It’s 5,593

Georgie Holmes-Skelton

georgiefacing

I realised today that so much working from home appears to be having an impact on my work memory. I have a really visual memory (I literally play back things

兔兒神

chenchenwrites

thinking about how “restraint” is often prescribed in writing. how this concept seems rooted in an anglo masculinist stoicism. related to the fear of “sentimentality” and the principle of “less

Josh Jackson

JoshuaYJackson

Here’s the thing about some on the ‘left’(?) pushing against reading Marx & Lenin: the work of Marxism Leninism is not some dated philosophers scheme but a reflection of the

Burnt Out Cop Barbie (he/him)

yukonmike80

on anti-racism work in policing & an ask:This morning I spent an hour on the phone w another senior leader in my agency talking about how we can be more

🇧🇧 Ethereal Bisexual Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

If you’re participating in discourse about race, gender or sexuality on social media — I beg you, please also be reading the discourse off social media. Books. I beg you.

Arvind Narayanan

random_walker

Were you told that successful researchers must constantly "keep up" with research in their fields? In my experience, that's both stressful and inefficient to the point of being useless. New

Chelsea Patterson Sobolik

ChelsPat

.@dandarling and I discussed the topic of writing and publishing with the @ERLC interns today. I was in the shadow of greatness with Dan, but I thought I'd share some

𝓯𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓷

heyitsnf

"I have no time to read, I'm a student.""I'm too busy to read""Reading is only for people who aren't busy"I disagree. I study medicine and managed to read 100 books

Jaime Dill, Editor & Book Coach

jaime_dill

A few people are contending that 3rd-person isn't necessarily distanced. I want to further explain limited versus omniscient to highlight how 3rd can be distant but can also be extremely

Marieke Nijkamp

mariekeyn

Neurotypical writers, read this thread. Read it carefully.And then imagine an autistic kid picking up this book (or too many books like this).https://twitter.com/emmaferrierx/status/1326583721756139527 Also, in case you're wondering: Th

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