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Cindy Rizzo

@cindyrizzo.bsky.social

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Author, content curator, consultant to philanthropy and non-profits. Lesbian, Jew, grandma, trans ally. linktr.ee/cindytrizzo

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

READING UPDATE - FINISHED The Bluff by Wade Rouse (5*) Pretend You Believe: How to Enter Religion by Rabbi Noa Kushner Everland and Other Stories by Jonathan Orr-Stav Good Guys by Mindy Misener After the End by Kelli Christensen CURRENTLY READING The Final Act of Daphne Devine by Syd Moore

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 72 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/72 LATEST ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT LINK. LGBTQ Leaders...Lesbian Bar Masks...Oct Queer Films...Sapphics in Classic Films...Rosie...Emily Dickinson...Lizzie Borden

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LGBTQ Leaders...Lesbian Bar Masks...Oct Queer Films...Sapphics in Classic Films...Rosie...Emily Dickinson...Lizzie Borden

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 71 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/71 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE. SUBSCRIBE AT LINK! Dolly..Gloria...Robin...Movies...SisterSpace..Softball...Museums...TikTok Lesbian Grandmas

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Dolly..Gloria...Robin...Movies...SisterSpace..Softball...Museums...TikTok Lesbian Grandmas

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 70 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/70 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Dolly and us...Rosie O'Donnell...Gillian Anderson...Kristen Stewart...Amber Ruffin...history of butches on screen

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Dolly and us...Rosie O'Donnell...Gillian Anderson...Kristen Stewart...Amber Ruffin...history of butches on screen

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 69 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/69 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Subscribe at link. Do You DNF?...Brittney Griner...Rosie O'Donnell...Some Herstory...Some Dating & Sex Stuff...Angel Reese Barbie!

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 68 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/68 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT THE LINK. Who Came Out This Year...So Much Sapphic Sports...Movies...Herstory...Sarah Waters

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Who Came Out This Year...So Much Sapphic Sports...Movies...Herstory...Sarah Waters

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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Ein Angriff auf dich ist ein Angriff auf uns alle.

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 67 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/67 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT LINK! Mary Oliver...Lots of film updates...Lesbian Aunts...Lesbian Bratz Dolls...Roxane Gay's Next Chapter

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Mary Oliver...Lots of film updates...Lesbian Aunts...Lesbian Bratz Dolls...Roxane Gay's Next Chapter

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 66 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/66 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT LINK! AI warnings...Hayley Kiyoko...Robby Hoffman...Sapphic Spaces Everywhere...Did Cara and Amber?

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AI warnings...Hayley Kiyoko...Robby Hoffman...Sapphic Spaces Everywhere...Did Cara and Amber?

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 65 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/65 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Queer Pride and Knicks Pride...Cara Delevingne...Robby Hoffman...Sports stuff and sports drama...and yes, there's sex stuff

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Queer Pride and Knicks Pride...Cara Delevingne...Robby Hoffman...Sports stuff and sports drama...and yes, there's sex stuff

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

READING UPDATE Read: Running Home to You - Samantha Saldivar (5*) Dead Funny - Rudolph Herzog Girl's Girl - Sonia Feldman The Cove - Claire Rose Saturn Returning - Kim Narby Nymph - Sofia Montrone Here All Along - Sarah Hurwitz Currently Reading: Writings on Yiddish and Yiddishkayt by IB Singer

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 63 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/63 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT LINK. Lesbian Book Clubs...Curve Power List...Queer Moms...Marriage and Divorce...Who Recently Came Out?

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Lesbian Book Clubs...Curve Power List...Queer Moms...Marriage and Divorce...Who Recently Came Out?

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

READING UPDATE The Lost Girl of Craven County by Emily Matchar The Child at the Window by Gill Thompson The Calamity Club by Kathryn Stockett Girls Like Us by Jennifer Dugan This Is Why I Need You by Alecsandra Kakon Currently: Running Home to You by Samantha Saldivar Here All Along by Sarah Hurwitz

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

I have made the difficult decision to leave the GCLS board. I still believe in the power and importance of sapphic literature and the mission of celebrating it and making it more visible. I appreciate the time I have spent working to advance this mission and wish those remaining in GCLS the best.

