Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 26/09/2026😁🕷🕸 As a Charlotte, It is my duty to promote spiders everywhere #charlotteswebforever 010
Reposted by Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿Tasslyn - AKA Dr. Sasslyn @tasslyn.bsky.social · 21/06/2026 021
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Thank you @joannahowrites.bsky.social and @slj.com for this powerful piece, a mission statement for what so many #kidlit creatives labor for and why. 💜💜💜 www.slj.com/story/In-Def...slj.comIn Defense of the Didactic | SoapboxWe must broaden our definition of good children’s books. 030
Reposted by Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social · 10/06/202610 Authors Share Why They Write LGBTQ+ Literature pen.org/why-write-lgbtq-literature #PrideMonthpen.org10 Authors Share Why They Write LGBTQ+ LiteratureBooks about LGBTQ+ people are under attack. But there are countless reasons why these books should stay on shelves. 0364
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 11/06/2026@tasslyn.bsky.social is the secret hero getting us all through these awful times and fighting facism and censorship in the most loving, painstaking, and productive ways! Love this @slj.com article about her role in starting the #MahmoudvTaylor #SCOTUSBookClub ! 140
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 11/06/2026@slj.com article on the silver lining of #MahmoudvTaylor #lgbtqia #kidlit & bans. We get through this together 💜 @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @tasslyn.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social www.slj.com/story/Year-A...slj.comA Year After Supreme Court Decision, Kid Lit Creators are Buoyed by CommunityThe authors and illustrators of the books cited in Mahmoud v. Taylor have been a lifeline for each other in “heartbreaking” times. 0124
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 11/06/2026@mackidssl.bsky.social @fsgbooks.bsky.social 000
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 11/06/2026@slj.com article about #MahmoudvTaylor #lgbtqia #kidlit & bans. With 3 banning bills brewing, a vital read. @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social @tasslyn.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.swww.sl @andreabrownlit.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social www.slj.com/story/The-Ch...slj.comThe Chilling Effect of Supreme CourtWhile the Mahmoud v. Taylor ruling may have seemed narrow, the impact has been broad. 152
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 01/05/2026Final dog days in CO w my gal before total moving chaos... 020
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I'm definitely in the low and slow category for dosages. Fir ldn especially. One that seems to be helping me, too, is low dose rapamycin. I've been severe mecfs and have been moving around more since starting it at a super low dose So I was curious about gpl1 Thank you for sharing 010
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 18/04/2026My spouse and were wondering about signaling, too since w mecfs blood sugar is all over the place and I need regular small meals. I also wonder if it helps regulate that? And I definitely hear you about your hesitations. I'm glad you have made a decision that feels right for you 💜 best wishes! 010
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Curious, have any #mecfs #longcovid #dysautonomia #chronicillness #spoonie people tried these medications off label? Experiences? www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comOpinion | The Great American GLP-1 Experiment (Gift Article)Millions of Americans are experimenting with the drugs. Science can’t keep up. 231
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 01/02/2026MN children's letters to CBP/ ICE agents. The consistent theme I hear from my friends in MN share is how much this violence is traumatizing children. These children ask agents to be kind, empathetic, and respectful to everyone. And that poem...💜 www.nytimes.com/video/opinio...nytimes.comVideo: Opinion | Dear ICE: Letters From Students Living in FearICE took their classmate. They started writing letters. 020
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 31/01/2026More ways to help. Many mutual aide groups could especially use help right now with Feb. 1 rent coming due. Thank you! www.standwithminnesota.comstandwithminnesota.comStand With Minnesota Donation DirectoryStand With Minnesota is a hub for supporting, learning, and taking action to support Minnesotans impacted by ICE and federal enforcement. 010
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Keep contacting your reps. Demand an end to the human rights disaster inside (and connected to) detention centers. Demand that our govt. and CoreCivic be held responsible. And thank you to everyone doing all you can. So much love to everyone in the middle of this. www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...mprnews.orgInside the Dilley detention facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo-Ramos is being heldProtests took place this weekend at the detention center in Dilley, Texas, where a 5-year-old Columbia Heights boy and his father are being held. The two were detained by ICE in Minnesota last Friday. 110
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 28/01/2026lithub.com/letter-from-...lithub.comLetter From Minnesota: “If They Take Me and Leave the Children…”Today is Tuesday, January 27th, 2026. I got gas for the first time this year by myself. The gas station was mostly empty. I drove into the station, heart thudding in my chest. I did everything as f… 010
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 13/01/2026Please read this witness from beloved Minneapolis poet and #kidlit author #BaoPhi about the heart of our MN community, and the violence of ICE and those condoning hate and violence. time.com/7345628/anti...time.com 042
Reposted by Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿Picture Book Summit @picturebooksummit.bsky.social · 08/01/2026To start 2026, Julie's reading LOVE, VIOLET by @cswild.bsky.social, @charlenedraws.bsky.social & @fsgbooks.bsky.social! "I love the portrayal of a sweet & innocent childhood crush, & the courage Violet must muster to share her feelings." bookshop.org/a/11512... #amreading #kidlit #PBSummit #booksky 293
