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Building community and exploring the intersections of climate feelings, art, and writing. Also into dogs, fat politics, #penpalooza. She/her

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Book Cover for: Project Hail Mary, Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

Sometimes I find a book enjoyable/engaging while reading, but then afterwards I process it and feel mehhhh about it. I just read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir, and it definitely activated the part of me that went through a hard sci-fi phase in middle school,

Paperback, 2022

$20.00$10.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Stage Dreams, Melanie Gillman

Stage Dreams

Melanie Gillman
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

Book #9 for the #TransRightsReadathon: Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman. It's a beautifully-illustrated YA graphic novel about a trans runaway and an infamous outlaw who plan a heist together in the Old West. https://t.co/qtEGiRrFCE

Paperback, 2019

$14.99$7.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care, Kelly Hayes

Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care

Kelly Hayes
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

I just finished reading @prisonculture and @MsKellyMHayes's new book, Let This Radicalize You, and loved it! It's so full of wisdom about how to build and sustain movements in these terrifying times. https://t.co/4kdYaDPjNn

Paperback, 2023

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender, Kit Heyam

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

Kit Heyam
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

Love & Other Disasters by Anita Kelly Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi Pet by Akwaeke Emezi Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe A Pros and Cons List for Strong Feelings by Will Betke-Brunswick Before We Were Trans by Kit Heyam Stage Dreams by Melanie Gillman

Paperback, 2024

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea, Kai Cheng Thom

From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea

Kai Cheng Thom
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

Trans book #22: From the Stars in the Sky to the Fish in the Sea by Kai Cheng Thom, illustrated by Kai Yun Ching and Wai-Yant Li. This is a gorgeously-illustrated book about a child who is both non-binary and a shape-shifter. https://t.co/go7TLwrS6t

Hardcover, 2017

$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Light from Uncommon Stars, Ryka Aoki

Light from Uncommon Stars

Ryka Aoki
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

Items included in the basket: Real Sugar is Hard to Find by @sim_kern Light from Uncommon Stars by @ryka_aoki Queer & Trans Artists of Color Vol 2 by @EditrixNia

Paperback, 2022

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Best of Assigned Male, Sophie LaBelle

The Best of Assigned Male

Sophie LaBelle
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

Trans book #26: The Best of Assigned Male by Sophie Labelle. I have enjoyed reading this comic online, so it was fun to read a whole bunch of it collected in one place in chronological order. https://t.co/UbvnJveF6x

Paperback, 2021

$26.95$13.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity, Theresa Thorn

It Feels Good to Be Yourself: A Book about Gender Identity

Theresa Thorn
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

It Feels Good to Be Yourself is a gorgeous picture book about the wide variety of gender identities, written by Theresa Thorn, a cis woman with a trans daughter, and illustrated by Noah Grigni, a trans artist who lives here in Boston.

Hardcover, 2019

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Upright Women Wanted, Sarah Gailey

Upright Women Wanted

Sarah Gailey
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

Trans book # 17 (I'm aiming for 25 this year): Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey. It takes place in a dystopian future where technology and culture have reverted back to the 1800s, and https://t.co/eP4hSKx1s0

Hardcover, 2020

$21.99$10.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir, Akwaeke Emezi

Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir

Akwaeke Emezi
Laura @tutusntinyhats@spore.socialLaura @tutusntinyhats@spore.social

Trans book #20: Dear Senthuran: A Black Spirit Memoir by Akwaeke Emezi. I really loved Emezi's YA novels Pet and Bitter, so I decided to read more of their books in other genres, and...I'm still not quite sure what to think about this one. https://t.co/JVxCmVWN91

Paperback, 2022

$18.00$9.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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