Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙

Ashanti Wallace | Nerd, artist, bookseller for a publisher, millenial | she/her | opinions are my own |

[Umoja @W_Asherah]

I've been asking my male friends to do something - *watch if the first response to everything a woman tells you is to refute, say no or something negative*

One texted me later: Holy f*ck

The problem is, constantly putting up with unwarranted resistance is bad for mental health.

[Jen @such_hockey_wow]

I love OP.

[Morgan Parker @morganapple]

Welp https://t.co/saHkUnDELN

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

Great thread

[Masked Rogue 😷 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @unMaskedRogue]

Margaret Atwood didn’t see the future. She stole the history of Black and Indigenous women, gave it to some fictional white women, and profited off it. Stop idolizing her.

[Ashley Reese @offbeatorbit]

Only tweet tonight that has given me some modicum of calm

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

Read this thread

[Axel Folio, PhD, White Tears Distiller 🪁 @ISASaxonists]

I actually was approached to write a review of this book at the end of last year--- a review I did write & it was blocked bc it was an honest review. Some shady things from the editors.

My review *IS* coming out and it's not whitewashed which is what this incestuous club wants.

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

@SpeasySpice @OliverDepp I think I yelled STRAWMAN and SPECIOUS at my bf, and yeah I just... I... phew.

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

The timing of this + Shelf Awareness this morning seems coincidental...

[Rebecca AND|OR Speas // @speasyspice.bsky.social @SpeasySpice]

Nicole Sullivan also has a history of using a strawman argument about fReE sPeEcH to deflect from people calling out her own problematic behavior, so like maybe she should take a seat.

[Julie Wernersbach @JulieWbach]

As part of hiring, we worked on our mission & values. Values include:

Inquiry: "We also value the curiosity of our booksellers as they discover themselves in their roles, develop new skills, & assist the store’s senior staff in stewarding the bookstore to fulfill its mission."

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

@KatherineBook @InOrderOfImport @DefineStrange @BillieBook TBH that would be a lovely idea and probably much appreciated.

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

This 🧵 is great, and especially this. If you move for more DEI, the organization is (naturally) going to change from what it was.

[Abolish Guns, Cops, Prisons, and ICE @gretchening]

And most importantly, the pearl clutching about how the ABA as a trade org is beginning to recognize that there is no default to curation—that as a culture our default is racist and capitalist. When you complain about who is restricted from accessing you based on content,

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

Just seems like a fun time to drop this here again.

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

Still amazed @ how many ppl, esp booksellers, willfully misconstrue the 1st amendment.

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

& that shelf awareness devoted so much space to this hogwash.

[Shanty | BLM | ❤💜💙 @book_lyfe]

Still amazed @ how many ppl, esp booksellers, willfully misconstrue the 1st amendment.

[Katelyn Burns @transscribe]

Indistinguishable from transphobe rhetoric