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Book and writing blog 📖📚

[youngaandbold]

Currently reading A Conjuring of Light by V. E. Schwab 📖 Finally tackling the last book in the trilogy after reading the first two back in April!

[youngaandbold]

JULY WRAP UP

- The Deep by Rivers Solomon

- Cherry by Nico Walker

- It’s Not Ok to Feel Blue and other lies by Scarlett Curtis

- Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

- Circe by Madeline Miller

- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

- The Power by Naomi Alderman

- Trans Like Me by Cn Lester

- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

- The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

STATS

Books read: 10 📚

Pages read: 2,995 📖

Average rating: 4.3 ⭐️

[youngaandbold]

The prettiest of covers that I’ve purchased in a while😍✨

[bladesrunner]

You’re one of the most intelligent and prolific women I had the pleasure to meet. You’ve written 20 books on feminism.

Emma Watson interviews Rebecca Solnit for Our Shared Shelf

[bookaddict24-7]

10 Beautiful Covers of Books Written by Black Authors!

Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo 

Tyler Johnson Was Here by Jay Cole

Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

Shadowshaper by Daniel Jose Older

The Sun is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon 

Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis

The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo

Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds

Children of Blood & Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 

I’ve changed this list because @greengoths was kind enough to let me know of my mistake regarding Let’s Go Swimming On Doomsday! I apologize for my error and will make sure to research better for the next post! (Thank you to @professionalunicorn15 for your beautiful cover addition!)

Happy reading!

[youngaandbold]

Reading Rush TBR!

20th July - 26th July 2020

- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

- Circe by Madeline Miller

- Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jnr

As you can see I’ve been sneaky with The Great Gatsby and managed to make it fit into three categories/challenges! (Chose TGG for reading a book outside as its the shortest so probably the most managable 😉)

[youngaandbold]

Currently reading... Cherry by Nico Walker in preparation for the Russo brothers adaptation of it which will fingers crossed be released later this year 🤞🏻

[oberynmartell]

List of Black Lives Matter and Racial Equality Petitions to sign:

one of the most comprehensive, well-rounded, and well researchd compilations of blm related resources (includes petitions, donation links, venmo accounts, names of people in need, etc) thats out there. please share this link everywhere and anywhere. 

a black lives matter carrd that includes petitions, donation links, blm movement information, links on how to donate to BLM without spending money, black owned businesses, etc. 

Justice for George Floyd

Justice for George Floyd 2

Justice for George Floyd 3

Charge the Officers Responsible for George Floyd’s Murder 

Charge the Officers Responsible for George Floyd’s Murder 2

Justice For Ahmuad Arbery

Justice For Ahmuad Arbery 2

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Stand with Breonna

Charge Officers Responsible for Breonna Taylor’s Murder

Justice For Tamir Rice

Justice For Joāo Pedro

Justice for Alejandro Vargas Martinez

Justice for Belly Mujinga.

Justice for Rashad Cunningham

Justice For Tony McDade

Justice for Dion Johnson

Justice for Jennifer Jeffley

Justice for Young Uwa

Justice for Elijah Nichols

Justice for Tete Gulley

Justice for Tazne Van Wyk

Justice for Michael Dean

Justice For Amari Boone

Justice for Darrius Stewart

Justice for Shukri Abdi

Justice for Ashton Dickson

Justice For Darrius Stewart

Justice for David McAtee

Justice for Cameron Green

Justice for Crystal Mason

Justice For Zinedine

Justice for Regis Korchinski-Paquet

Justice for Christopher Josey

Justice for Amiya Braxton

Justice For Emerald Black

Justice for Andile Mchunu

Justice for Cameron Green

Justice for Tamla Horsford

Justice for Collins Khosa

Justice for Sean Monterrosa

Free Siyanda

Reopen Sandra Bland’s Case 

Free Willie Simmons who has served 38 years for a $9 robbery

Get Washington State to Hold Police Officers Accountable for Police Brutality

Arrest Officer Jared Campbell for macing a child 

Demand Jail Time for Dylan Mota and Jacob Robles

Demand Jail Time for All Police who Murder Innocent People

Fire Racist Criminal Michael J Reynolds from the NYPD

Petition for Nationwide Police De-Escalation Training

Petition for Nationwide Police Required Racial Bias Test

stop immigrants being poisoned by ICEBan the use of inhumane rubber bullets

Demand a retrial for Angel Bumpass wrongfully convicted 13 year old with a life sentence

End Police Brutality and Violence Against BIPOC in the USA

Ban the use of rubber bullets for crowd control

Join Campaign Zero

Drop All Charges Against Incarcerated Trafficking Survivor Chrystul Kizer!