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Oh thank you for sharing this on a hard day! 💜💜💜 000
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 13/12/2025This whole program was so healing for the heart broken and raging at this time of violet injustice. You might remember @mariannbudde.bsky.social 's inauguration sermon that spoke truth to power. #Librarians and #booksellers, note the musical shout-out at 10:00! 💜 www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...youtube.comThe Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde - Courage is ContagiousYouTube video by westminstertownhall 000
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 13/12/2025RIGHT?????? How many of those different-sex couples are also queer?? You and I have experience with this... 010
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 13/12/2025@penamerica.bsky.social @authorsabb.bsky.social @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social 000
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 13/12/2025When #MahmoudvTaylor included #LoveViolet & 8 other #lgbtqia+ books, I knew SCOTUS would use this case to erase minority people at school. But to end vaccine protection in public schools? Which endangers vulnerable families like mine & children's lives? #kidlit charlotteswild.com/unexpected-r...charlotteswild.comUnexpected Ripples of Mahmoud v. Taylor (Vaccines?!) - Charlotte Sullivan WildI’ve been reeling. We are starting to discover the real-life implications of Mahmoud v. Taylor – the Supreme Court case on school opt-outs that named Love, Violet and eight other LGBTQ+ picture books.... 101
Reposted by Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿Sarah S. Brannen @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social · 10/12/2025I didn't want to like this because I hate it. I really, really hate it. Terrible isn't enough for what it is. (A city in Texas threatened to evict the public library from a city-owned building a few years back because they refused to take Uncle Bobby's Wedding off the shelf. Where are we??) 044
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Could #MahmoudvTaylor force educators to censor every reference to LGBTQ+ people, even in crowd illustrations, for some students? One dad thinks so. (Spoiler: That's not religious liberty. That's discrimination.) #kidlit #BooksNotBans @penamerica.bsky.social charlotteswild.com/lexington-la...charlotteswild.comLexington Lawsuit Pushes Mahmoud to the Extreme - But...There's HOPE - Charlotte Sullivan WildMahmoud v. Taylor in Action It’s happening again. A father in Lexington, Massachusetts is suing a school district for reading two picture books about families to his kindergarten-aged child. He cites ... 114
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 09/12/2025#MahmoudvTaylor may be used to dismantle vaccination protections in NY public schools, which make it safe for medically vulnerable children or those with vulnerable family members to attend public school. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/08/n...nytimes.comSupreme Court Questions N.Y. Ban on Religious Exemptions for Vaccines 011
Reposted by Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿Sarah S. Brannen @sarahsbrannen.bsky.social · 08/12/2025This has blindsided me. It had never occurred to me that SCOTUS would use the Uncle Bobby's Wedding case to remove basic health protections from the children in an entire state - and the entire country, eventually? I knew it would have drastic effects on schools and teachers, and it has. 175
Reposted by Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · 08/12/2025SCOTUS' LGBTQ books decision destabilized secular, public education by effectively giving religious parents a veto over curricula they dislike. I agree with @mtsw.bsky.social that this case could further harm public schools by making them unsafe for many children. The goal here is pretty clear. 639788
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 24/10/2025New Braunfels schools, by San Antonio, TX, closed their middle & HS libraries - a library-wide ban - to assess which books to remove under SB 13. See article for action steps. School board meets Nov. 10. Thanks for speaking out! #kidlit #bookbans @bookriot.bsky.social bookriot.com/new-braunfel...bookriot.comA Texas District Has Just Banned Students from Secondary School LibrariesIn order to ban books from its libraries, New Braunfels Independent School District has just closed its libraries to middle and high schoolers. 030
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 24/10/2025🥰💜 Thanks @isabellepopp.bsky.social and @bookriot.bsky.social for this great shout-out for #LoveViolet! So many gems on this list! @charlenedraws.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social #kidlit #lgbtqiakids #pridebooks bookriot.com/recent-award...bookriot.com8 of the Best Recent Award-Winning Picture BooksFrom the Caldecott to the Stonewall Book Award, these picture book awards will help you discover the best recently published picture books. 096
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 21/10/2025This library needs your support today! 700 books have been challenged. Please sign the petition and help @everylibrary.bsky.social fight for libraries in the United States. #bookbans #booksnotbans www.fightforthefirst.org/petitions/st... @everylibrary.bsky.socialfightforthefirst.orgStop the Book Bans & Demand Accountability from Lamar CISDLamar CISD has quietly banned over 700 books — including The Paper Bag Princess, Pinkalicious, The House on Mango Street, The Glass Menagerie, The Bluest Eye, and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. ... 021
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Here's how I met Plymouth Congregational Church, which supported me personally (see below!), 2LGBTQIA+ and marginalized people generally, and reading freedom boldly during #MahmoudvTaylor. Organized religion is complicated for me, but I found love among these people. That gives me hope! 021
