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Todo bueno @wordsmith12.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

When professional learning is more fun than it is work! A session with @heymrsbond.com and @sheathescholar.bsky.social that was not to be missed.

@Sheathescholar and @heymrsbond at NCTE Denver

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Christina Torres Cawdery @biblio-phile.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

They say, “Don’t meet your heroes,” but when these are your heroes, I 10/10 recommend it. Thank you, #NCTE25, for this amazing experience. It was the inspirational, chaotic, course-correct (😆) that I deeply needed. 💕💕💕 @lyricalswordz.bsky.social @sheathescholar.bsky.social @heymrsbond.com

A group of four individuals, consisting of one man and three women, is shown standing together in what appears to be a large indoor public space, possibly a convention center or lobby. They are all looking towards the camera with pleasant expressions. Each person is wearing a lanyard around their neck. The man on the left is dressed in a grey long-sleeved top and dark pants. The woman next to him is wearing a blue jacket over a light-colored top and jeans. The third individual, a woman, is wearing a cap, glasses, a patterned shirt, and light-colored pants. The woman on the far right is dressed in a white collared shirt, an orange vest, and dark trousers. The background includes patterned carpeting, an escalator, and visible architectural elements of a large building.

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Phoenix Calida @phoenixcalida.latinsky.app · 24/12/2024

But I keep being told that I'm overreacting when I say anti blackness and transphobia are related, and Black cis women are routinely denied womanhood due to white supremacy being "born a real woman" doesn't protect Black women.

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

In moments of potential despair, I often look back at LGBTQ activists, communities, and educators before me. @sheathescholar.bsky.social and I wrote about being positioned as ~*~queer elders~*~ in our work with LGBTQ youth, specifically reading about ACT UP: publicationsncte.org/content/jour....

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Like a Love/Hate Story: Reckoning with Adultism and Youth Critique in Intergenerational LGBTQ+ Literacy Spaces | ncte.org

Reflecting on their facilitation of an online book club for LGBTQ+ youth, the authors discuss the importance of teaching queer histories, making space for youth critique, and following the lead of LGB...

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Heather L @heatherl.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

I’ve said it before but @sheathescholar.bsky.social is a master at facilitating writing. From the materials they share, to the prompts they use…an absolute master. 🔥🔥🔥

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I do not have any coping mechanisms for the next four years. I am all tapped out.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

At Furious Flower 2014, Nikki Giovanni joked that she was pissed at Maya Angelou for dying so soon because Jay Z had just sent Maya some fancy liquor and they were supposed to share it. I’ll never forget that lesson on the complexities of love, grief, and humor. Forever grateful. 🖤

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

lol so many liberal white women are talking about how much they resonate with Elphaba in the “Defying Gravity” scene. um…who’s gonna tell them?

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

“It is hard to have hope in the trickle-down rewards for Black trans youth in a fight for trans whites/rights.” The Supreme Court is currently hearing a case on gender-affirming care for trans youth. May we win — in the Blackest, most liberatory way. scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jqtsie/vol1/...

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

we’ve got a lot to catch up on. like in July, I published this theoretical meditation in the Journal of Queer and Trans Studies in Education on the impossibility of Black trans safety, recognition, and futurity within our U.S. K-12 educational landscape. scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jqtsie/vol1/...

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

last update: there’s only 2 spots left for this winter’s workshop and I cannot wait to write in community with so many amazing educators!

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

last night, I told someone “I think I am a red state person…” which is to say I am wholly invested in rethinking what we mean when we describe places as “unlivable” and “impossible” for folks like me. It is also to say that I am committed to dreaming and fighting for what has always been ours.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

As a person who’s spent most of the last decade in red states, I know the only way we’ll get through the next four years (and beyond) is by intentionally investing in community and care-filled organizing. And not that fake stuff either — like real, ride-or-die, “no matter what” community care.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

I spent the last few days at LRA 2024 and I left feeling so incredibly grateful — particularly for the BIPOC scholars and teachers who are thinking, talking, and writing alongside me in this work.

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Trans students deserve so much better than this Supreme Court.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

an update: applications have been open for ~ 1 day AND half the spots are already taken for this year's workshop. if you're thinking about it, just leap. we'll be there to catch ya with open arms, great writing prompts, and the best music.

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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

From my colleague Chase Strangio: "My presence at the Court as a transgender lawyer will have been possible because I have had access to the very medical treatment at the center of the case. Though some doubt the lifesaving properties of this care, I know them personally. And so do my clients."

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Opinion | The Supreme Court’s Trans Health Care Case Is About Normal Things That Make a Big Difference (Gift Article)

Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for transgender adolescents has personal implications.