Reopen Kendrick Johnson’s Case

Abolish Prison Labour in the USA

Require Dash and Body Cameras for the King County Sheriff’s Office

Demand a retrial for Angel Bumpass wrongfully convicted 13 year old with a life sentence

Sign the Police Accountability Act into Law

Justice for Elijah Nichols 

Exonerate Eric Riddick

Justice For Luz Gonzalez!

Support a new law to be made in Trayvon Martin’s name to stop from claiming self defense after aggravated murder

Justice for James Scurlock

Justice for Philando Castile

Issue a State executive order to hold police accountable for unlawful action

Don’t let Julius Jones be executed by the state of Oklahoma

Help pass the Hands Up Act, which prohibits police officers from shooting unarmed citizens and carries a mandatory 15-year prison sentence if there isn’t a weapon found after someone has been shot by a police officer

A twitter thread linking to many, many Brazilian Petition that still need signatures

Donation Links

A thread of Youtuve videos you can stream to donate to BLM

Official George Floyd Memorial Fund

OFFICIAL Gianna Floyd Fund (George Floyd’s child)

Black Lives Matter

We Cant Breathe

43 Bail Funds to Support

Homeless Black Trans women fund

Split a donation between 70+ community bail funds, mutual aid funds, and racial justice organizers

Minnesota Healing Justice Network

Women for Political Change

Spiral Collective

When We All Vote

National List of Bail and Mutual Aid Funds/Organizers/Black Owned Businesses

Venmo names of black trans people that need help

Latino Community on Lake Street

Black Immigrant Collective

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha

Atlanta Black Owned Business Relief

Al Maa'uun

Remembering Shana Isuroon 

Fundraising for destroyed black owned businesses

Joyce Preschool

Black Table Arts

Northside business support

Du Nord Riot Recovery Fund

Unicorn Riot

Donate to Destiny Harrison & her daughter Dream’s Legacy

Pimento Relief Fund

Southside Harm Reduction

West Broadway Business and Area Coalition

Division of Indian Work

TC Care Collective

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Justice for Jamee

Justice for David McAtee

Donate to Brandon Saenz who was shot in the left eye by a rubber bullet, and lost the eye, several teeth, and had facial fractures that required several surgeries

HOW TO DONATE INTERNATIONALLY/SITES THAT ACCEPT INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY 

HOW DONATE WITH NO MONEY

HOW TO DONATE WITH NO MONEY BY STREAMING THIS

HOW TO DONATE TO BLM BY SHARING LINKS

A list of black owned businesses we should be supporting! + a list of black owned businesses we should be supporting that accept international currency!

DO NOT DONATE TO SHAUN KING

DO NOT DONATE TO CHANGE.ORG

* this list is constantly updated (new links added at the bottom) so please keep checking back for new information on petitions and ways to donate!!

[moviegrabs]

How I Live Now .2013 - Tom Holland

[glossedchaos]

stream to donate

for those of us who want to help but don’t have the funds, please click on these videos. DO NOT skip the ads, all ad revenue will be donated to multiple funds.

- stream the video

- DO NOT skip the ads

- disable ad blocker

[glossedchaos]

I found these steps online in regards to efficiently streaming these videos *not mine*

please follow these:

1. don’t watch on repeat

2. don’t watch it in a playlist

3. don’t fast forward or skip

4. don’t skip the advertisements

5. don’t pause the video

6. watch with at least 480p and half the volume

7. after watching this, watch 3 to 5 any other videos then search this video (don’t click it from your watch history) and watch it again

8. don’t clear watch and search history

9. comment and like this video

10. share this in your social media platforms

[glossedchaos]

update: another video has been created

[glossedchaos]

[flower-swift]

don’t forget on pride month

[who-runaway]

OKAY DEMIGODS, WAKE UP!! IT’S HERE!! IT’S FREAKIN HAPPENINGGG 😭😭

[youngaandbold]

Why am i crying 😭 12yo me would literally have DiEd for this and 22yo me IS dying for this

[moved-to-ofswordsandpens]

IT’S WHAT SHE DESERVES

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[tlbodine]

You are providing a vital life service when you do this and your magic ears are appreciated.

[disorderedgrey]

Me taking another bottle of diet coke out the fridge as a meal replacement

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