🎉 Happy book birthday to Together We Are Sunshine by @authorjamilah.bsky.social and illustrated by Raissa Figueroa from @randomhousekids.bsky.social ! This heartwarming picture book celebrates sisterhood and the harmony between sisters of all ages.
Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
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🔸Children’s book author of very Black, very Muslim stories 🔸2-Time Muslim Bookstagram Winner 🔸Honors: Golden Kite, Walter Award, Irma Black 🔸SLA Information Award 🔸A bit political. A lot human. 🔸Rep’d by @Pterlip 🔸 www.JamilahTheWriter.com
It’s the weekend… critique! WEEKEND CRITIQUE is a critiquing service I’m offering to picture book writers during the summer only with, yes, a weekend turnaround. Find out more: jamilahthewriter.com/WeekendCritique Slots are limited. #kidlit #kidlitchat #picturebooks #PBchat
Weekend Critique - Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow
Dear Writer, I have critiqued many PBs over the years for fellow authors – some of those books have gone to auction, won awards, and made “best of” lists. Typically, these critiques have been limited...
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Congratulations to my good friend @ashleyfranklin.bsky.social on her upcoming MG debut! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
A win for my book! So much gratitude!
Federico Erebia@federicoerebia.bsky.social · last yr.The Pedro and Daniel Intersectionality Book Award Winners! SISTER FRIEND @authorjamilah.bsky.social & Shahrzad Maydani THE MAID AND THE CROCODILE Jordan Ifueko More details: ReadYourWorld.org/awards #PADIBA #PADIBA2025 #KidlitBookNews #kidlit #kidlitcommunity #TLSky #SkyBrarians #edusky
Authors, we do not have to bow to Meta AI stealing our work. Let’s write and put Mark Zuckerberg on notice: actionnetwork.org/letters/auth... #authors #writers #poets #kidlit
Tell AI Companies They Do Not Have the Right to Use Your Work
I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the Authors Guild's letter template to send your own.
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I figured I wasn't big enough to be plagiarized by evil robots, but there are five of my titles here: Two novels, a short story, an interactive story, and a poem. #Writers, you might want to check it yourself. #AI www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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+1. I didn’t know any better when I used to say this when I was a teen and early twentysomething. But there is nothing that we can do to make racists believe we are smart, qualified, and deserving. Thrive anyway.
Nina 🦋@ninicyni.bsky.social · 2y agoI recently heard a black woman say she doesn’t believe in affirmative action because she doesn’t want white people to think she didn’t earn her accomplishments …. I just want to remind yall. If our ancestors gaf what white ppl thought of us, we would still be enslaved. Fucking free yourselves.
We have career politicians, pundits, and Musk — all millionaires and billionaires — joking about doge-ing federal workers. Talking glibly about people losing their livelihoods and benefits with descriptions like “getting spanked.” Such coldness. They’re not like us. Not at all.
Joy on our crisis of democracy: "Tonight on our final ReidOut, we’re going to talk about what people are actually doing to resist this and get some great advice from some of our favorite friends on what more we can do."
This year, #ramadan2025 begins around Feb 28. 'Salat in Secret' - a tale of faith and the power of words. @authorjamilah.bsky.social wordtorque.com/salat-in-sec... #engagewthepage Discover this book and so many more at #searchENGAGE wordtorque.com/searchengage/
Yes, it is entirely correct to point out that ICE officers do not have any legal authority to break into somebody’s home unless they get a judicial warrant; which they generally cannot do, because judges only issue warrants for probable cause of crimes, not immigration law violations.
Ava Ayers@avaayers.bsky.social · 2y agoStop mass deportations with this one simple trick: wapo.st/41apYFB (gift link)
Teenage angst with a lot of heart! If Huda F Wants to Know? had a vibe this would be it! Available for preorder! Link in my bio!
Feeling inspired by this today. You can worry or you can pray. #jalenhurts #saquon #eagles youtu.be/w-0JuOKML_w?...
This exchange between Jalen Hurts & Saquon Barkley is awesome
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Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.
📚 For Children’s Authors and Illustrators Week, we are highlighting children’s book authors and illustrators from Pennsylvania! 📙 Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (@authorjamilah.bsky.social ) 📙 Greg Pizzoli (@gregpizzoli.bsky.social) 📙 Rebecca E. Hirsch #Booksky #Libraries #KidsLit #PennsylvaniaReads
Ever had an editor or agent tell you your picture book is “too quiet”? This popular workshop is back to address the why’s and explore how some “quiet books” still manage to roar: www.highlightsfoundation.org/workshop/tur... #kidlitchat #kidlitsky
✨Ending Friday✨ Thank you for helping raise almost $17,000! Just $5,000 till goal, still with dozens of items available. If you’re in need of a critique, advice, art commission, workshop, mentorship, we’ve got you! Visit: www.32auctions.com/KidLit4Cease...
This poem kept me up after fajr and I’ve been writing it throughout the day even though I have to do my other work. Sharing here to tell myself it’s done and in case someone else enjoys it.
"The 19 Republican officials, co-led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird have demanded Costco notify the states within 30 days whether it will repeal its DEI policies or provide an explanation for maintaining them." www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Republican state attorneys pressure Costco to drop diversity policies
Nineteen Republican attorneys general have called on Costco Wholesale to abandon its diversity, equity, and inclusion policies, citing concerns about discrimination and legal risks.
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We are definitely not our ancestors. I get it. I plan Target trips to celebrate publishing wins. My statements say I am in there too much even when there’s nothing to celebrate 😆. But since when is a basic boycott too hard for our people? They get no more of my money until they reverse course.
Watching the perverse spectacle of punitive ICE raids in cities and states that didn’t vote republican, I am reminded of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which compelled non-slave states to allow manhunters to roam the north capturing blacks, whether free or slave It was the prelude to the Civil War