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Diana 📚🦦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @bookishdi.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

I would honestly love for reporters to actually push back on Julie Soto when she says that fanfic is an act of resistance, because what is her nazi sex slave fanfic resisting? Also extremely disappointed that you didn't mention JKR funding the court case that ruled transwomen aren't women

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

I just want you all to know that last night my husband and I had a very long and serious conversation about what book organization system to use for his Minecraft world and WHY the Dewey Decimal system would not be the right choice

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Pride month is coming up, so here is my reminder that I have an LGBTQIA+ masterlist of books with queer main characters! You can filter & search by multiple preferences, such as genre, target age group, representation, pairing, and additional tags beffynicolereads.wordpress.com/queer-fictio...

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LGBTQIA+ Fiction Masterlist

A masterlist of queer fiction books which can be sorted and filter by preferences such as genre, age group, representation, and romantic pairing.

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

I just think it's funny that there's not one, not two, but three modern-day graphic novel retellings of Anne of Green Gables... and they're all queer. And this is not sarcastic, this is genuinely incredible to me.

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

I really need people in my town to learn how to use roundabouts. We have like 5 of them all in a row.

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Michael LaBorn @michaellaborn.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Are y’all aware that children are human beings? They are not tiny monsters that will one day become humans. They are human. From start to finish. And hating them is morally wrong. Full stop.

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Chelsea M. Cameron (she/they) @chel-c-cam.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

If the publishers are going to talk about it, why is everyone acting so hush hush?

WHAT IS
DRAMIONE?®
DRAMIONE
* IS THE PAIRING OF *
DRACO
MALFOY* GRANGER
FROM THE HARRY POTTER SERIES.
For those who may not know, Draco was one of the antagonists and Hermione was one of the three main characters of the series.
Like with any fandom, people wonder, "What if these two characters got together?" And since Draco and Hermione are complete opposites, and because everyone loves a good enemies-to-lovers story, naturally, this was a fan-favorite pairing.
The emergence of Dramione skyrocketed within the fanfiction community, which led to several published adaptions, including the forthcoming Alchemised by SenLinYu, adapted from Manacled, setting us up to break out Brigitte Knightley at just the right time.
DRAMIONE ONLINE
TIKTOK
#Dramione
3.5
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#DramioneFanFiction
925.6 VIEWSM
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173.2
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213.4 VEWS
BRIGITTE KNIGHTLEY
+ THE ™
IRRESISTIBLE URGE TO FALL FOR YOUR ENEMY
Manacled is the most popular Dramione fanfic
#Manacled
692 MENON
VIEWS
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14
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ON SALE JULY 8. 2025
ACE HC - 9790596819456 - $30.00

ROMANTASY MEETS AN OBSESSED FANDOM
LAKE WITH STILE WATI
ROSE IN CHAINS
IS INSPIRED BY JULIE SOTO'S POPUIAR DRAMIONE FANFIC
THE AUCTION
47M VIEWS
on TikTok
2.6M READS
on Archive of our Own
ON SALE
JULY 8 2025
ROSE IN
CHAINS
JULIE SOTO
ISA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR
FANS EVEN CREATED THEIR OWN BOOKS!
THE AUCTION 3
Butal Van
Send + Gotte
The Auction
AUCTIONE
POPULAR FANFIC - BIG BUZZY BOOKS
THE LOVE HYPOTHESIS BY ALI HAZELWOOD
the Love
(9/14/21 pub)
ORIGINAL FANFIC TITLE:
Hypothesis
Head Over Feet
FANFIC WORLD:
Star Wars/Kylo Ren
& Rey (Reylo)
AO3 VIEWS:
111K hits (as of 2019)
BOOKSCAN POS:
HAZELWOOD
983,447
THE HURRICANE WARS BY THEA GUANZON
(10/3/23 pub)
ORIGINAL FANFIC TITLE:
Landscape with a Blur of Conquerors
HURRICANE
WARS
FANFIC WORLD:
Star Wars/Kylo Ren
& Rey (Reylo)
AO3 VIEWS:
733K hits
THEA GUANZON
BOOKSCAN POS:
54,478
ALCHEMISED
BY SENLINYU
COVERTO BE REVEALEO
ALCHEMISED BY SENLINYU
(Fall 2025 pub)
ORIGINAL FANFIC TITLE:
Manacled
FANFIC WORLD:
Harry Potter/Draco & Hermione (Dramione)
AO3 VIEWS:
9.3M hits
BOOKSCAN POS:
NYP
MAJOR MARKETING CAMPAIGN FOR ROSE IN CHAINS
National and social media ads • Paid partnerships with TikTok creators
5-city tour & conference appearances • Broadcast, local radio, & podcast targets
Outreach to sci-fi, romance, and women's fiction media
Cross-promotion with fanfic community
FOREVER
ROSE IN CHAINS | JULIE SOTO | ON SALE 7/8/25
HC: 9781538771228 $32.00/$42.00 (CAN) | E: 9781538771242 $14.99/$19.99 (CAN) | DLA: 9781668648612 $31.99/$41.99 (CAN)

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Diana 📚🦦🇨🇦🇲🇽 @bookishdi.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Holy shit this is such a terrible answer from the @illumicrate.bsky.social Chief of Operations/Head of Communications. Honestly saying nothing would’ve been less insulting

A screenshot from the Illumicrate discord it reads:

Caitlin (Saint of Chaos): The Illumicrate team will not be making a statement with regards to the decision to create an edition of Rose in Chains, or any other books that are reworked Harry Potter fanfiction or are written by authors who have previously written Harry Potter fanfiction but we have seen your feedback and taken it on board, as always and you are welcome to email your thoughts to the support team if you wish.

