Jessica Leader 🏳️‍🌈

PBS Learning Media curriculum developer; Author of NICE AND MEAN (S&S/Aladdin), and others to come. Queer mom of two cuties; she/her

[Jessica Leader 🏳️‍🌈 @JessicaLeader]

@chavelaque I suggest custom orthotics. Seems old-ladyish, but they changed my life by making more shoes accessible to me and my feet and back hurt less. Also, Miz Mooz are comfy, for some reason.

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@AngelaStockman @pernilleripp If you don't mind, I would love to know what you DO know now!

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@ScottyBonner @RitenourSchools I am so sorry. No one deserves that for any reason. Your poor kid. I agree that you should take all recourses. If nothing else, bigots need to learn that physical aggression can have consequences. (Or, you know, don't be bigots.)

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Please spread the word about these amazing writing workshops for healthcare providers. (I'll be leading one next week!) https://t.co/89HF9Z6dfc

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@alyssa46211340 @pernilleripp Ugh, the last one is infuriating! You know what exclusively focusing on short texts turns into? People who never want to read. Novels can make you want to live.

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@emilynussbaum I loved those apricot shards! Somehow, they did right for my skin.

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@carolinetc That is ahhhmazing. Have you been sharing the inside scoop with her, or is she preternaturally perceptive (or both?)

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What about hackle? We get our hackles up, don't we? Or too busy playing with beachballs (also not allowed)? #Nytspellingbee

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@ellenyeomans Yeah, thank you! Adding those now.

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I need to write some scenes with big, miserable feelings. Anyone want to give me some songs for a misery playlist? Along the lines of "Why" by Annie Lennox, or almost any Annie Lennox, really.

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@EvelynBehar @SCOTUSblog glad you mentioned that, because I literally had to say it out loud to myself step by step!

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@MsJasmineMN First they kill the pig--then they come for you. These are great.

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@LaurieLMorrison @claireswinarski Well, this looks 1000% up my alley! Thanks for the recommendation!

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@maryecronin Ugh! That's so hostile and I'm so sorry. Even the idea that college textbooks are *automatically* full of damaging liberal ideas....I bet he couldn't tell you anything accurate about CRT, either.

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@L_D_Washington That's....creative. 😬

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@RockyAtelier I'm sorry to say that I can't, but I like the image of bottomless bags of awards under one's belt. That line should get you a fellowship right there.

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@nicoleva Nicole, I'm so sorry! Like Ginger, I get vertigo too sometimes, and it must be rough to deal with it constantly--and during the pandemic. Sending lots of back-pats your way.

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Want to stick it to Amazon on Prime Day? (Or, as I think of it, Horde Prime Day)? Buy books through https://t.co/6cpGD5okLf. I'm sure you have some you want to read!

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Really enjoying the Dear Intern thread. Those mess-up moments that glaze your entire body with fear--more people have cause for them than I think. And survive!

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@carolinetc I have a sinking feeling that this is because of the recent marketable appeal of princesses. But obviously they need something, because Candy Land is SO BORING.