Whenever the league talks about player safety we should all remember that the NFL tried to make the players warm up for five minutes and restart this game before the coaches stepped in

May I write words more naked than flesh, stronger than bone, more resilient than sinew, sensitive than nerve.

anyone in the mood for LGBT YA books? 👀 here are over 170 of them coming out in the first half of 2023! 🌈💫💛 readsrainbow.com/2023/01/book-r…

😍😍😍 My babies got featured!

So excited for today’s Labyrinth Road #BookBirthday by Jennifer Nissley -- THE RULES OF US out May ‘23 💖! This is a story about messy humans; about codependent relationships & friendships that nourish you & how to salvage the latter while extricating from the former. It’s wonderfully sex positive & queer & moving!

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NEW TODAY! The Rules of Us by Jennifer Nissley -- THE RULES OF US out May ‘23 💖 bit.ly/3BaxjIU

Happy #BookBirthday to THE RULES OF US by Jennifer Nissley -- THE RULES OF US out May ‘23 💖 In this heartwarming queer love story about love of all kinds, exes navigate new crushes, new feelings, and a newly uncertain future after unexpectedly coming out to each other on prom night.

I am so excited to celebrate the book birthday for this slice of gorgeousness, which is now out in the world! THE RULES OF US by Jennifer Nissley -- THE RULES OF US out May ‘23 💖 is just the loveliest, messiest, most heartfelt YA and I want to scoop it up into a big hug. Liesa Abrams

This week we welcomed our 3rd Labyrinth Road YA novel into the world and all I can say is WOW. This book is a master class in characters who think, act and love like real, messy people. To all the high achiever, perfectionist readers mid-anxiety spiral…this book is for you 💙

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nothing but admiration for the succession writer who said “i know this is a tense, devastating, and pivotal episode for the morality of the major characters…but what if some rando gets wasabi in his eyes & attempts to flush it out with lemon la croix right in the middle?”

returning briefly to booktwt to say that my preorder of THE RULES OF US by Jennifer Nissley -- THE RULES OF US out May ‘23 💖 finally got to my dorm (& the cover compliments my sheets)!!!! only a few chapters in so far & miss jennifer is already wrecking my sapphic gifted-kid-syndrome heart, which is v rude

Happy Pride!

I am once again begging publishers and authors to be cognizant about the damage they cause sexualizing teen characters. There is a huge difference between teens exploring their sexuality and teens’ sexuality being billed as “spicy” for an adult audience

Nobody: Absolutely nobody: Nikki Haley: Americans are clamoring for the chance to personally negotiate with hospitals over how much their hospital stay costs

Yup.