‘Romani families were forced to collect water from toilets, faced mass food poisoning of their children, and were even attacked by racist security guards with pepper-spray’ 👇
I have created a list of 50+ books by trans/nonbinary authors coming out in 2023 🏳️⚧️
Don't forget to support the authors by preordering! ✨️
A thread 🧵
Chiri Yukie was a young woman from the Noboribetsu Ainu community. She wasn’t alive to see her work published and admired, having passed away at 19. Despite her short life, Chiri’s accomplishments inspired many to appreciate and preserve Ainu traditions for future generations.
Anyone who thinks disabled people shouldn't be present in post-apocalyptic stories because we'd be 'the first to die' has never spent time with disabled people.
A story about disabled people surviving during/after the apocalypse would be realistic AND ridiculously interesting.
my dad has been ill for about a week "with a cold" and hasn't bothered to check if it's covid. when I asked him if he'd done a test he said "no... but I thought about it"
wow,, thanks dad
being told to know my place and to never try to be more than I am does not come from a place of love but limitation. I will always continue to support and encourage my loved ones in the ways I have not been given. because I know how much it matters.
for every physical book i read from my shelf i am gonna put 100rsd (~0.90$) in a jar and use it as my book buying fund i think that would be cool bc i've seen ppl do it
happy new year to the woman who stood in the middle of the road with all her shopping, directing traffic, so a really slow cat could cross the road. she then had stern words with the cat to be faster next time, once it reached the pavement, and went on her way.