Reposted by K.J. ✨Zora Neale Hurtin’ 📚🔮✨ @alexaesperanzaa.bsky.social · 09/02/2026Me: literally not a trace of puerto rican ancestry Me tonight: 🇵🇷 128254
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 07/02/2026All I want is for someone to love my writing and to wiggle their toes when they learn I am releasing something. ✨️ 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 01/02/2026I used the mississippi pot roast recipe with some chicken thighs and these kids tore it up. 🫢 110
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 30/01/2026Some of my fellow mississippians are not grasping the correlation between the poor response to this ice storm and the current administration. 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 28/01/2026I want to share some of what I've posted to my substack. It's Black. It's lesbian. It's southern. There's probably a vampire in there too. #shortstory #writer #blackwritersopen.substack.comRoses BloomA father missing. A daughter framed and exonerated in the gruesome death of her mother. A brother that disowns them all. A 247-year-old pact is broken, and a price is to be paid in full. (part one) 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 27/01/2026I read 75 pages in one sitting and I'm enjoying this book more than the first. Verity has more substance to her than Aphrodite and oddly enough, I see more of Hathor than through the lens of her own older sister. #reading 020
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Now how the hell am I supposed to get this thick ass ice off my windshield. I wasn't built for these conditions. 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 25/01/2026In the time I've been away, I've committed myself to writing more and posting it on my substack. Even if no one reads it, I've enjoyed the privilege of releasing the worlds in my head. 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 25/01/2026After a 500 year hiatus in which BlueSky was blocked in my state, I had to verify my age to log back in. 🤪 001
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 31/03/2025 I feel like at my core I’m just an angry lesbian and that’s okay. 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 23/03/2025This book has been sitting on my TBR for a little over a year. I don’t remember was spurred me to move it up on the list but I’m glad I did. I truly enjoyed her style of writing and I felt like I walked away with greater insight. #isabelcanas #vampiresofelnorte #booksky 050
Reposted by K.J. ✨Siri // 🥀🐺 @sirivplouff.bsky.social · 17/03/2025Chappell Roan really said “strap in and strap on summer 2k25” 3724
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 08/03/2025In the last week, two FB groups I’ve been in have allowed users to post misinformation and offensive rage bait and in both groups, commenters challenging the posts are the ones banned because they aren’t being “nice”. Say what? 000
Reposted by K.J. ✨Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 08/03/2025A doctor has been serving one of Baltimore’s poorest neighborhoods for decades — and if his patients can’t pay, that’s OK with him. So when he was diagnosed with cancer, his community rallied to raise $100,000 for his treatments.cbsnews.comFor decades, a doctor refused to charge patients who couldn't pay. When he couldn't pay, his patients came to his aid.When Dr. Michael Zollicoffer was diagnosed with two types of cancer, his patients started a crowdfunding campaign that raised more than $100,000. 513222274687
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 05/03/2025I bit the bullet and bought myself a laptop because trying to write my book in a room with my kids is definitely a level of purgatory. 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 23/02/2025After watching *some* literary agents on TikTok, I see why we have some of the issues we have. 000
Reposted by K.J. ✨marie @muhree.ing · 19/02/2025maturing is realizing that being cringe is actually the best thing u can do for ur mental health 19021
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Terrified isn’t really the word. I’m a queer, black single parent and my oldest baby is on the autism spectrum. I don’t know how to feel. I want them to be an amazing and bright future. I’m so sick of our current administration. 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 17/02/2025My February Books so far: -Parable of the Talents -Raybearer -Brewed with Love I’m not sure what to read now and I have far too many options, it frightens me a little. 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 14/02/2025My books for the month of February. #blackauthors #blackbooksky #booksky 150
Reposted by K.J. ✨The Real Truther @therealtruther.bsky.social · 11/02/2025"The best and the worst thing about vaccination is that it 'makes nothing happen.' A child successfully inoculated against measles doesn’t fall sick with that condition, doesn’t miss school, doesn’t go to the hospital. They don’t suffer life-changing complications. They don’t die prematurely."latimes.comA leading pediatrician was already worried about the future of vaccines. Then RFK Jr. came alongIn a new book, pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Adam Ratner details the history of measles, a virus that’s often a bellwether for public health disasters. 253173723895
Reposted by K.J. ✨Micah @rincewind.run · 10/02/2025they can take over the entire country but they can never actually be cool and it will eat at them forever 993398264709
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 10/02/2025I visited Friendly City Bookstore in Columbus and found a book I’ve been searching for! ♥️ 000