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Golden Crown Literary Society @goldencrownls.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

AART with Cindy Rizzo! Love these Second Chance recommendations from our very own Director of Fundraising! #gcls2026 #aart #sapphicliterature

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

READING UPDATE Finished: Here Where We Live Is Our Country by Molly Crabapple I Hate You, Now Kiss Me by Kimberly Cooper Griffin People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn (audio) American Spirits by Anna Dorn Current Reading: The Lost Girl of Craven County by Emily Matchar

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 62 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/62 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE. SUBSCRIBE AT THE LINK! Lesbian Visibility Week!...Breakups and Weddings...Book bans...Comings Out...Know Our History/Herstory

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Lesbian Visibility Week!...Breakups and Weddings...Book bans...Comings Out...Know Our History/Herstory

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 61 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/61 Lesbian Visibility...Pride Flags...Hacks...Bridgerton...Louisa Jacobson...WNBA...The Dinah...Dating Help

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Lesbian Visibility...Pride Flags...Hacks...Bridgerton...Louisa Jacobson...WNBA...The Dinah...Dating Help

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

READING UPDATE Finished: The Wanderers by Daniela Gerson Styled for Show by Candi Tab Hurricane Lessons by Katrina Willis The Last Woman of Warsaw by Judy Battalion Reading: Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund by Molly Crabapple

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

READING UPDATE Finished: When We're Born We Forget Everything by Alicia Jo Rabins Finished: As Long As You Loathe Me by Swati Hegde Started: The Wanderers by Daniela Gerson

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 60 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/60 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Subscribe at the link. More AI scams...Brandi Carlile...Billie Eilish...Kristen Stewart...I Kissed A Girl...Barbara Smith...Anna Burke

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More AI scams...Brandi Carlile...Billie Eilish...Kristen Stewart...I Kissed A Girl...Barbara Smith...Anna Burke

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 60 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/60 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Subscribe at the link. More AI scams...Brandi Carlile...Billie Eilish...Kristen Stewart...I Kissed A Girl...Barbara Smith...Anna Burke

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More AI scams...Brandi Carlile...Billie Eilish...Kristen Stewart...I Kissed A Girl...Barbara Smith...Anna Burke

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

READING UPDATE Finished: The Water Women by Bonnie Blaylock Started: When We're Born We Forget Everything by Alicia Jo Rabins

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

READING UPDATE Finished: Nightshade: Hattie James Book 4 by Stacy Lynn Miller Started: The Water Women by Bonnie Blaylock

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

READING UPDATE Finished: Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave (5*) Reading: Nightshade (Hattie James book 4) by Stacy Lynn Miller

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 59 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/59 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT LINK! Audie Awards...Brandi Carlisle...Wanda Sykes...Bridgerton...Tons of Sapphic History for Women's History Month

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Audie Awards...Brandi Carlisle...Wanda Sykes...Bridgerton...Tons of Sapphic History for Women's History Month

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

READING UPDATE Finished: Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding (5*) Anderson in Bloom by Jennifer Dugan Starting: Almost Life by Kiran Millwood Hargrave

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 58 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/58 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT THE LINK. US Women's Hockey Team...Many Other Olympics Sapphic Stories...The Perils of Listening to an AI Bot...Romance Glossary

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US Women's Hockey Team...Many Other Olympics Sapphic Stories...The Perils of Listening to an AI Bot...Romance Glossary

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

VACATION READING UPDATE: Finished A Circle Outside by Linda Rosewood This Is Not About Us by Allegra Goodman On Both Sides of the Wall: A Resistance Fighter's Firsthand Account of the Warsaw Ghetto by Vladka Meed (5*) In Her Spotlight by Amy Spalding (5*) Started Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 57 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/57 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT LINK! Rainbow Flag removal...Wanda Sykes...Sapphic Olympiads...Amazing Minnesotans...Emily Dickinson

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Rainbow Flag removal...Wanda Sykes...Sapphic Olympiads...Amazing Minnesotans...Emily Dickinson

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Reading Update: Finished: Burn Down Master's House by Clay Cane (5*) Finished: Sign of the Cross by Sign of the Cross by Glenn Cooper Started: A Circle Outside by Linda Rosewood

