for my LDS friends responding to the AP report about abuse in the church:
this is a reminder that sometimes (often) love looks like demanding someone or something do better, like not letting your community perpetuate cruelty or injustice, and like mourning with those who mourn
There’s still time to apply to the 2025 Wayfare Emerging Writers Mentorship scheme! Come learn about writing personal narrative essays with the chance to publish in Wayfare Magazine!
Applications are due April 30th
https://t.co/Hxzgdl5A8f
today is a great day for reading the most disturbing book on your TBR, especially if it features dystopian plague, forced pregnancy, ecological disaster, and cannibalism because NONE OF THAT is more terrifying than doomscrolling the polls today
3.5/5 - it’s fine
For the runners out there:
New VP candidate Tim Walz is a runner. And not too shabby.
Looks like he's run:
6:17 road mile at 52 years old.
21:43- 5k at 49
1:47 half marathon at 51
Officially the point in my dissertation-writing-process that I am procrastinating my writing by starting a substack to write about writing. Cringe.
On Subjects https://t.co/h6olXaseok
@lizbusby@wayfarewriting I haven’t read it, but have reserved it at my library because I’m CURIOUS — it seems like exactly the type of thing Lewis would have been into
Not @lizbusby combining children’s literature AND religious storytelling in @wayfarewriting’s newest issue!!! I love this article and how Liz talks about Narnia and stories so much
https://t.co/UdoOjEA7za
*sigh*
Listen y'all, the Nephites were racist
In the Book of Mormon, the Nephites—including the narrators of the text—were violently racist misogynists.
& they got annihilated *explicitly because* they would not stop being violently racist misogynists.
That's the whole plot.
I AM SO EXCITED FOR THIS CONFERENCE! If your interests are anywhere near disability studies, neuro-diversity and children’s literature, PLEASE give @CripKidLit a follow!
🚨Call for Papers🚨
We are delighted to announce our CfP, with an extended deadline, for #CripKidLit taking place at Cambridge University on 19th April 2024! Get your abstracts in by 15th November if you’re interested in all things #kidlit#YAliterature#disabilitystudies !!