Reposted by K.J. ✨Neil Renic @ncrenic.bsky.social · 08/02/2025Write every day for 1 hour. If you miss a writing day add 1 hour to the next. It’s incredible! Tomorrow I’m writing for 7 years. 1015105666
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Black people not responsible for dismantling white supremacy. Black people are not collectively to blame for DJT being in office. We knew the assignment. We did and do the work. The rest of you don’t or didn’t. Hold your own accountable and yourselves. 000
Reposted by K.J. ✨spoonshiro @spoonshiro.com · 06/02/2025"Final Fantasy was better when it wasn't political" - guy with an avatar of a character from a game whose entire plot is about overthrowing a corrupt megacorporation that's poisoning the planet for profit and/or a corrupt religion/empire run by nihilistic deathseekers 463356548
Reposted by K.J. ✨JP @jpbrammer.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I don't care how long ago your Hot Topic phase was when Black Parade by My Chemical Romance comes on you WILL be the savior of the broken, the beaten and the damned 1326719950
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 05/02/2025I’ve written stories since I was in the single digits. There was a long and sporadic hiatus due to upheaval in my life during my 20’s. I made a commitment to return to hobbies that gave me joy and now I’m trying to write a black lesbian romance as a solo working mom. 120
Reposted by K.J. ✨Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 04/02/2025Thank you for reading, I’m so proud of you! 💛 We are in a literacy crisis, we have to do everything possible to encourage reading and love of books 📚 Reading is not easy, it is a challenge we are worthy & capable of conquering. When we find that one story… oh! The wonder, the magic, the joy ✨ 181284153
Reposted by K.J. ✨Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 03/02/2025We could’ve had Tim 😭 8977360010605
Reposted by K.J. ✨Mychal Threets @mychal3ts.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Dorothy B. Porter changed libraries 💜 The Dewey Decimal System used to only have two classifications for Black people: 325 (colonization) & 326 (slavery). Each book by a Black person was put into one of these classifications. A book of poetry? Classified as colonization. Enter Dorothy B. Porter 🧵 138112273092
Reposted by K.J. ✨Carmen 📚 Latinx Book Influencer 📚 @tomesandtextiles.bsky.social · 03/02/2025So every time a credit card company or credit bureau leaks my private financial data, I am sent information on a class-action lawsuit. Where do I sign up for the Elon Musk walking in and stealing my sensitive personal and financial data from the Treasure lawsuit? 722624
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Romance doesn’t receive the credit it’s due. Romance can be revolutionary bc certain groups who are actively ignored can be seen, heard and celebrated. This is especially true for Black queer folks. #blacklesbians #blackqueercommunity #romance 063
Reposted by K.J. ✨Benjanun Sriduangkaew @ Persephone Effect out now @benjanun.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Something people may not realize: a lot of the paper used to print books in the US are from China. In fact, a lot of the books are PRINTED in China, esp the ones from big publishers. Expect the price of paper books to really hike soon. If you want paper copies of your favorite books, get them now. 1152243424
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 02/02/2025The books that are next on my “to read” list. I’ve got my work cut out for me! #tbr #books #blackbooksky #booksky 010
Reposted by K.J. ✨🌊Sandy #GunReformNow @cynthiaharless.bsky.social · 01/02/2025America is being dismantled and destroyed by Robber Baron Brown Shirts! No one is coming to save us! We must stand United and fight them at every turn! Pass it on! 419190833858
Reposted by K.J. ✨Lana Ruth 📚🇬🇩 @alanaslib.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Books by Black authors for this month and every month ❤️ Read Black books all year round #blackbooksky #booksky #fantasybooksky #blackhistorymonth 1141899
Reposted by K.J. ✨Whitney Alese @thereclaimed.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Happy: Black history Black present Black future Black love Black joy Black health Black healing Black people Black community Black family Black kids Black culture Black creativity Black ingenuity Black legacy Black innovation Black liberation Black resistance Black existence ...month🖤 501481199764
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 30/01/2025I finished Parable of the Sower and I’m immediately going into the second book with no buffer in between. Pray for me. #octaviabutler #reading #books 000
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 29/01/2025After reading oldies that I enjoyed, I have come to realize why so many popular books don’t hit for me. I feel most modern books lack purpose & structure. That’s why so many of yall complain that the middle & ends lag & that a book could have been cut in half. 000
Reposted by K.J. ✨Preacher from the Black Lagoon @revpoppop.bsky.social · 28/01/2025I am so tired of finding out when I was not the one who fucked around. 343262742
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 28/01/2025One of my personal reading goals was to revisit books I read in undergrad with fully fleshed adult eyes. I started here and I’ve been on a wild ride within 50 pages. It’s amazing how much I blacked out. #booksky #blackbooksky #octaviabutler 020
K.J. ✨ @venusiannebula.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I finished a book where the second half annoyed me and it ended miserably. I practiced self love and chose not to finish the series after reading the reviews. 000