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Reading Update: Finished: Freddie and Stella Got Hot by Maggie Horne (5*) Began: Burn Down Master's House by Clay Cane

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 56 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/56 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Subscribe at the link! Sapphic Olympics...Support for Minn...Tessa Thompson...Brittney Snow...Renee Rapp...Protection from AI

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Sapphic Olympics...Support for Minn...Tessa Thompson...Brittney Snow...Renee Rapp...Protection from AI

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

Reading Update: Finished - The Unwritten Rules of Magic by Harper Ross Starting - Freddie and Stella Got Hot by Maggie Horne

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Innocent Civilians Executed

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Reading Update: Finished: A Jewish Refugee in New York - Kadya Molodowsky One Aladdin Two Lamps - Jeanette Winterson Started: The Unwritten Rules of Magic - Harper Ross

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

This: "Aviezer said he particularly liked The Papercutter by Cindy Rizzo (Bella Books)." www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

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A Book Club Unites Jewish Queer Youth

A New York–based nonprofit is bringing together is using books to offer representation, reassurance, and connection to LGBTQ+ teens and young adults in search of a community that bridges their gender ...

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 55 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/55 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT THE LINK. Romance is Booming...Cynthia Erivo...Jodie Foster...Wanda Sykes...Mary Trump...and Tons of Sapphic Sports News

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Romance is Booming...Cynthia Erivo...Jodie Foster...Wanda Sykes...Mary Trump...and Tons of Sapphic Sports News

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Reading Update: Finished: Sheer by Vanessa Lawrence Starting: Once There Was A Town by Jane Ziegelman

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Reading Update: Finished: Benesh by Daniel Hock Starting: Sheer by Vanessa Lawrence

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 54 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/54 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT LINK! My Best Books of 2025 List...Looking Back at 2025 and Forward to 2026...Rachel Maddow...Kate Winslet...Sapphic Couple Launches

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My Best Books of 2025 List...Looking Back at 2025 and Forward to 2026...Rachel Maddow...Kate Winslet...Sapphic Couple Launches

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 53 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/53 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT THE LINK! Holiday Gift Ideas...Queer Year in Review...Sarah Paulson...Sapphic Families...Unearthing Our Herstory

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Holiday Gift Ideas...Queer Year in Review...Sarah Paulson...Sapphic Families...Unearthing Our Herstory

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 52 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/52 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! SUBSCRIBE AT THE LINK. Gift ideas...holiday films...Lonely Republican Lesbians...Sapphic Toys...Stud Budz...Cuffing Season...Miss England

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Gift ideas...holiday films...Lonely Republican Lesbians...Sapphic Toys...Stud Budz...Cuffing Season...Miss England

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 51 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/51 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Subscribe at the link! Author Beware...Character Voice...Tig Notaro...Sapphic Films for the Holidays...Claire Danes...Gay Sheep with Rainbow Wool

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Author Beware...Character Voice...Tig Notaro...Sapphic Films for the Holidays...Claire Danes...Gay Sheep with Rainbow Wool

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

We're almost 1/3 of the way to our $20,000 goal. Go to secure.givelively.org/donate/golde... and scroll down to the Leaderboard to donate to your favorite author or team.

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

Cindy Rizzo's Incredibly Useful Newsletter - Issue 50 cindyrizzo.curated.co/issues/50 NEW ISSUE IS LIVE! Subscribe at the link! Character Chemistry...Chappell Roan...Women's Week...Lesbian Lives...Tessa Thompson...Women's Pro Baseball

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Character Chemistry...Chappell Roan...Women's Week...Lesbian Lives...Tessa Thompson...Women's Pro Baseball

Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

We're almost 1/4 of the way there. Support our authors and GCLS. Go to secure.givelively.org/donate/golde... and scroll down to the Leaderboard.

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Support these authors and teams by going to: secure.givelively.org/donate/golde... and scrolling down to the Leaderboard.

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Cindy Rizzo @cindyrizzo.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

UPDATED LIST! Donate by going to secure.givelively.org/donate/golde... and scroll down to the Leaderboard

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