All indie publishers have a story about sticking out their neck for the sake of a book or books the public needs. For us, it was publishing the Pentagon Papers despite Nixon’s threats. @everylibrary.bsky.social @gayatripat.bsky.social
“If we don't start telling the truth, we're fucked, you know? It has to be authentic, because wounds can never be healed if they're not given light, and light is the antiseptic.”—Adele Bertei
As we near the 250th anniversary of the US, fewer Americans seem to be asking if we are living through the end of the republic. Vaneesa Cook’s history of 2 key American landmarks is here to start that convo! #America250
Admittedly, public health hasn’t always been as effective at translating evidence into visible, tangible change in people’s daily lives. Time to level up! @statnews.com
Not to mention: the tradwife impulse to “return to the land” is rooted in manifest destiny, which is already problematic for obvious reasons. 😬
@crystalsimonesmith.bsky.social uses the power of redaction to revise Thomas Pain’s COMMON SENSE, inviting us to critically engage with it and reimagine it anew.
No better time to engage with the text like this than the US’s 250th anniversary! #NationalPoetryMonth
You can never get enough NYC history, especially when it’s art and cultural history. 🗽 Adele Bertei’s NO NEW YORK delivers through a personal lens. @literaryhub.bsky.social
History shows how protests force concessions, like how Vietnam ended with Watergate’s fallout. As Gloria J. Browne-Marshall will emphasize, the empire strikes, but the people endure through sustained resistance! #America250
@wralpheubanks.bsky.social owes his relationship with and his love for the Mississippi Delta to his father, who took on regular trips there when he was a boy. Those were also father-son bonding trips.
Girls often fly under the radar for being labeled on the autism spectrum because their social development is different from that of boys. They are even more likely to be pushed socially than boys. @awnnetwork.org #AutismAcceptanceMonth
Getting intersectional on COVER REVEAL Friday with @anneliukellor.bsky.social!
MIXED ROOTS is an anthology of 29 personal essays exploring mixed identity, belonging, family, racism, community, and the paradoxical ways of being in the world.
Watch this space in October! 👀
Cover design: Louis Roe
What was it like for Black digital artists to create online when the online culture wasn’t centered on Blackness? The answers to this question are part of the new Black digital arts renaissance. @blaqueword.bsky.social
Black and white photo of Martin Luther King, Jr. speaking at a podium. The following quote from his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is printed in white and yellow on the photo: “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.”
63 years ago on this day, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote his open letter, “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” It still stands that we have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and take direct action.
We cosign number 6! 😉 You can delightfully complicate your knowledge of Mary Oliver by reading more of her poems besides “The Summer Day.” #NationalPoetryMonth
With THE CORONER’S SILENCE, @terencekeel.bsky.social brings his expertise in the history of science, data science, critical forensic analysis, public health research, and legal studies to bear in seeking accountability for in-custody deaths.
Keep in mind that the word “protest” is not in our Constitution. Freedom of speech and freedom of assembly make up the ways we can protest. #America250 @hesnotwrong.bsky.social
The biggest myth about the Mississippi Delta is that its people are poor because they want to be poor. @wralpheubanks.bsky.social says that’s far from the truth when you learn about how the state has kept people from effecting change.
If there’s anyone to attest the no wave movement to, Adele Bertei says it’s Patti Smith. Smith broke all paradigms of genre and gender. No one in rock and roll had seen the likes of her poetry before. #WomenWhoRock
Mark Rufalo warns Congress against the Paramount-WBD merger:
"You don't have to watch 'Citizen Kane' or read '1984' to understand that the concentrated oligarchic control this merger represents is a threat to a free press, an informed populace & democracy itself."
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In NO NEW YORK, Adele Bertei chronicles her experiences as a queer artist in a vibrant cultural underground that centered around the East Village, the Strand Bookstore, and clubs like Max’s Kansas City and CBGB. 1970s’ NYC is where she came of age.
The Catholic bishops have just made crystal clear the reason that the pope is right and JD Vance is wrong: A just war can't be a war of choice, which this one clearly is. This is a crucial theological, political, and moral argument, and the clarity here is needed and powerful
Did you know that “nude parades” used to be a thing in the mid-1960s for women athletes suspected of being male? They were as embarrassing as the sound. @us.theconversation.com
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Illustration and text on an event flyer.
At top in bold orange text against a light brown background reads:
“Celebrating Neurodiversity in the Arts” beside a blue and orange sun which is the logo for Celebrating Neurodiversity in the Arts.
