It's Lenny Kravitz o'clock!
#ItAintOver

@toure.bsky.social speaking of white passing vs white presenting... have you heard of Baseball Hall of Famer Effa Manley? She was...

Happy Veterans Day.

To everyone who has served — thank you. All veterans deserve dignity and respect, no matter race, gender or sexuality. Today and every day, let’s honor them with action.

Whether you’re a sports fan or just love a good story – this one hits a home run.

⚾ #InALeagueOfHerOwn
⚾ Available everywhere books are sold.
⚾ Audiobook option too!

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Dodgers! ⚾💙

If the #WorldSeries reignited your love for the game…

Let me put the perfect novel in your hands:
⚾ Women breaking barriers
⚾ The joy of victory
⚾ An underdog worth cheering for

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Outlining an essay based on my travel experiences from the last 24 hours... for publication. Ha!

Considering a satirical slant bc @caitlinkunkel.bsky.social's voice is in my head

Some light reading while my car gets serviced.
#AuthorLife
#WhatKaiaReads
#HistFicAuthorLife
#PlotterLifeWriter

7 year old: Mommy, what does ironic mean?
Me: Uhhhh... it's like getting something for free when you've already paid for it.

Shout out to @alanismorissette.bsky.social for making me sound great at before coffee o'clock this morning.

AAHIAH Episode #90: The Effa Manley Story [The first woman to run a baseball team] YouTube video by African American History Is AMERICAN History

youtu.be/Kb2XnjlnfAM
In this episode of AAHIAH, we highlight Effa Louise Manley, the first woman of any race to run a professional baseball team. As co-owner of the Newark Eagles, she shaped Black baseball and fought for civil rights, equality, and social change during WWII.

Pittsburgh WWII soldier in uniform.

Help me identify this WWII soldier for a story I'm writing. My deadline is Feb. 14. The portrait was made between 1943 & 1945 in Pittsburgh's Hill District. He has a rifle medal on his chest, Service Forces patch & a Corps of Engineers insignia on his hat. Please repost & help me ID him. 🗃️

It's been 10 years since I did that and still have occasional ptsd from it.

Makes sense. And yes, it was a tech company.

I was a client success manager in a former life. It's an account manager.

Let me tell you something daddy... fumbling a solid woman is the greatest pain of you LIFE

As I scroll through all the squabbling on social media, I think it's safe to say that we haven't reached our Rosa Parks arrest moment yet.

We're not even close.

This book picked the right week to show up in my mailbox. The Universe knew.

without downloading any pics, where are you mentally?

ATTENTION RESTAURANTS:
I'm gonna need you to stop making me pretend I'm placing an online order just to view your menu.

The Okey Doke on steroids

And then you wish had been able to remain ignorant of your strength. Hugs.

First Black woman to serve in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps after desegregation dies Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.

Nancy Leftenant-Colon, who became the first Black nurse in the U.S. Army Air Corps after President Harry S. Truman desegregated it in 1948, has died at age 104.

Is the Aaliyah Barbie doll sold out already?!

Damn, damn, damn!

Working on a new book proposal. It has Sisters in Arms vibes, but with more rage.

Think what if Eliza and Grace chose violence. 😇

@kaiawrites.bsky.social

I started reading 'In A League of Her Own' a day ago and haven't put it down. What a good book, a story well told.

It gets the 'Tia Seal of Approval'

Yay! Thank you.

#BlackDoctors

I see #TheSixTripleEight "experts" are starting to crawl out of the woodwork, loud and wrong.

Cite your sources, people. I for damn sure can cite mine.

Thank you!

Thank you!

Thank you!