In regards to the comments/questions about server rule 13 (that’s the rule about HP/JKR) we don’t think rules in a community space should be taken as a reflection or extenson of Illumicrate’s business strategy, or the views of the members of the team.

We previously offered a dedicated thread for discussion of these books for those who wished to discuss them, to keep the main server rule-compliant. That was shot down as people felt they had the right to discuss Illumicrate’s decision to do editions of these books in open forum.

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

I haven't made any rec posts recently, including for the Trans Rights Readathon and I feel so incredibly guilty but I am ✨drowning✨

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Uh oh I'm back on my "Minecraft and disassociation" kick

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Got official updates by the org. ALL their programs and services are temporarily suspended, which includes housing assistance, DV support services, project head start, emergency food pantry, child care assistance, and more. I'm sick to my stomach.

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Friend of my family. She lives a county over & works for a nonprofit housing program that does a ton with Section 8 & other federal funding. I'm not 100% sure if they are firing everyone & 100% shutting down or just on a work freeze right now while they figure out the federal funding.

Screenshot of text on a black background date today at 11:29AM that says "Because of Trump our agency has to shut down. As of today at 3:30 I don't have a job"

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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

"You're so funny" Thanks I found out my dad cheated on my mom when she was pregnant with my older brother and the woman he cheated with was literally named "De[insert dad's name]" and I can't tell my siblings about it.

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Angry queer book recs. List in comments. Let me know if you have more to recommend! #booksky #queerbooksky

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Aster @lavendersbook.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Trans 🏳️‍⚧️ Books You Should Read in 2025

Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

1. Taking over the family business / marketing 2. Business 3. Sociology (3rd change) 4. Nonprofit - health insurance enrollment & making sure bills from forensic exams never go to patients/helping find forensic examiners to staff hospitals

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

“The cast of Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi includes Thuso Mbedu, Amandla Stenberg, Damson Idris, Tosin Cole, Regina King, Viola Davis, Idris Elba, Lashana Lynch, Cynthia Erivo and Chiwetel Ejiofor.” WHAT? OH MY GOD? ALL OF THEM?? #booksky #blackbooksky blavity.com/entertainmen...

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'Children Of Blood And Bone' Cast: Damson Idris, Thuso Mbedu, Amandla Stenberg And Tosin Cole To Lead Star-Studded Ensemble - Blavity

Paramount Pictures has made the first cast announcement for Children of Blood and Bone, with Thuso Mbedu , Amandla Stenberg Damson Idris and Tosin Cole taking on the lead roles, with Regina King, Viol...

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Beca Dreadful 🖤🌙 @becadreads.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

An easy post with the Booksky genres broken down by feed and what their corresponding emojis are to! And remember you can combine the main and a genre by sandwiching the book between them. 💙📚🌶️ Hopefully if you're new here, these will help you find your people easier! 💙

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Tess || booksky 📚 @htessh.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Also, check other counties around you! Some state libraries, neighboring counties, and state capitals allow free non-resident cards! Check library websites or visit for more information! #booksky 📚💙

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

My upstairs neighbor has been learning to play piano & guitar, also learning to sing. We can hear her very clearly. It was a little rough when we first moved in, because, well, she was in middle school and her room is right above ours.

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niah @novelniah.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The vibes I bring to the function

A photo of a stoned looking taxidermic fox posed as if it is sitting in a metal chair against a white background.

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

BlueSky is messy because I end up on follow lists with people I've blocked

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

My husband is a teacher so he got off today too. Our goal? Not seeing each other until noon and then we are going to get some shit done around the house and then either watch a movie or play some games together.

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Fromthemixedupdesk @fromthemixedupdesk.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Here are some Black horror books to add to your TBR. Which ones have you read already and which are you adding? Let me know and then click on #blackbooksky and follow some Black book content creators. #booksky

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Talia "ATTACK DOGS is out now!" Bhatt ⚢ @taliabhatt.itch.io · 22/01/2025

Theory bite! This is probably something that cis people would find useful, as much or more than trans people, because a lot of cis people participate in it in conversations about transness and trans folks ;3

"Epistemicide" is a term you should become very familiar with in all discussions regarding trans oppression.

It sounds fancier than it is. The term is related to the concept of epistemic injustice. In essence, trans people have historically been subject to a form of epistemicide: our stories, histories, testimonials, ways of life, all erased and buried to maintain the patriarchal myth of dichotomous, naturalized, immutable sex.

