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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

I just finished @madelineclaire.bsky.social THE WILDERNESS OF GIRLS A& am so excited to see her EHS next month! Read it if you also like the vibes of: 🐝 Yellowjackets 🚗 My So-Called Life And are interested in 🐺 girls rage ⛰️Cults 🪄questions of magic & memory

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Any stitchers at #ncte25 come see me & Shelby Boehm at 1:00 today and get a bookmark pattern

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

I am SO EXCITED to read the final Witchlands book and thankful Susan Dennard has this before I dive in

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Today my gaybor and I accidentally matched on campus 🎉🏳️‍⚧️

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Kyle Lukoff @kylelukoff.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Happy pub day to my 19th book, ARE YOU A FRIEND OF DOROTHY, ill. Levi Hastings. It's about the distant past when queer people came up with creative ways to talk about and express ourselves in order to avoid street violence and state surveillance. May it become irrelevant speedily and within our days

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Pride Puppy is a fabulous book! I read it to my kids kindergarten class because it is 100% appropriate for that age & they (& the teacher, & principal) loved it!

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Talking about preparing future ELA teachers to deal with book challenges at #aera25 today

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Vivian Jenna Wilson @thevivllainous.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

I’m not saying someone’s so pressed I was on the cover of Teen Vogue that they started posting a bunch of misinformation about trans ppl- no wait, I am. I am saying that

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

One of many examples of why it’s a terrifying and infuriating time to be in teacher education. In related news who outside of the US wants to hire me?

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Need some pro-trans anti 🍊🍕💩art? You can order one here! 🏳️‍⚧️🐭🪡🎉 gayborhoodstitches.etsy.com/listing/1886...

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

I made this last weekend in response to 🍊🍕💩recent remarks. 🐭🪡🏳️‍⚧️ if anyone wants the pattern DM me your email address #crossstitch #transmice #transrights

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Harper B. Keenan @harperkeenan.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

When I moved to Canada from the U.S., I took it for granted that I could get back relatively easily. Because I'm trans, Trump is making it more difficult to see my friends and family. Please take 10 minutes to speak out against his anti-trans passport policy here: transequality.org/news/freedom...

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FREEDOM TO FLY: Take Action to Protect Trans Passport Access | A4TE

The U.S. Department of State has opened public comment periods on three important passport applications, and we must flood all three with our opposition to anti-trans changes before it's too late.

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Any educators or education students need a summer course? Registration now open! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🎉

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

My latest cross stitch- doily found at a local 2nd hand craft store

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HawksMathaMagic @phonisha.blacksky.app · 03/02/2025

ICYMI 28 republicans introduced HR 899 to eliminate the Dept of Ed on 01.31.2025 #BlackEduSky #EduSky #iteach Staying informed www.congress.gov/bill/119th-c...

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

@ncte.org why is @hcodymiller.bsky.social post about censorship and project 2025 missing from the website? Thanks to @wargojon.bsky.social for the heads up

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Trying snow dying fabric today. When the revolution needs a crafter, I am ready to report for duty! #crossstitch #fabricdying #crafting #trumpacolypse

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 30/01/2025

Montgomery County Public Schools comes out and tells Trump to pound sand with his EO telling schools that they have to discriminate against transgender students. This is how you refuse to comply.

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taenia @taenia.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

I started cross-stitching because I wanted something tangible to hold my feelings. These are the first two things I made. While I'm sort of terrified to look at the backs, seeing them is still a ward against despair. Watership Down pattern is self-drafted; frog pattern is from Shitpost Sampler.

A cross stitch on white aida. Two stylized brown rabbits are in the center of the piece, surrounded by the text "if they catch you they will kill you, but first they must catch you." A stylized border of red target shapes surrounds the text.

A cross stitch of a dart frog surrounded by the text "the world might be full of despair and broken promises but it is also full of brightly colored poisonous frogs." There is a stylized green border at the top and bottom.

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Some of my latest #stitchtherapy is test stitching my Camels Hump pattern, to be gifted to my work wife. #crossstitch #vermont #stabituntilyoufeelbetter

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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

It is simply not enough for universities to say, “Our grants & research offices are looking into how research will be affected by the latest directive.” University leaders must actively and very publicly make the case for the kind of work many of us do. The silence on this front is deafening.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/01/2025

i think it is important to say that the open and explicit racism of the president and the vice president isn’t just uncouth or “controversial” but a direct attack on tens of millions of americans and a dereliction of their duty to represent the entire country

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Current or future birth-12 educators, in need of a summer course? Take my asynch online Queer Studies in Education course. Create practical materials informed by queer theory! I had a blast teaching it last summer, join me!

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Who else was doing a vibe check with other parents at school drop off today?

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Amy Norgard @amynorgard.bsky.social · 14/04/2024

Treksky AncientBluesky ClassicsBluesky

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Alex Shevrin Venet @asv.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

In a couple weeks - join me for my pay-what-you-can webinar series! I'm doing a two-parter on student dysregulation. This is especially for you if you usually side-eye a lot of the resources on self-regulation 👀 buytickets.at/unconditiona...

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Buy tickets – Unconditional Learning

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Malinda Lo @malindalo.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

A case about LGBTQ books has made it to the Supreme Court.

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Used my DMC thread card to find a color that goes with my kitties for this little stitch. Pattern by Uncanny Kari & Dees 20 stitches

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Any other Heretic fans? Framed my piece and am loving the oval hoop look! Pattern in my Etsy shop gayborhoodstitches.etsy.com

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Bryan Stevenson talks about the “power of proximity” & the need for education policy makers to be close to the communities they serve #ncte24

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Ready to talk about teacher Ed and LGBTQ+ YA advocacy at #ncte24

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Ready for #ncte24! I haven’t packed yet but I did make these earrings and packed up my 4 cross stitch projects to bring with 🤣🎉🏳️‍🌈🧵📚

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Jung (정) “Average Asian” @jungkim.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Alright #NCTE24 fam, come out and see this amazing panel about AsianAm stories and silences in families, books, and classrooms. It's gonna be #AsianAmAf and amazing. No promises there won't be tears... @mikejungwroteabook.bsky.social @andreaywang.bsky.social @glassesgal.bsky.social

Flyer including books Pashmina, The Boys in the Back Row, Watercress, and My Father, the Panda Killer. Advertising for an NCTE session on Friday @ 3:30 called "Restorying Silences & Restorying Ourselves"

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dillo saint dillo @dillo.media · 10/12/2023

just learned the Swahili word "shagalabagala" which roughly means "chaos as usual". such a great mouthfeel on that mf

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I’m loving that all the amazing educators I followed on Twitter are here! Did the YA Authors on Twitter join too? Is there a starter pack? Help me I’m new 🎉🤣

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Excited to have a chapter in this book! What a gorgeous cover 😍🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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LGBTQ+ Legislation Alerts @legialerts.org · 15/11/2024

🚨ALERT NEW BILL 🚨 ------------------------ 📜Bill: Texas HB995 📑Title: Relating to defenses to prosecution for certain criminal offenses involving material or conduct that may be obscene or is otherwise harmful to children. 🏷️Bill Type: Book Ban 🏛Status: Filed

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

I got to be the Mystery Guest in my kids kindergarten class. Pride Puppy is a fave in our house. It’s an ABC book with a plot, great rhymes, a finding game element, and gorgeous illustrations. The best comment was “Did you know a straight line is another word for the letter L?” 🤣

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Summer Pennell (she/her) @summerpennell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Current vibes. Pattern by Screaming Heart Cross stitch. Thread is Equinox by Pirate + Robin

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