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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 31/01/2026

When you are celebrating your friend’s breast reduction but also f* ice

Two cupcakes decorated to look like breasts and more cupcakes in the background that say fuck ICE in frosting

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 23/12/2025

Wishing everyone except the N*zis a magical, safe, warm holiday.

Street art of a nativity scene with ICE agents raiding the holy family

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 24/11/2025

What about bathrobes, specifically this one

Still from the movie One Battle After Another showing Leonardo DiCaprio in plaid bathrobe

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 13/10/2025

If you are looking for a fun read this Indigenous People’s Day, try an alternate history where Atahualpa discovers Europe. My nerdy little Peruvian heart was continuously delighted reading Civilizations, then I got mad when it ended.

Book cover of Civilizations by Laurent Binet, red background with a graphic of a black ship

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 21/09/2025

Lately, instead of counting 25 seconds for my daily plank and V sit I’ve been reciting Snyder’s lessons on Tyranny. Trying to get to where I can do 10 in the morning at 10 at night.

Book cover of Timothy Snyder’s book On Tyranny (the graphic novel version)

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 19/09/2025

I want more Maria Ressa content! Listening to those who have lived through this (and the worse that follows) feels like sanity. I’m glad I’m not the only one, even if I have to wait!

Libby screenshot with the book cover of How to Stand Up to a Dictator by Maria Ressa showing a 5 week hold

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 09/04/2025

My son made himself dinner and now we have to file for bankruptcy.

A plate with sausage, chicken, avocado and five, I repeat, FIVE eggs

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 04/04/2025

The Ohio House has proposed eliminating The Public Library Fund (20% of the @columbuslibrary.bsky.social budget, and higher in other library systems.) OH libraries would lose $100 million. Remaining funds would be tied to materials restrictions, like removing any LGBTQ+ content from Childrens areas.

Graphic over a photo of the Columbus Main Library that reads: SAVE OUR LIBRARY. Ohio libraries face an unprecedented threat. The Ohio House has proposed eliminating the Public Library Fund, reducing funding to Ohio libraries by $100 million and restricting access to LGBTQ+ books.

Graphic that reads: ACT NOW: Call or email your representative and Speaker Matt Huffman by APRIL 8.
Tell the Ohio House:

Don’t cut my library’s funding.
Restore the Public Library Fund to 1.75% of the General Revenue.
Let local communities determine how their library is run.

Speaker Matt Huffman:
rep78@ohiohouse.gov
614-466-6344

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 03/04/2025

Me this morning trying to call everyone on the Ohio Finance Committee before the 10am vote despite only getting 3 hrs sleep thanks to the ridiculous thunder and also the state of the world.

Woman drinking coffee wearing a “Militant Librarian” shirt

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 23/03/2025

So great to have @scalzi.com and @maryrobinettekowal.com at the @columbuslibrary.bsky.social today! My favorite bit was the answer to this question: how do you write about something you don’t know? Scalzi: as a straight white man, I make shit up. Kowal: As a woman, I also need it to be correct. 😂

Authors Mary Robinette Kowal and John Scalzi seated on stage

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 15/03/2025

My son cooked and my husband delivered. I’m living the dream.

A container with pasta and Brussels sprouts next to a laptop and a beer.

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 12/03/2025

Every now and then I start reading a book that is so good that I get mad no one told me about it sooner, so here, I’m doing you all a favor and telling you to go read @megiddings.bsky.social The Women Could Fly

Book cover of The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 28/02/2025

Today is a good day to visit your ALWAYS FREE local library!

Big red bunny with text
ECONOMIC BOYCOTT
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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 21/01/2025

Nothing about my online activity would suggest that these are accounts I would want to follow. Meta is so fully in their pocket.

Instagram screenshot suggesting follows of Melanie Trump and VP Vance

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 11/01/2025

Oh boy, now I have Mr. Middle Name Keanu. My ego just keeps swelling.

A screenshot of Bluesky notifications that says Keanu Charles Reeves has followed you.

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 10/01/2025

timesofsandiego.com/crime/2025/0... This article about disinformation capitalizing on the fear and insecurity around the wildfires is excellent.

Text from article:
•If you find yourself becoming very frightened or angry by a narrative that seems to play on existing biases, such as unexamined racism or misogyny, check your sources; it is very likely that you are being emotionally manipulated into accepting a lie
•Question your own biases when something presented without proof “feels” legitimate
Write down things that you want to remember; don’t rely on random online sources
•Remember when a public figure has made claims in bad faith in the past, and use that as a guide to their present and future behavior

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 06/01/2025

YESSS!!! Now I know Bluesky has arrived.😂😂😂

Screenshot with Bluesky notification that reads “Keanu Reeves has followed you”

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 08/12/2024

We are gearing up for year 3 and I cannot wait! Here is a peak at @veronicaroth.bsky.social ‘s headliner session from 2024 in conversation with @scalzi.com. I love everything about this weekend. Save the date for July 12-13, 2025!