We are then further marginalized through epistemic injustice, prevented from participating in the processes of knowledge-production, our testimonies devalued, our voices suppressed and our identities defined for us, not by us. The perception of us shaped by others, instead of ourselves. The conversation about us dominated by the voices of those who'd rather stamp us out, shouting over us constantly.

If you're not accounting for this as a central mechanism animating transphobia, you're missing a lot of the picture.

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

I am not ashamed to say I took my float holiday today

Screenshot of the weather on a blue background, clear, -12 and feels like -12.

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R.L. Stollar @rlstollar.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

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JER (They/Them) @skatunenetwork.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Me talking to my non-binary friends now like

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📚🌈Kerie🐉🪐 @readingintandem.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Also unrelated to anything else that is going on today, here are a few of my favorite dragon fantasies and the best part? All of these series featuring at least one queer POV 🐉🌈#booksky

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Bogi Takács / WE'RE HERE ToC announced! @bogiperson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

If you want to get intersex books BY intersex authors while it's still allowed! I have ALL of them right here

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Abra / Jessica Conwell, Carmella Creeper's Gender Doula🏳️‍⚧️ 🇲🇽🌼 @pairofclaws.bsky.social · 22/02/2024

On that note: Trans authors (I mean authors who are trans, NOT cis people who write about trans people), drop your book links here and I'll try to repost as many as I can throughout the day. Cis people: Repost trans authors' book links. Cis people who want to complain about being excluded: gtfo

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

If you love this list & would like to help me with keeping it up & running, consider donating to my Kofi or purchasing a book using the referral links on the list. It costs me $12.96 each month to run this! ko-fi.com/beffynicoler...

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Become a supporter of Bethany / Kiwi today! ❤️ Ko-fi lets you support the creators you love.

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Sierra 📚👽🏳️‍🌈 @reading-w-sierra.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Hey! Being transphobic to bad people is still transphobic! Respecting pronouns /names is not hard! You can be mad but you shouldn’t be disrespectful!

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The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 21/01/2025

Okay, here’s the deal: RIGHT NOW is the time for concrete, direct action. If you’re following me, it’s probably because you care about trans art and trans literature. The article below lays out my suggestions for dozens of concrete actions you can take to preemptively combat literary censorship.

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The Trans Literature Preservation Project: A Practical Guide to Resisting Censorship

Project 2025 wants to criminalize trans literature. Here’s a game plan for keeping our stories alive.

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Conservatives will tell you that intersex people don't matter in respect to Trump's new executive order... because they're such a small portion of the population While they spend all their time focusing on trans women in sports which is an even smaller percentage

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Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

The four words we will be saying on repeat for the next four years: WE. TOLD. YOU. SO!

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Um thank you for 1k? 😭🩷 On the 19th I had like 180 followers this is incredible.

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Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

So now that the lower costs for prescription drugs for millions on Medicare have been repealed, how are the “price of eggs” people doing? How is the “$10 paperback” girl feeling? Those were rhetorical questions. I don’t actually care.

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Rhys @readwithrhys.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Here are 25 books that feature a trans main character that I LOVE that you should read by an array of amazing authors 📚 #books #transbooks

Books in order: Pet by Akwaeke Emezi, The Brilliant Death by AR Capetta, Self-Made Boys by Anna-Marie McLemore, The Sunbearer Trials and Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, Godly Heathens and The Witch King by HE Edgmon, Most Ardently by Gabe Cole Novoa, Rabbit Chase by Elizabeth LaPensee, The Diablos Curse by Gabe Cole Novoa, The Spirit Bares Its Teeth and Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White, Lakelore by Anna-Marie McLemore, A Hundred Vicious Turns by Lee Paige Obrien, Seven Mercies by LR Lam and Elizabeth May, The Sapling Cage by Margaret Killjoy, A River of Golden Bones by AK Mulford, Dragonfall by LR Lam, Angels in the Dark by Shannon Elliot, The Bruising of Qilwa by Naseem Jamnia, The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi, Blessed by the Cupid Distribution System by Robin Jo Margaret, Deck the Hulls by Kat Cassidy, The Prospects by KT Hoffman, Single Player by Tara Tai

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Bethany 🏳️‍🌈📚🍄 @beffynicolereads.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Before using any of the block lists, please verify the source and the people on it to the best of your ability. Already seeing friends added to ones they absolutely shouldn't be on. You can see what lists you or others are on by visiting ClearSky.

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priyanka @priyankadwrites.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

all the #BookTok slander I’ve been seeing the past few days by other bookish communities is quite frustrating ngl. While yes, the most popular side of BookTok definitely has its issues, the side I was on always recommended diverse books and championed marginalized authors. #diversebooks

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Disco Barrington 🏳️‍⚧️ Author @discobooks.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Resharing this! Also, I’ve seen people’s requests and will add more when I have time, it’s oddly clunky adding people to these. I’m making this one just reviewers cos I got so many requests from authors that I need to make a separate author version. #booksky #diversebooksky go.bsky.app/Ax5LErr

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