Across the image is a drawing of fish in yellow, red and green swimming in blue water.
At the center of the fish piece is dark blue text against a light brown rectangle. Text reads:
“Featuring neurodivergent artists as they reflect on how their ways of thinking and experiencing the world shape the art they create.”
In white text at the bottom of the fish piece is white text reading:
“Free event”
“Includes a light lunch”
In the lower left hand corner in bold orange text reads:
“ SATURDAY
APRIL 18
11:00-12:30
MOUNT VERNON LIBRARY
COMMUNITY ROOM”
In the lower right hand corner is a bright blue square with white text reading:
“With great thanks to our sponsors:”
Then are images of the logos of the four sponsors, which are clockwise beginning at the top left.
First is:
Autism Society of Washington; (A.S.W.) their logo is a white square with the org name and a small colorful design.
Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library; whose logo is the digital illustration of a bright purple narwhal in a white circle.
“Tillinghast Postal and Business Center”; whose logo is a large red sign with the business name on it in yellow, black and white.
And
Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, whose logo is a large pink “a”, with a pale green,winged spoonie dragonfly on it. ]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:o6l2e6fn6nflr4d5jnpjqfm5/bafkreibvvqbf2574dnwxiuunamyqb6ndq2uhpcqnje43qn3ioey4aazb74)
[image description: Illustration and text on an event flyer. At top in bold orange text against a light brown background reads: “Celebrating Neurodiversity in the Arts” beside a blue and orange sun which is the logo for Celebrating Neurodiversity in the Arts. Across the image is a drawing of fish in yellow, red and green swimming in blue water. At the center of the fish piece is dark blue text against a light brown rectangle. Text reads: “Featuring neurodivergent artists as they reflect on how their ways of thinking and experiencing the world shape the art they create.” In white text at the bottom of the fish piece is white text reading: “Free event” “Includes a light lunch” In the lower left hand corner in bold orange text reads: “ SATURDAY APRIL 18 11:00-12:30 MOUNT VERNON LIBRARY COMMUNITY ROOM” In the lower right hand corner is a bright blue square with white text reading: “With great thanks to our sponsors:” Then are images of the logos of the four sponsors, which are clockwise beginning at the top left. First is: Autism Society of Washington; (A.S.W.) their logo is a white square with the org name and a small colorful design. Ed Wiley Autism Acceptance Lending Library; whose logo is the digital illustration of a bright purple narwhal in a white circle. “Tillinghast Postal and Business Center”; whose logo is a large red sign with the business name on it in yellow, black and white. And Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network, whose logo is a large pink “a”, with a pale green,winged spoonie dragonfly on it. ]
AWN is proud to be a co-sponsor of this upcoming event!
Why isn’t it August yet? We want to watch the Mary Oliver documentary yesterday! #NationalPoetryMonth
Here’s the thing: I’m an #SF native who opted into US Journalism based on a belief in the (supposed) 1A *value* of supporting the #PublicTrust via accurate, timely, accountability reporting. Guess what I experienced over my Pro experience from late ‘80s to present?
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“The way we got to Jan 6 is essentially by people thinking they were doing the right thing and then ultimately being on the wrong side of history.”—Nora Neus on @penamerica.bsky.social
Square graphic with a blurred background photo of a public demonstration. People stand outdoors holding signs and banners; one visible sign reads “No Kings Since 1776,” and a rainbow-colored banner appears partially visible. Trees and buildings are in the background. Overlaid text appears in bold, high-contrast blocks. At the top left, large teal quotation marks. Across the center, pink and yellow text blocks read: “Together we may help birth a Radical Democracy that the world has not yet known.” The words “Radical Democracy” are in large black font on a bright yellow rectangle; the surrounding text is white on pink rectangles. Below the quote, in smaller white text: “– Nicole Pressley.” In the lower left corner, a black rectangle contains the Side With Love logo: an orange heart outline and the words “SIDE WITH LOVE” in white. In the lower right corner, white text reads “http://sidewithlove.org .”
No Kings opened space—for witness, connection, and a shared refusal of authoritarianism.
But faithful action asks more. Not one protest, but many paths. Not one moment, but ongoing commitment rooted in care and accountability.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4v3hwWZ
#SideWithLove #UU #FaithInAction
Time is an important component of protest. Progress may be so incremental that the protest can outlast the people who started it. But according to Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, this is a tried-and-true strategy. #America250