Authors Veronica Roth and John Scalzi speaking to crowd of people with a screen behind them that says “Columbus Book Festival, Celebrating a Community of Book Lovers”

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 02/12/2024

I have to admit that I have been very worried about how my books will make it out there, especially in a few particular states. So THANK YOU Texas librarians for choosing Tethered To Other Stars, my story about community action and immigrant justice, for your state list!!! I’m SO thrilled.🥹

A graphic titled “2025 Lone Star Reading List” with book covers for the following authors’ books:
Allen, Crystal – Between Two Brothers
Baptiste, Tracey – Boy 2.0
Bishop, Jenn – Free Throws, Friendship, and Other Things We Fouled Up
Boyce, Kristy – Dungeons and Drama
Choldenko, Gennifer – The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman
Cuevas, Adrianna – The No Brainer’s Guide to Decomposition
Currie, Lindsay – Mystery of Locked Rooms
Davidhizar, Megan – Silent Sister
Fagan, Deva – A Game of Noctis
Faruqi, Saadia – The Partition Project
Leahy, Elisa – Stone Tethered to Other Stars
Levy, Dana – Not Another Banned Book
Lezotte, Ann Clare – Deer Run Home
Llewellyn, Tom – The Five Impossible Tasks of Eden Smith
Marsh, Katherine – Medusa: The Myth of Monsters
Mejia, Tehlor Kay – It Happened to Anna
Polonsky, Ami – World Made of Glass
Reintgen, Scott – The Last Dragon on Mars
Safadi, Shifa Saltagi – Kareem Between
Salazar, Aida – Ultraviolet
Schu, John – Louder Than Hunger
Sepetys, Ruta & Sheinkin, Steve – The Bletchley Riddle
Suk, Sarah – The Space Between Here and Now
Terese, Ali – Free Period
Williams, Alicia – Mid-Air
Winans, Justine Pucella – The Otherwoods
Winston, Sherrie – Shark Teeth

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 18/11/2024

Post a picture of yourself to show the newbies what they’re dealing with. (Columbus Book Festival thunderstorm ‘24)

Rain-soaked yet smiling white woman giving a thumbs up while pulling a wagon through a park full of festival tents in the rain.

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 17/11/2024

Can’t wait to meet a whole bunch of you at #NCTE next week!

Ad for a panel at the National Council of Teachers of English, Teaching with Heart, Hope, and Humanity
Literature as a Tool for Conflict Resolution and Problem Solving
8:15am, Saturday November 23

Headshots and book covers for:

Efren Divided by Ernesto Cisneros
Falling Short by Ernesto Cisneros

Tethered to Other Stars by Elisa Stone Leahy
Mallory in Full Color by Elisa Stone Leahy

The Winterton Deception 1: Final Word by Janet Sumner Johnson
The Winterton Deception 2: Fault Lines by Janet Sumner Johnson

Looking for True, by Tricia Springstubb
How to Tell a True Story, by Tricia Springstubb (April 2025)

Free Throws, Friendship, and Other Things We Fouled Up by Jenn Bishop
Where We Used to Roam by Jenn Bishop

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 17/11/2024

Let’s see some pics of dogs with ALT TEXT, throw ‘em up folks, friends and fam!

Picture of a dog standing on the sidewalk on a fall day with a glowing sun beginning to set through the leaves behind her. She is a straight-haired, creamy white labradoodle with a wavy beard, a pink harness and black leash. She is looking at the camera with a wise expression.

Same dog with Autumn sunset, but here she is raising her face to the sky, eyes half-closed as though pondering deep secrets of the universe. If she had fingers, she would be stroking her beard pensively.

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 15/11/2024

My very queer book about a social chameleon, her people-pleasing web of lies, her new enby crush, some quirky comic club library nerds, their drag queen storytime, her chaotic twin brothers and her secret sci-fi webcomic about a cyborg revolutionary comes out in 4 days! 💙📚 Please show Mal some 💕🦾🌈

A colorful book titled MALLORY IN FULL COLOR, with quotes from reviews. “Compassionate and Imaginative” (Publishers Weekly) “There’s a lot to love here” (BCCB starred review) “A must read for young readers” (SLJ starred review) “A sincere cautionary tale” (Kirkus Reviews) Several comic characters surround the reviews- an adorable two-headed alien cat, a cyborg girl, and two robots.

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 15/11/2024

This is Kya, the scruffiest, sheddingest labradoodle in history.

White dog with a scruffy beard looking out the window

Woman with a drink sitting in yard with her white dog next to her.

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 14/11/2024

Hi, new friends! I’m a queer author from Peru, living in Columbus, Ohio, working at the library (check out our book festival in July!). I also dabble in immigration activism and random messy art projects, have kids cooler than me and a scruffy dog who keeps me vacuuming nonstop. My claim to fame is-

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 14/11/2024

Not sure how things work over here but I need more dogs in my feed so here is my algorithm offering: This is my scruffy, bearded pup who sheds more than a wooly mammoth in springtime. Her name is Kya.

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 14/11/2024

I also like this one. Are the altnationalparks guys on here yet?

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Elisa Stone Leahy @elisastoneleahy.com · 14/11/2024

Hi! I’m a Peruvian American queer author with a new book coming out on 11/19 with QuillTree,HarperCollins! “A tween girl who works to please others searches for her true identity when her anonymous webcomic goes viral in this spirited middle-grade story about the multitudinous splendor of the self.”

Teen holds a colorful book with the title Mallory in Full Color

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