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 19/10/2025🥰💜🥰 We really couldn't have gotten through #Mahmoudvtaylor as we did without you! You and our community really are the amazing gift of these times! xoxo 020
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 19/10/2025📚 We also honored our departed friend Jack Pearson, who was a loving ally, at great personal cost. We love you forever, dearest Jack! Learn more about his music and life here: www.jackpearson.org/bio/jackpearson.orgJack Pearson: Musician and Storyteller 030
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 19/10/2025💜 With Plymouth's gift, we chose to honor @tasslyn.bsky.social, who gave strength, wisdom, and encouragement to the authors/ illustrators named in Mahmoud. She supports students, educators, creators, & community members resisting #bookbans every day. We love you, Tass! tasslynmagnusson.comtasslynmagnusson.comHome - Tasslyn MagnussonI’m a writer, a poet, a reader, a mom, and a bunch of other exciting things. These pages are devoted to my love of writing, especially writing for kids and my adventures in poetry. 240
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 19/10/2025🌈 My family selected these organizations to receive the 2k the Plymouth community raised. They do important work and could use your support, too. #RainbowRailroad #ThriveYouthCenter @thetrevorproject.bsky.social @lambdalegal.org #MadisonReadingProject @weneeddiversebooks.bsky.social 140
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 19/10/2025🌈💜📚 This is beautiful: In response to #MahmoudvTaylor, Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis not only purchased 100 copies of #LOVEVIOLET to donate, but raised 2k for #LGBTQIA+ causes! charlotteswild.com/plymouth-con... #kidlit #bookbans @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.socialcharlotteswild.comPlymouth Congregational Church Supports Reading Freedom! - Charlotte Sullivan WildHere’s a story of love, a story about people of faith doing the opposite of banning books. *** This year, my picture book Love, Violet became embroiled in the Supreme Court case Mahmoud v. Taylor. Rel... 181
Reposted by Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿Macmillan Children's School & Library Marketing @mackidssl.bsky.social · 08/10/2025We believe that every person, of every age, of every race, of every gender, no matter who they love, or where they live, should have access to books that reflect and expand their worldview. #UniteAgainstBookBans #BannedBooksWeek 210745
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 08/10/2025What a great chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social & #GigiHoward of @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social & @everylibrary.bsky.social ! YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX... Event Schedule: www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary... #kidlit #lgbtqiakids @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social 020
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Thank you for sharing this, friend! 🌈💜📚 I'm also thankful to @everylibrary.bsky.social and Gigi Howard of @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social for this great conversation with @katherinelocke.bsky.social & me! www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX... #kidlit #BannedBooksWeek #BooksNotBans #FReadom #lgbtqiayoutube.comFinding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine LockeYouTube video by EveryLibrary 031
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 08/10/2025@mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social 000
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 08/10/2025What a great conversation with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward of @drinksinthelibrary.bsky.social about the power of LGBTQIA+ picture books! Thanks to @everylibrary.bsky.social for hosting! #kidlit YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX... Facebook: www.facebook.com/events/11842...youtube.comFinding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine LockeYouTube video by EveryLibrary 163
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 04/10/2025I can't wait for this FREE conversation with my SCOTUS Book Club pal @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward of Drinks in the Library! Oct. 7 @ 7PM Eastern www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVTX... * @everylibrary.bsky.social @mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.socialyoutube.comFinding Your Voice: Friendship, Love, and Identity with Charlotte Sullivan Wild and Katherine LockeYouTube video by EveryLibrary 024
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 04/10/2025@mackidssl.bsky.social @mackidsbooks.bsky.social @andreabrownlit.bsky.social 000
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Check out @everylibrary.bsky.social's week of FREE events for #BannedBooksWeek! I chat with @katherinelocke.bsky.social and #GigiHoward on Tues. 7 PM Eastern. Here's to #FReadom #BooksNotBans #kidlit #lgbtqkidlit Sign up here: www.everylibrary.org/everylibrary...everylibrary.orgEveryLibrary Live! Banned Books 2025 CalendarJoin EveryLibrary Live! for Banned Books Week Fest 2025, a free online celebration featuring 25+ authors, editors, and advocates in bold conversations about storytelling, censorship, and the freedom t... 133
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 16/09/2025open.substack.com/pub/cameront...open.substack.comMartyrs, Myths, and Moral ClarityA Meditation by Rev. Cameron Trimble 010
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Ira Wells' powerful response to book banning efforts in CA lays bare the true aim: to erase and degrade anyone of a marginalized identity. I appreciate this clarity that applies to so much banning. #booksnotbans #kidlit #FReadom #readingliberty @pencanada.bsky.social @penamerica.bsky.social 010
Charlotte Sullivan Wild (she) 🏳️🌈♿ @cswild.bsky.social · 25/08/2025I love this. Your efforts clearly worked. The mood and spirit of the story moves through every page 💜🥰 010