Alexandra VanHorn 🦇

I'm trying not to sob at my desk at work. My name is on this list. I will be working with the stunning @AdalynGrace_ Yes, I'm dead from happiness. #authormentormatch #ammfam

@VictoriaMCurrie For the longest time it was Howl’s Moving Castle but I saw Kiki’s Delivery Service for the first time a few weeks ago and IT HAS STOLEN MY HEART! 😭💚

Reminder to white people: You will continue to mess up re racism. So continue to be teachable, open to correction from POC, and vigilantly monitor yourself for defensiveness and white fragility. You never "arrive" as an ally, you must continually *practice* allyship.

I just played a song that I listened to right after my relationship with an abusive boyfriend ended, and the feelings i'm getting right now are so amazing. It's reminding me of that feeling of freedom. Of once again feeling like a person with my life ahead of me.

@ELWaters I always struggle with getting any engagement on my Facebook page.

White people: We gotta talk about burn out. You aren’t conditioned to be thinking about race this much because of your privilege. We need you to do all you’re doing today, tomorrow, and until the end of time. Let’s talk about ways to focus on current & systemic change. 👇🏽

Do you want to support Black creatives but have no money? Request books by Black authors at your local public library! It's free, supports Black authors, and provides diverse stories for young readers. May I suggest starting with @rosiesrambles's A Song of Wraiths and Ruin?

please don’t let up. please keep donating and raising money. please keep signing petitions. please keep educating the people around you. please..don’t stop talking about blm because it’s not “trending” anymore. please don’t stop fighting. please.

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@TheHackneyPoet @ct_moor @J_WBerry @LangWalsh12 @AJUrbanek @Blink_Drive @AnyaPavelle @TTBanks5 @ForgottenAstro2 @SPOFarrell3 @DBCarterAuthor @ShanniDBAC @dansedelamort @its_me_your_mom @angiebulkeley @AardvarkEmpress @MamaOfLouis @HausOfRae @JMRosenberry @PotatoBVBQueen @Raith_Mourn @welpbookworm @LaraWatson1313 @TheUHMethod @DaniGraceWrites @ZanneQuinn @kcjulius @JulieKusma @QuillesInkewell @arjungwriter @halo_scot @DellOlioMario @me_brady @MKBeker @WriteEthan @joanne_paulson @MovementWhere @SandyGilchrist_ @CornerWriting @dreamer984 @anna_mocikat @DKemeridou @laliaristo @Kellyrei007 @vicmarswell Rise Phoenix And Begin Again @MoxiePie @Sallybrown7Raz @BGBFS @PatchworkNerd @AuthorJayYaj

A librarian witch?!?!?! 😍

Yes please!

@BGoodeWrites @emilycvarga Chills!

@EisforEarnest YES!!!! 😍 This is such a creative concept!

Mother earth and father time have a romance spanning the ages. She ever beautiful and him ever young. However environmental disaster by humans threaten their romance. #pitmad #BVM #POC #R #A

@ellewritestoo This pitch! This plot! 😍

TO ALL THE BOYS X NEVER HAVE I EVER To get a boy off her back, Lulu Green makes everyone believe she’s dating Tyrone King, a boy from the internet who doesn’t even know she exists. But his transfer to her school threatens to ruin everything. #PitMad #YA #BVM

@JanelleLMccurdy These comps!!!! 😍

STRANGER THINGS meets POKEMON Mia has always wanted to become an Umbra Tamer –a warrior who fights to contain shadow creatures led by the Reaper King. But when her parents are captured, Mia must protect her little bro at all costs, even if means risking her soul #Pitmad #BVM #MG

@PatchworkNerd I suggest wearing wrist guards, afterwards he started saying that Trump was doing a good job keeping things under control... 🙄

Legit just saw an upper class, straight, cisgendered, white man saying that things would be so much easier if people stopped using their gender / sexuality / race as part of their identity and I'm pretty sure I sprained my wrist face-palming so hard 🙄

In case you missed it, check out this giveaway for some incredible Black speculative fiction 👇🏿👇🏿👇🏿

I forgot to include “Notes from the Field” in my list of resources yesterday. It’s on HBO but I also discovered they have it now available on YouTube. It is written by and starring Anna Deavere Smith. Notes From The Field: Full Film | HBO youtu.be/r3uVnftc_Vo

An excellent dive into improving empathy through reading.