Ricky Buchanan

@jeshyr
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They/them. Mostly on Bluesky
You're a streetwise dragon.
In retrospect you probably shouldn't go up against writers in a contest of who can keep doing something longer while not making any money.

The Disabled and Deaf Trans People's Survey is here. It is run by and for people of those identities who are US residents (including those in the states, territories, and military bases abroad):

https://dtpsurvey.org/

The idea is to plug the gaps in the research so far done about, but not by, the named communities.

#trans #disability #deaf

Hey folks with depression. Did you remember to shower and eat something today? Please be good to yourselves.
The gender today is the smell of bread baking and gasoline.

#Reading The Countess Conspiracy by @courtneymilan and it has made me cry a bunch of times and I haven’t even got to the end yet. Families are so complicated

#books

Historians: hey is that a harness-ready...
The met: vase! It's a vase!
Your individuality is inspiring.
Today's gender is determined and relaxed.

Writer friends - if you haven't heard about what happened to Maggie Toukda-Hall, start here:

https://www.prettyokmaggie.com/blog/2023/4/11/scholastic-and-a-faustian-bargain

But long story short, Scholastic wanted to license her picture book, ONLY if she removed the word "racism" from her author's note.

Considering the book is about her family's time in an internment camp... well.

Scholastic, and a Faustian Bargain — Pretty Ok Maggie

Recently, I got an email with an offer from Scholastic’s Educational Division to license Love in the Library for an AANHPI narratives collection, I was thrilled. If you’ve been in kids’ books for more than ten minutes then you are aware of the staggering reach of Scholastic. And since I’m not publis

Pretty Ok Maggie