Sissies’ Scrapbook
"It’s the awful power of having exactly what you want. I’m sure it’s not the freeing, liberating thing you expect it to be." More
The Destiny of Me
"I'm here for you to save my life. Is that too political?" More
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This summer, add #bannedbooks to your reading list. @washingtonpost asked children’s authors, reading experts, a librarian, and a poet to recommend challenged or banned books for kids and teens this summer: https://www.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2022/06/24/banned-books-summer-reading/
Consultants for Florida Power & Light, the largest electric utility in the US, conducted surveillance on a Jacksonville journalist. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jun/24/a-florida-power-company-didnt-like-a-journalists-commentary-its-consultants-had-him-followed?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
#CUBA: PEN International, @PENamerica and @PENCubaExilio condemn “cruel and inhumane” prison sentences imposed without “legal merit” on Cuban artist-activists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo Pérez: https://pen-international.org/news/prison-sentences-for-luis-manuel-and-maykel-osorbo-condemned @PEN_LAC