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Annie Tan @annietan.com · 03/12/2024

If I didn't have plans for much of this time period I would be in on it as I've been multiple iterations. shea is amazing, and so is the community! <3

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Heather Silva (she/her) @shrubofmanyhues.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I cannot recommend this workshop enough. I would be joining myself if I wasn’t gonna be laid up from surgery. Give yourself the gift of shea and their brilliance this season 💜

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

also, hey. how's it going? you hanging in there? i'm glad you're in this world today.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

each winter for the past 3 years, I've offered this personal writing workshop for educators needing a space for processing, healing, and community. applications for this winter are open now. come write and heal with us, fam. 💜 bit.ly/trulylight

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I'm beyond honored and grateful to have received the #NCTE2024 National Intellectual Freedom Award this year! I'm thankful to be in coalition with so many awesome educators (including @sheathescholar.bsky.social and @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social here) fighting book banning and fascism!

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Carrie Mattern @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Proud of the heart work @sheathescholar.bsky.social @hcodymiller.bsky.social & I shared at #ncte. In Feb. I told shea I don’t think I’m ready for this but they believed in me, in us, & in our work. Plus Cody’s infectious laugh always helps even w/the beast of a topic that is grief & shoutout Hanif!

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I couldn’t think of a better way to close out my Saturday than talking about reading/teaching Black YA speculative fiction, mapping, and freedom-dreaming with these brilliant and inspiring scholar-educators. 💜 @ebonyteach.bsky.social, @srtoliver.bsky.social, @thekinglamar.bsky.social

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Ashley Cooper @ashleycooper.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This Trans Day of Remembrance, the only message I have is: It's not enough to remember us, you need to support us while we're still here.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I bet all the NCTE folks who were looking down at Ohio last year will be missing those Ohio prices this year.

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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 20/11/2024

Inclusion of this group at #NCTE24 is dangerous for Palestinian presenters and a lot of Black presenters and attendees whose valid criticisms of Israel are labeled hateful. Yikes. Consider researching and signing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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The National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE) should not platform hateful, anti-Palestinian organizations that target educators!

Note: This petition is being put together by teachers and authors who are participating at the 2024 NCTE convention in Boston. We have tried unsuccessfully to persuade NCTE to revoke their platforming...

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This week I’m headed to #NCTE24 to spend time thinking about what it means to read, read, teach, survive, and dream in this moment. I can’t wait to be in community with some of my favorite people. See you there, fam. ❤️

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I guess all the cool kids are on blue sky for good now — and also the nerds like me, too.

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Cody Miller @hcodymiller.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

For #NCTE2024, @sheathescholar.bsky.social, @thoughtsthatcarrie.bsky.social and I will be talking, processing, & grieving the last few weeks. Well discuss the hard, important work of building and embodying hope. And books! Please join us if you'd like on Friday from 9:30-10:45 in Room 157B. 💜

Title slide for the presentation, "Literacies for Broken Hearts: Grieving, Organizing, and Surviving while Reading and Teaching the World." A broken heart image is in the center of the slide. The background is black. The title of the presentation is written in white text.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

"whenever I find myself in a pit of guilt and despair...I make a list of the things I do, the people with whom I am in community, and the moments of tenderness, reckoning, and dreaming I've experienced in between reading and writing..."

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

last night my wife said, "I feel like every time you hit one deadline, another appears." so yeah – maybe academia is just a never-ending magic trick.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

by this time next week, hopefully i'll be a doctoral candidate.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 04/01/2024

kicking off 2024 with @harperkeenan.bsky.social's lecture at the QualLab! thursday, january 18th noon ET registration is open now!

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

for the past few years, I've been leading writing workshops for educators to help us process our journeys, connect, and heal. this winter, i'm doing another "light" one with a deep focus on healing through composition. saturdays starting 12/16 more here: bit.ly/YTlight

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Will I see you at NCTE next week? I sure hope so.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Jezebel’s gone. Bitch Media is gone. Autostraddle sold to a VC-backed binder company. What do we have left?

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Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

The EdResearch for Action Writers Fellowship program aims to help ed researchers whose work has strong potential for impact in the field to better communicate their research to a policymaker and practitioner audience. Applications due 12/1... please share! edresearchforaction.com/wp-content/u...

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

I know NCTE23 is happening soon and we’re all excited to present and enjoy my “home” of Columbus but if you’re doing a land acknowledgement, talking about land being colonized, and don’t mention Gaza… ….what are you even doing?

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 06/11/2023

tonight was the last gathering of a pilot study I did with queer and trans educators of color. we made vision boards using Slow Factory’s calling/roles charts. here’s mine. what a beautiful way to ground myself in a moment of such grief, turmoil, and injustice.

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shea wesley martin @sheathescholar.bsky.social · 10/10/2023

hi blue skies. i’m back. how are you?

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Aeriale N. Johnson @kinderbender.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Thankful to have had the opportunity to feature children’s books that center Blackness by Black authors in the most recent issue of NCTE’s Language Arts. . . 📚🖤

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