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Sim Kern

@simkern.bsky.social

Bestselling author of THE FREE PEOPLE’S VILLAGE and DEPART, DEPART! among others Environmental journalism Trans, Jewish, Gulf Coast, they/them

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Laura@tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · 4mo ago

I really loved @simkern.bsky.social's short story collection, Real Sugar Is Hard to Find, which portrays a range of futures from dystopian to utopian, with themes of radical hope and care running throughout. It was briefly out of print and is being republished: portersquarebooks.com/book/9781623...

Real Sugar is Hard to Find: Stories

"Kern is a master at creating worlds that feel vast and lived-in with very few words, as well as balancing pathos with wry humor. The result is a searing, urgent, but still achingly tender work that will wow any reader of speculative fiction." —Publishers Weekly, starred reviewFrom the bestselling author of Genocide Bad and The Free People’s Village comes a collection of genre-bending short stories, charting a course from bleak dystopian nightmares to wildly liberated futures. Whether on a far-off planet spiraling out of orbit or in an enchanted forest poisoned by pesticides, the characters inhabiting these mirror-worlds face off against environmental collapse and rising fascism with hope, resistance, and enduring human connection.Through eleven funny, fast-paced, and closely observed stories, Real Sugar is Hard to Find guides readers from apathy and despair towards radical, revolutionary optimism.Now with a new afterword by the author, providing a behind-the-scenes look at their creative process.

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wendell the sweetbitter unmanageable creature@wendellwrites.bsky.social · 5mo ago

the free people's village, by @simkern.bsky.social, about a normie school teacher who becomes an activist despite herself in a world where the neoliberals are in charge and it's just as messed up through their short-sighted green and justice-washed policies. www.levinequerido.com/products/the...

The Free PeopleÕs Village by Sim Kern

USA TODAY BESTSELLER Official IndieNext Selection "Incisive and insightful." Ñ Texas Monthly From environmental journalist and founder of the #TransRightsReadathon Sim Kern, comes the eat-the-rich cli...

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Sim Kern@simkern.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I did a little back-of-the-envelope math yesterday, when I posted a video to three sites, two that are heavily censoring my kind of content, and one that promises never to do that. The results shocked even me. UpScrolled is the Bluesky of video apps!

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Sim Kern@simkern.bsky.social · 7mo ago

So many people left TikTok for (indie, Palestinian-owned) UpScrolled yesterday that their servers crashed, and that makes me really happy. Come on over to UpScrolled! (And check back later if the servers are down, lol, growing pains!)

Amy Westervelt@amywestervelt.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Hi hello the Venezuela stuff is entirely about oil, both in Venezuela and in Guyana (where Venezuela is laying claim to the oil in what is now Exxon’s largest oilfield, which Chevron has also bought into). It is the bidding of US oil majors and it’s not remotely subtle.

Wolf & Wyld's Queer Bookstore@wolfwyld.bsky.social · 10mo ago

🌈 🎧📚 📖 The Free People's Village by Sim Kern @simkern.bsky.social When justice comes knocking, will you be brave enough to answer? Affiliate Link libro.fm/audiobooks/9... #booksky #queerbooks #audiobook

The Free People's Village Audiobook on Libro.fm

In an alternate 2020 timeline, Al Gore won the 2000 election and declared a War on Climate Change rather than a War on Terror. Green infrastructure projects have transformed U.S. cities into lush para...

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☀️ Starshine@starshine.bsky.social · 10mo ago

arguably the most successful and widespread strike in us history is also largely forgotten. The slave strike during the civil war, slaves emanncipated themselves and crossed union lines. disrupting the slaver economy and war effort. when slavers asked general butler for the return of their property

Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg@theradr.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Here's a little history of notable general strikes: 1/x 🧵 Why is May 1 Workers' Day? On 1 May 1886, nationwide general strike for 8-hour day, w/hundreds of thousands of workers throughout the US. In Chicago, protests against police escalated into the Haymarket riot, w/hanging of 8 organizers.

Sim Kern@simkern.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We raised $30,000+ this week in direct aid for 10 families in Gaza City who needed transportation south and funds for tents and essentials, due to the IOF invasion. Help us double that amount to help 10 more families evacuate, including two pregnant moms: chuffed.org/project/gaza...

Gaza City Evacuation

September 2025: Israel is heavily bombarding and systematically demolishing every remaining building in Gaza City, forcing 1 million people to leave their homes and head south.

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Sim Kern@simkern.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Gaza City faces invasion. Every $3k raised in this fund goes directly to a family so they can arrange transportation south and the purchase of a tent. If you read GENOCIDE BAD, you’ll want to know that baby Elena is one of these families. Please donate & share widely: chuffed.org/project/gaza...

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Sim Kern@simkern.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re back!!! After a summer hiatus, Saffana Monajed & I will be live-streaming this Sunday, exposing the rhetoric elites use to sell us our own death, doom, and destruction. Join us as we pick apart the manipulation behind the headlines: lu.ma/ebdxjrau

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Prism@prismreports.org · last yr.

Books by indie presses rarely become bestsellers, let alone anti-Zionist books about Palestine. @sarahprager.bsky.social asked @simkern.bsky.social & @hannahmoushabeck.bsky.social, co-owner of @interlinkbooks.bsky.social, how GENOCIDE BAD became a bestseller. prismreports.org/2025/07/29/g...

‘Genocide Bad’ author on how their book beat the bestseller odds

Prism chats with Sim Kern and Hannah Moushabeck, co-owner of Interlink Publishing, the only Palestinian-owned press in the U.S.

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Kay Coughlin@kaycoughlin.bsky.social · last yr.

I'm leading a community read (I call it a Big Read) of "Genocide Bad" by @simkern.bsky.social in my Patreon group. My membership wall there is not a paywall for equity reasons, but is meant to create a place where we can talk bravely. #FreePalestine #DefundGenocide www.patreon.com/posts/130269...

Next Big Reads: on eugenics in AI and a deep discussion of why genocide is, in fact, bad | Kay Coughlin

Get more from Kay Coughlin on Patreon

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Interlink Pulishing@interlinkbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

Interlink Publishing has their first New York Times bestseller in 20 years!!! We couldn’t be more grateful for our author, community, booksellers, and staff who made this happen. The people have spoken and they say: GENOCIDE BAD. @simkern.bsky.social

Mother Jones@motherjones.com · last yr.

@simkern.bsky.social spoke to Mother Jones about their latest book, "Genocide Bad." "This is where being Jewish is relevant to me. I just feel like “genocide bad” was so drilled into me from a young age. It was the first historical political lesson that I was ever taught."

Laura@tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · last yr.

Recommended reading about the roots of the Holocaust in larger systems of oppression: Genocide Bad: Notes on Palestine, Jewish History, and Collective Liberation by @simkern.bsky.social Heavyweight: A Family Story of the Holocaust, Empire, and Memory by Solomon J. Brager

Laura@tutusntinyhats.bsky.social · last yr.

This is so important! Exceptionalizing the Holocaust keeps us from understanding how it happened and preventing more atrocities from happening.

Sim Kern@simkern.bsky.social · last yr.

Monday, 7PM, IG LIVE, I’ll be chatting with the magnificent hala.n.alyan about writing, parenting, and bringing children and books into a world on fire, and discussing her new, achingly beautiful memoir I’LL TELL YOU WHEN I’M HOME.

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