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Laurie Morrison

@lauriemorrison.bsky.social

Reader, middle school ELA teacher, & upper middle grade author of WHERE ELLA WENT ⚽️, KEEPING PACE 🏃‍♀️, UP FOR AIR🏊‍♀️, COMING UP SHORT 🥎, and more. She/her LaurieMorrisonWrites.com

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Women Forward ❌ 👑@womenforward.bsky.social · 2y ago

Demand your two Senators and your Representative speak out against Musk’s unlawful takeover of our government. When you are done with that, call the White House. We know #Trump hates bad press and this admin is capable of folding in the face of enormous public backlash.

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Preeti Chhibber@runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2y ago

Btw Authors Against Book Bans ( @authorsabb.bsky.social ) might seem kid lit driven bc so many challenges are happening in schools, but I think every author should consider joining. Book bans are bad for everyone. www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

Authors Against Book Bans

Our Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit...

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Celeste Ng@pronounced-ing.bsky.social · 2y ago

“Positive social change results mostly from connecting more deeply to the people around you than rising above them, from coordinated rather than solo action… Our largest problems won’t be solved by heroes. They’ll be solved, if they are, by movements, coalitions, civil society.”

Rebecca Solnit: When the Hero is the Problem

For an embodiment of the word singlehanded you might turn to the heroine of the recent movie Woman at War. It’s about an Icelandic eco-saboteur who blows up rural power lines and hides in scenic sp…

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Laurie Morrison@lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here’s where I’ll be at the NCTE Annual Convention later this week! You can catch one of my panels on Saturday or Sunday or come by the ABRAMS booth Sunday morning, when I’ll be signing copies of KEEPING PACE! Let me know if you’ll be there, too! I’d love to connect.

Laurie’s ncte schedule includes two panels on Saturday afternoon, a signing at 8:00 Sunday morning, and then a third panel Sunday Sporty books panel! 2:45 on SaturdayTraditions and hope panel! 4:15 Saturday Conflict and connection in upper mg panel! 10:30 on Sunday
AshesIntoFlame@ashesintoflame.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ex-librarian here—I'd say encouraging your followers to put in requests for books with marginalized authors/MCs and check out those books both in person and online would be best. To get books and keep them on shelves in times of scrutiny like this, there has to be a quantifiable demand for them.

Gender: Colleen@colleensmangarecs.bsky.social · 2y ago

I'm not uniquely qualified for anything but as book bans will become stricter on stories of the marginalized in the coming years I want to ask librarians if there is anything I can personally do with my small platform to help out

Laurie Morrison@lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 2y ago

One thing that brought me joy: watching yesterday’s NWSL semifinal with my 6-y-o son, who then wanted to play soccer w/ me & alternate between being Trinity Rodman scoring goals & Aubrey Kingsbury blocking them. LOVE that women’s sports are on TV so much more & he can look up to these athletes!

kelly jensen@heykellyjensen.bsky.social · 2y ago

A massive thread of resources, history, information, and material to help you not only fight and understand book censorship but protect the incredible democratic institutions of public libraries and public education. This is updated regularly!

Image of the tops of books in a herringbone pattern. They are in a rainbow gradient. The center of the image has a green textbox with the words "Resources for fighting book censorship, library challenges, and more."
Laurie Morrison@lauriemorrison.bsky.social · 2y ago

Looks like my last post here was almost a year ago, and back then I just couldn’t handle figuring out a new platform. But now that I’ve said goodbye to Twitter, here I am! I’m an upper middle grade author & middle school teacher, and I’ve heard there’s a nice growing #kidlit community here. So hi!